Determine how many reports are in online Bundl

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Issue/Introduction

How many reports are online in the Bundl system? Can this number be determined by counting the lines in the DPMFVIF file? Is there a report that provides this information?

Resolution

There are a couple of ways to get a "pretty good idea" of how many reports are online in the Bundl system. But there is no utility that gives an exact count.

It IS possible to determine the number of records that are in the DPMFVIF file, however some reports may use control breaks to split out specific sections of a report. This means that there may be multiple VIF records for a single report. Hence, knowing the number of VIF records isn't an exact match to the actual number of reports in the current reports screen. 

It is possible to count the number of lines in the DPMFVIFfile by browsing the file through VSAM file editing products such as FileMaster or FileAid. There are a few "SEED" records in the DPMFVIF file but counting the number of lines gives a good indication of how many VIF records there are in the file. If, when browsing the DPMFVIF file through the VSAM file editor the line number display is on, it isn't even necessary to count the number of lines. Just max down to the bottom of the DPMFVIF file. 

Another option is to run the CC50J080 utility job to list off the VIF file entries by uncommenting (removing the asterisk) for only the following three control parameters: 

INDEX=***V
FUNCT=LIST
ALLSW=Y

The output from the CC50J080 utility will list off all of the VIF entries and towards the end of the report, will show "NUMBER OF RECORDS READ" as well as a "NUMBER OF RECORDS SELECTED" count totals.