17 Create the Address Book Reporting File
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17.1 Creating the Address Book Reporting File
From Address Book (G01), enter 27
From A/B Advanced & Technical Operations (G0131), choose Build A/B Reporting File
To create custom reports using World Writer or a third-party report writer, you can create a reporting file that is based on the seven address book files. By extracting information from these files and creating the Address Book Repository file (F01901), reporting on address book information is simpler and more flexible.
When you create the Address Book Repository file for address book reports, the system gathers information from the following:
The structure of the file allows for only one record for each address book number. As a result, some of the one-to-many relationships are lost when you create the file. For example, the file includes only one address and two phone numbers for each address book number.