COBOL Report Generation

This course is designed for individuals with some prior programming experience who require an introduction to, or to be reacquainted with, the fundamentals of the COBOL programming language.

Structure the COBOL Program

• Design the Flowchart
• Identify the Scenario
• Design the Main Process Flowchart
• Design the Subprocess Flowcharts
• Code the Recall Record Layout Form
• Code the Master Contact Record Layout Form
• Re-examine the Print Layout Form
• Code the Contact Report Print Layout Form
• Structure the COBOL Program
• Code the IDENTIFICATION DIVISION
• Code the ENVIRONMENT DIVISION

Code the DATA DIVISION

• Code the FILE SECTION
• Code the File Description
• Code the Section Description
• Code the Records
• Code the Master Contact Input Record
• Code the Recall Input Record
• Code the Contact Output Record
• Code the Status Output Record
• Code the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION
• Re-examine the Purpose
• Code the 88 Level Description Entry
• Code the Record Description Entry
• Code the

Design flowcharts to show this type of application logic Code the Record Layout Form to document record layouts Code the Print Layout Forms to document the print layouts Code a COBOL application that generates an interactive report generation program to generate interactive reports. Re-use the IDENTIFICATION DIVISION and ENVIROMENT DIVISION code to conform with common programming practices State the input, output and WORKING-STORAGE records required for this type of application Code the PROCEDURE DIVISION to process terminal input, and output to generate interactive reports