The USE statement specifies Declarative procedures to handle input/output errors and database exception conditions. It can also specify procedures to be executed before the program processes a specific report group. These procedures supplement the standard procedures in the COBOL Run-Time System and OpenVMS RMS. Format 2 - USE [GLOBAL] BEFORE REPORTING group-data-name .
1 – group-data-name
is the name of a report group in a report group description entry in a Data Division. It must not appear in more than one USE statement.