COBCH0261 - COBCH0280

Lists the Syntax Checking error messages from COBCH0261 through COBCH0280.

COBCH0261 Only allowed in Report Section
You have tried to specify syntax for a report outside the Report Section of the Data Division.
COBCH0262 Not a CONTROL for this report
The data-name in a TYPE CH or TYPE CF clause must appear in the CONTROL clause of the associated RD entry. You might have misspelled the data-name.
COBCH0263 Not allowed when PAGE not specified in RD
You have either specified a TYPE PH or TYPE PF clause without specifying a PAGE clause in the associated RD entry, or you have specified an absolute line number in the LINE NUMBER clause without specifying a PAGE clause in the associated RD entry.
COBCH0264 Only one report group with this TYPE allowed per RD
You have specified a duplicate of one of the TYPE clauses (for example, you have specified two TYPE PF clauses); only one clause of each type is allowed in a particular RD entry.
COBCH0265 Not allowed with this TYPE
You are using a qualifier in a statement that either does not allow any qualifiers, or that does not allow this particular qualifier.
COBCH0266 No TYPE specified
All level 01 entries in the Report Section must have a TYPE clause.
COBCH0267 LINE specification missing or inconsistent
This message has three possible causes:
COBCH0268 REPORT specified in more than one FD
You have specified the same report-name in more than one FD.
COBCH0269 Duplicate CONTROL field
You have specified the same CONTROL field value in more than one RD entry.
COBCH0270 COLUMN specification overlapping or not left to right
COBCH0271 Only allowed with DETAIL groups
You can specify a GROUP INDICATE clause only with DETAIL report groups.
COBCH0272 Only allowed with CONTROL FOOTING groups
You can specify a SUM clause only in a control footing report group.
COBCH0273 Non-elementary item has invalid qualifier, or PICTURE missing
You have specified in a group item a qualifier that can be used only in an elementary item. Possibly you intended the item to be elementary but omitted the PICTURE clause.
COBCH0274 GROUP INDICATE without COLUMN
You have specified the GROUP INDICATE clause but no COLUMN clause in the same report group description.
COBCH0275 NEXT GROUP not allowed with this group TYPE
You have specified NEXT GROUP in a group with TYPE RF or PH.
COBCH0276 NEXT GROUP NEXT PAGE not allowed with this group TYPE
You have specified NEXT GROUP or NEXT PAGE in a group with TYPE PF.
COBCH0277 LINE NEXT PAGE not allowed with this group TYPE
You can specify the LINE NEXT PAGE clause only with a group of TYPE CH, CF, or DE.
COBCH0278 RESET item is lower CONTROL level than group
The control group on which a sum is reset must be at either the same level as or a lower level than the sum.
COBCH0279 Report line too long
The syntax you have specified is trying to create a report line which is longer than the maximum allowed.
COBCH0280 THRU phrase not allowed with DBCS field
DBCS is Double Byte Character Set.

Parent topic: Messages COBCH0201 to COBCH0300