In the real world, you probably have to collect report data from different input files. Once Suprtool has extracted the data, you can use Suprlink to merge the selected fields into one subfile. Gathering report data from multiple files involves the following steps:

1. Determine which fields are required for the final report; create a subfile for the Suprlink output2. Use Suprtool to extract records from each of the contributing data files, sort them on the link field, and then write them to self-describing files3. Use Suprlink to merge the extracted files into one large record; write the Suprlink output to a subfile4. Report the subfile with QUIZ