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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories DFSMS RMM
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 12, 2026

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Just one heading in DFSMSrmm reports

It should be possible to define only one heading per report. Today, the LINECOUNT parameter can only be used to enter a value between 10 and 999. Additionally, NOLIMIT should be possible here, so that only a header line is displayed at the beginning of the report. This makes the reports clearer on screen and saves storage space. DFSMSrmm reports are no longer printed.


Best regards

Norbert

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Apr 29, 2026

    Hi RMM team,

    the default in EDGRMMxx parmlib member is LINECOUNT(54) and can be expanded to a maximum of 999, but in a very large environment you will get a lot of heading lines like this example:

    DFSMSHSM HSM.BACKTAPE.DATASET 1 1 I20593 2
    DFSMSHSM HSM.BACKTAPE.DATASET 1 1 I20702 3
    DFSMSHSM HSM.BACKTAPE.DATASET 1 1 I20384 6
    DFSMSHSM HSM.BACKTAPE.DATASET 1 1 I20601 8
    REMOVABLE MEDIA MANAGER VITAL RECORDS RETENTION REPOR
    Copyright IBM Corp. 1993,2007 ----- ------- --------- -----
    JOB MASK DATA SET OR VOLUME MASK (CONTINUED) OWNER TYPE RETN C X

          HSM.**                                        MHLRES7  DSN  DAYS   N N

    JOB NAME DATA SET NAME (CONTINUED) FSEQ DSEQ VOLUME VSEQ

    DFSMSHSM HSM.BACKTAPE.DATASET 1 1 I21422 1
    DFSMSHSM HSM.BACKTAPE.DATASET 1 1 I20118 2
    DFSMSHSM HSM.BACKTAPE.DATASET 1 1 I20199 3

    This report contains 7 heading lines and 46 report lines, which is 15%. Using the maximum value of 999, there are 7 heading lines and approximately 990 report lines. With 1,200,000 records in the report, there are then 1,212 heading sections with 7 lines each, or approximately 8,400 heading lines. For printing this report on paper, one heading per sheet was sufficient, but since we now only save the reports as a file, one heading section per report is enough.


    Best regards

    Norbert

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  • Guest
    Apr 27, 2026
    Hi Norbert,

    Request you to provide more information with relevant screenshot of the header report along with the details of the expected report header. This will help us to assess it in better way.
    Reply

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