General Description (Data Division)

The Data Division describes the data that the run-time system module is to accept as input, to manipulate, to create, or to produce as output.

The following is the General Format of the sections in the Data Division, and defines the order of presentation in the source element.

General Format


General format for the data division

The Report Section is described in the section Report Writer. The other sections are described in individual subtopics within this section.

Parent topic: Data Division
Related information
Report Writer
Input-Output Section
The File-Control Paragraph
The I-O-Control Paragraph
The File Description Entry (Report Writer)
The REPORT Clause
Report Section
The Report Description Entry
PAGE-COUNTER Rules
LINE-COUNTER Rules
The CODE Clause
The CONTROL Clause
The PAGE Clause
The Report Group Description Entry
Presentation Rules Tables
The COLUMN NUMBER Clause (Report Writer)
Data-name (Report Writer)
The GROUP INDICATE Clause
Level-Number (Report Writer)
The LINE NUMBER Clause (Report Writer)
The NEXT GROUP Clause
The SIGN Clause (Report Writer)
The SOURCE Clause (Report Writer)
The SUM Clause (Report Writer)
The TYPE Clause
The USAGE Clause
The VALUE Clause (Report Writer)
General Description
The CLOSE Statement
The GENERATE Statement
The INITIATE Statement
The OPEN Statement (Report Writer)
The SUPPRESS Statement
The TERMINATE Statement
The USE BEFORE REPORTING Statement