Changing How Data Values Display

You can change how data values display in the final report by using the commands listed in Table 102:

Table 102. Report Writer Commands: Data Value Display

Report Command

Description

COMMAS

Turn on the display of commas for numbers greater than 999 after commas have been suppressed with either a SUPCOMMAS or SUPALL command.

BRACKETS

Turn on the display of brackets around negative numbers instead of negative signs, after using the SUPBRACKETS command earlier in the script.

AFTER

Include a percentage sign or other character after the data values.

BEFORE

Include a dollar sign or other character before the data values.

EUROPEAN

Use the European method for displaying numbers where decimal points are used as the thousands separator character and commas separate the decimal portion of the number from the integer portion (2.000,01; the non-European equivalent is 2,000.01).

MASK

Overwrite text in each output row with a specified characters and position.