SORT BEFORE proc - forgot SELECT and got empty output

SORT INFILE TO SORTFILE USING (DEPT) BEFORE FILTER-REC

FILTER-REC just has IF GROSS-PAY GE 500 ... END-IF. No SELECT. Output file empty.

Do I have to SELECT every record I want to keep?

Yes. Once you code BEFORE, Easytrieve stops auto-passing records. SELECT is required for each keeper.

IF GROSS-PAY GE 500
SELECT
END-IF

Added SELECT. File has rows again. Manual made more sense on the second read.