JCL DD statement facilities not supported by dynamic allocation

Table 1 lists JCL DD statement facilities that cannot be used in dynamic allocation.

Table 1. JCL DD Statement Facilities Not Supported by Dynamic Allocation

Restricted DDnames	JOBCAT, STEPCAT, JOBLIB, and STEPLIB
Keyword Parameters	CHKPT, DDNAME, DLM, and DSID
Positional Parameters	*, DATA, and DYNAM
Selected Subparameters of Keywords	Keyword Subparameter Not Supported DCB reference to ddname of a previous step CYLOFL NTM RKP DISP PASS specification DSN reference to ddname (as in *.ddname) ISAM area name SPACE ABSTR specification UNIT AFF VOLUME RETAIN specification REF=ddname