Catalog Selection Order for BLDINDEX

This section applies only to users of BLDINDEX who code NOSORTCALL.

1. If a catalog is specified with the CATALOG parameter, that catalog is selected to contain work file entries.
2. If the entry (data set name on the DD statement) is identified with a qualified entry name, and:
   • One or more of its qualifiers is the same as the name or the alias of a catalog, or
   • The first qualifier is the same as the name or the alias of a VSAM user catalog
   then the user catalog so identified is selected to contain the work file entries.
3. The master catalog is selected to contain the work file entries.