Formatting INFO/ACCESS Reports

This section describes the modifiers that may be used to format, or specify the appearance of, an INFO/ACCESS report. In formatting a report, the user may specify:

Headings and footings to appear on each page.
Total figures for a specified attribute.
Breaks in the report each time the data for a specified attribute changes. Subtotals may be calculated for each of these sections.
Suppression of information such as default column headings, page headings, detail lines, and the end-of-list message.
Double spacing of MultiValued items.

A number of INFO/ACCESS commands create special report formats, and are described in sections Using INFO/ACCESS Commands for Special Processing and Generating Forms with INFO/ACCESS.

The table below summarizes the modifiers (and equivalent parenthetical options) available for formatting INFO/ACCESS reports.

Modifier	Description
BREAK-ON	Specifies control breaks in a report.
COL-HDR-SUPP	Suppresses time/date heading, column headings, and end-of-list message. (C) option.
DBL-SPC	Double-spaces a report.
DET-SUPP	Suppresses detail output.
FOOTING	Defines a footing for each page of a report.
GRAND-TOTAL	Prints the specified text on the grand total line.
HEADING	Overrides the default heading.
[HDR-]SUPP	Suppresses the default heading. (H) option.
ID-SUPP	Suppresses the display of item-IDs.
TOTAL	Calculates and displays totals for the specified attribute.

Certain keywords function differently when used in combination with particular INFO/ACCESS commands. These combinations are summarized at the end of this section.

The rest of this section describes how to use most of the modifiers in the preceding table.

The following topics are also presented in this section:

A Sample Report

Creating Headings and Footings

Calculating Totals in a Report

Breaking on Attribute Values

Special Uses of Formatting Modifiers