FILTEROUTPUTDATASET: Specifying the output data set

Explanation: FILTEROUTPUTDATASET(dsname) is an optional parameter specifying the name of a data set to which the lists of data sets selected from INCLUDE/EXCLUDE, ALLOCATE/ALLOCATEEXCLUDE, ACCOMPANY/ACCOMPANYEXCLUDE filtering are written.

dsname specifies the name of the output data set. The data set name may be 1 to 44 characters in length. If the data set already exists on DASD and has the correct data set attributes, then the existing data set is used. If the data set does not exist, then a new data set is created.

Note: If the user has restricted ABACKUP command authority, then that user must have a minimum of update authority in order to append to the existing RACF® protected filter output data set or allocation authority in order to create the new filter output data set.

When the FILTEROUTPUTDATASET parameter is specified along with the PROCESSONLY parameter, then the filter output data set contains those data sets that passed the filtering criteria and also match the category designated in the PROCESSONLY parameter.

Defaults: None.