DISPLAY Operator (for Beginners)


DISPLAY operator prints the values or characters of specified numeric or character fields in separate list data set.

Syntax -

DISPLAY Operator

Required Operands


  • FROM - FROM parameter specifies ddname of the input file.
  • LIST - listdd specifies the list dataset ddname to be created by ICETOOL LIST operation.
  • ON - ON operator specifies the field(s) used for DISPLAY operation.

Optional Operands


  • TITLE, PAGE, DATE, DATENS, YDDD, YDDDNS, TIME and TIMENS - Specify the elements in the title lines at the top of each page.
  • TLEFT - Specifies title strings are left-justified for each other.
  • TFIRST - Specifies the title lines are only printed on the first page.
  • NOCC - Suppresses carriage control characters.
  • HEADER - Specifies one, two, or three lines heading to be printed for the corresponding ON the field.
  • NOHEADER - Suppresses the heading line.
  • LINES - Specifies the number of lines per page.
  • BLANK and PLUS - BLANK causes a blank, rather than a PLUS for the positive sign.
  • TOTAL, MAXIMUM, MINIMUM, AVERAGE and COUNT – Specifies the overall statistics to appear after the data columns for the report.
  • EDCOUNT - Specifies how the overall count is formatted for printing.
  • LIMIT - Specifies the limit for the number of invalid decimal values.
  • VSAMTYPE - VSAMTYPE operand specifies the record format for a VSAM input file (F or V).
  • WIDTH - Specifies the line length and LRECL length for the list data set.
  • LONGLINE - Specifies the calculated line length to be a maximum of 8191 bytes.
  • BREAK - Specifies the break field to be used to divide the report into sections.
  • BTITLE - Specifies a string to appear in the section title.
  • BTOTAL, BMAXIMUM, BMINIMUM, BAVERAGE and BCOUNT – Specify the section where the statistics appear after each section's data is displayed.
  • EDBCOUNT - Specifies how the section count is formatting for printing.
  • INDENT - Specifies the number of blanks used to indent the report.
  • BETWEEN - Specifies the number of blanks used between the data columns.
  • TBETWEEN - Specifies the number of blanks used between title elements.
  • STATLEFT - Aligns the statistic strings to the left from the first column.
  • UZERO - Causes -0 to be treated as unsigned, that is, as 0.
  • LISTSDB - LISTSDB specifies to ICETOOL that the BLKSIZE should select as the system-determined optimum block size for the LIST data set in the same way as for installation option SDBMSG=YES.
  • LISTNOSDB - LISTSDB specifies to ICETOOL that the BLKSIZE should select as the system-determined optimum block size for the LIST data set in the same way as for installation option SDBMSG=NO.

Example -


Scenario - Adds a header to the list file and displays rows statistics information.

INPUT - MATEPK.INPUT.PSFILE

 BROWSE    MATEPK.INPUT.PSFILE                        Line 00000000 Col 001 080 
 Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> CSR  
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
********************************* Top of Data **********************************
001  PAWAN         MAINFRAME           JPM       AP        IN                   
002  SRINIVAS      TESTING             ORACLE    TG        IN                   
003  SRIDHAR       SAS                 CG        OR        US                   
004  VENKATESH     ABAP                CSC       CA        US                   
005  RAVI          HADOOP              CTS       FL        US                   
006  PRASAD        HR                  INFOSYS   MI        US                   
007  RAJA          TESTING             IBM       CA        US                   
******************************** Bottom of Data ********************************

JCL -

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7--
***************************** Top of Data ******************************
//MATEPKDI JOB (123),'MATEPK',CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=A,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),        
//             NOTIFY=&SYSUID                                           
//*                                                                     
//STEP01   EXEC PGM=ICETOOL                                             
//INDD     DD DSN=MATEPK.INPUT.PSFILE,DISP=SHR                          
//LISTDD   DD DSN=MATEPK.OUTPUT.PSFILED,                                
//            DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),VOLUME=SER=DEVHD4,                
//            SPACE=(TRK,(1,1),RLSE),UNIT=SYSDA,                        
//            DCB=(DSORG=PS,RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=800)              
//TOOLIN   DD *                                                         
   DISPLAY FROM(INDD) LIST(LISTDD) -                                    
     TITLE('EMPLOYEE REPORT') -                                         
     PAGE DATE TIME -                                                   
    HEADER('ENO') HEADER('NAME') HEADER('TECHNOLOGY') HEADER('COMPANY')-
     ON(1,3,CH)   ON(6,14,CH)    ON(20,19,CH)         ON(40,10,CH) -    
     BLANK -                                                            
     COUNT('NUMBER OF RECORDS: ') EDCOUNT(U04)                          
/*                                                                      
//TOOLMSG  DD SYSOUT=*                                                  
//DFSMSG   DD SYSOUT=*                                                  
**************************** Bottom of Data ****************************

