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Report Description Entry (↑ Statements)
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  Construct:    Report Description Entry
 
  Function:     Names a report, specifies any identifying characters
                to be appended to each print line in the report and
                describes the physical structure and organization of the
                report.
 
  Syntax:
 
     ───RD report-name-1─┬─────────────┬───────────────────────────
                           └─┬──┬─GLOBAL─┘
                             └IS┘
 
      ─┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────1
        └─WITH CODE─┬─literal-1─────┬────────────────────────────────2
                    └─mnemonic-name─┘
 
     2─┬───────────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────2
        │                      ┌──────────┐             │
        │                      ▼          │             │
        └─┬─CONTROL─┬──┬───┬─┬─data-name-1───────────┬──┘
          │         └IS┘   │ └─FINAL─┬─────────────┬─┘
          └─CONTROLS─┬───┬─┘         │ ┌──────────┐│
                     └ARE┘           │ ▼          ││
                                     └─data-name-1─┘
 
     2─┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─2
        └─PAGE─┬──────────┬─integer-1─┬─────┬─┬───────────────────┬┘
               ├LIMIT IS──┤           ├LINE─┤ └─HEADING integer-2─┘
               └LIMITS ARE┘           └LINES┘
 
     2─┬────────────────────────┬─┬───────────────────────┬─────────2
        └─FIRST DETAIL integer-3─┘ └─LAST DETAIL integer-4─┘
 
     1────────────────────────┬── .─────────────────────────────────
     2─┬───────────────────┬──┘
        └─FOOTING integer-5─┘
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