Suppressing Data Formatting

You can suppress data that you do not want to be displayed in the final report by using the SUPPRESS commands listed in Table 99:

Table 99. Report Writer Commands: Suppress Data Formatting

Report Command

Description

SUPBRACKETS

Brackets around negative numbers. Use the BRACKETS command to re-enable brackets.

SUPCOMMAS

Commas in numbers greater than 999. Use the COMMAS command to re-enable commas.

SUPZEROROWS

Rows that have only zero data values. Use INCZEROROWS or INCEMPTYROWS to re-enable the display.

SUPEUROPEAN

The European method for displaying numbers (2.000,01 whereas the non-European equivalent is 2,000.01). Use the EUROPEAN command to re-enable European number display.

SUPFEED

The automatic insertion of a page break whenever the number of lines on a page exceeds the current PAGELENGTH setting.

SUPFORMATS

Formats that produce output such as underlines and skips. Use INCFORMATS to re-enable the display.

SUPMASK

Text masks that were defined in the report using the MASK command. Use INCMASK to re-enable the display.

See Suppressing Page, Column, and Row Formatting for descriptions of the SUPPRESS commands used to suppress formats.