CA Easytrieve® Report Generator
Duration
7 to 9 hours
Overview
Audience
Personnel requiring knowledge about the use of CA Easytrieve Report Generator in programming.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of programming principles and the MVS platform.
Objectives
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Define the capabilities of CA Easytrieve
• Recognize the basic structures of the CA Easytrieve language
• Identify how CA Easytrieve and MVS JCL interact
• Identify how a simple program is coded
Course Content
Introduction and Overview
Capabilities and File Processing
Program Structure
Syntax Definition
Files and Data Definition
Component Parts of an Easytrieve Plus Program
Keywords Needed to Code the Syntax for Files
Library Section and File Statements
Definition of Variables
File Types – Sequential, VSAM, Virtual Work, ISAM
Synchronized or Keyed File Processing
Easytrieve Plus Tasks
Job and Sort Activity Statements
Sort Input and Output Routines
File I/O
How File Input Can Be Controlled - Automatic or from a Database
JOB Statement
How Filenames Can Be Specified
The Operations of GET, PUT
The Print Keyword That Controls Reporting Output
The Display Statement That Produces Printed Output
Programming Logic Statements
The Branching and Decision Logic Keywords
The IF, ELSE, and END-IF Statements
The DO and END-DO Operators
The GOTO Statement, PERFORM, and STOP Statement
Field Comparisons, File Comparisons, Statement Labels
Procedure Processing (procs)
How to Manipulate Numeric and Character Variables
The Equivalence Statements
Reporting
Standard vs. Label Reports
The REPORT Keyword
Format and File Names for Reports
The SEQUENCE Keyword That Enables Sorting
The CONTROL Statement for Control-Breaks, Titles, and Headings
LINE for Print-Line Definition
Report Procedures
Tables and Arrays
How to Define Tables:
• In-stream from the Library Section of the Program
• Externally from a File
How to Search the Tables
Macros and MVS JCL
Introduction
Macros
JCL to Compile and Go
More Complex JCL
Synchronized File Processing
Introduction
Library Section
JOBS
SORTS
VFM Processing