OUTPUT - MATEPK.OUTPUT.PSFILED

 BROWSE    MATEPK.OUTPUT.PSFILED                      Line 00000000 Col 001 080 
 Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> CSR  
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
********************************* Top of Data **********************************
EMPLOYEE REPORT        - 1 -        03/05/22        03:14:08                    
                                                                                
ENO   NAME             TECHNOLOGY            COMPANY                            
---   --------------   -------------------   ----------                         
001   PAWAN            MAINFRAME             JPM                                
002   SRINIVAS         TESTING               ORACLE                             
003   SRIDHAR          SAS                   CG                                 
004   VENKATESH        ABAP                  CSC                                
005   RAVI             HADOOP                CTS                                
006   PRASAD           HR                    INFOSYS                            
007   RAJA             TESTING               IBM                                
                                                                                
NUMBER OF RECORDS:     7                                                        
******************************** Bottom of Data ********************************

TOOLMSG (SDSF SPOOL) - Verify TOOLMSG for the return code of the submitted job.

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9
********************************* TOP OF DATA ********************************************
1ICE600I 0 DFSORT ICETOOL UTILITY RUN STARTED                                   
                                                                                
 ICE650I 0 VISIT http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort FOR ICETOOL PAPERS, EXAMPLES AND MORE 
                                                                                
 ICE632I 0 SOURCE FOR ICETOOL STATEMENTS:  TOOLIN                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
 ICE630I 0 MODE IN EFFECT:  STOP                                                
                                                                                
             DISPLAY FROM(INDD) LIST(LISTDD) -                                  
               TITLE('EMPLOYEE REPORT') -                                       
               PAGE DATE TIME -                                                 
              HEADER('ENO') HEADER('NAME') HEADER('TECHNOLOGY') HEADER('COMPANY')-
               ON(1,3,CH)   ON(6,14,CH)    ON(20,19,CH)         ON(40,10,CH) -  
               BLANK -                                                          
               COUNT('NUMBER OF RECORDS: ') EDCOUNT(U04)                        
ICE643I 0 WIDTH OF REPORT IS 0121 BYTES                                         
ICE627I 0 DFSORT CALL 0001 FOR COPY FROM INDD     TO E35 EXIT COMPLETED         
ICE603I 0 INFORMATION PRINTED IN LISTDD   DATA SET                              
ICE628I 0 RECORD COUNT:  000000000000007                                        
ICE602I 0 OPERATION RETURN CODE:  00                                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
 ICE601I 0 DFSORT ICETOOL UTILITY RUN ENDED - RETURN CODE:  00                  
******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ******************************************

Explaining Solution -

  • INDD - Specifies the ddname for input file.
  • OUTDD - Specifies the ddname for output file.
  • TOOLIN DD * - Specifies the ICETOOL statements for DFSORT.
  • TOOLMSG - Specifies where to write the ICETOOL processing messages.
  • DFSMSG - Specifies where to write the DFSORT processing messages.
  • DISPLAY FROM(INDD) LIST(LISTDD) - Prints the report into LISTDD using INDD records.
  • TITLE('EMPLOYEE REPORT') - Places the title left justified.
  • PAGE DATE TIME - Prints page number, printed date and time on the same line where title printed.
  • HEADER('ENO') HEADER('NAME') HEADER('TECHNOLOGY') HEADER('COMPANY') - Prints the headers based on the ON parameter length and with three lines gap in between headers.
  • ON(1,3,CH) ON(6,14,CH) ON(20,19,CH) ON(40,10,CH) - Conditions for headers.
  • BLANK - Prints blank line.
  • COUNT('NUMBER OF RECORDS: ') EDCOUNT(U04) - Prints the count at the end.