HP System Dictionary/XL SDMAIN Reference Manual (32256-90001)

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START
Marks the start of a report definition.
Syntax
ST[ART] [.]
Description
The report definition must immediately follow this command and it, in turn, must be immediately followed
by a SAVE command. A report definition consists of an optional CONFIGURE and/or FORMAT command
followed by a required REPORT command.
No commands, other than the CONFIGURE, FORMAT, and REPORT commands are logged after the
START command until you issue the SAVE command. Once you issue the SAVE command, all commands
are executed and logged. A [[Control]] Y entered while a START is active terminates the START command,
thereby eliminating the need for a SAVE command. When this occurs, you are returned to command
processing mode. In addition, as is normal in the processing of [[Control]] Y, all levels of redirected input
are exited and input is reset to $STDINX.
Open Mode: Shared-update or exclusive-update
Scope: DA scope or any scope with create capability
Example
The following example saves the report element-report that produces a report on entities of type element.
In addition, the report on each element begins on a new page.
>START
>CONFIGURE PAGE.
>REPORT ENTITY;
>> ENTITY-TYPE = element.
>SAVE element-report;
>> DESCRIPTION = "Detailed report to list occurrences of
>> entity-type ELEMENT in sorted order.".
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