Setting print data set report defaults

IPCS provides a subcommand, PROFILE, that allows you to establish a preferred line size and preferred lines per printed page for reports generated under IPCS.

Like the SETDEF-defined parameters, IBM® supplies PROFILE-defined defaults. See the PROFILE subcommand in z/OS MVS IPCS Commands for the defaults.

The defaults specified with PROFILE are recorded in the dump directory and remain in effect until changed. You can enter the PROFILE subcommand at any time during an IPCS session to view the default values. To establish a new default, enter the PROFILE subcommand with the parameter that specifies the default you want.

Note, however, new default settings specified while a print or table of contents data set is already open do not take effect until the print or table of contents data set is reopened. Except for NOPAGESIZE the newly established default is used for both the current session and any subsequent sessions in which the same dump directory is used. NOPAGESIZE does not become effective until the beginning of the next IPCS session. Unlike the SETDEF subcommand, you cannot override the PROFILE defaults on individual IPCS subcommands. The defaults can be changed only by entering the PROFILE subcommand. For example, to limit reports to a line length of 78 characters with 30 lines of data per page, enter:

PROFILE LINESIZE(78) PAGESIZE(30)