Searching for special symbols is a technique used to identify detail entries and the total entry. In this rule, a catalog number with a hyphen had to appear in every detail entry. Other useful symbols include a decimal point in a numeric field that cannot be blank and a slash in a date.
The DD statement (SYSUT2 in this rule) identified by the ON SYSOUT statement must include the FREE=CLOSE parameter. In addition, the sysout class must be a held class. If these two requirements are not satisfied, Control-M/Analyzer cannot read the sysout file.
Use Page mode (PG) when extracting data from a multi-page report.
Figure 388 Solveware Rule Logic (2)
Rule Name: Checking Each Line in a Report (with DO BLOCK Statements)