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 |
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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.