IGNORE SORTNUM STMT field (IGNSORTN subsystem parameter)

The IGNSORTN subsystem parameter determines whether occurrences of the SORTNUM clause in utility control statements are to be ignored.

Acceptable values: YES or NO
Default: NO
Update: option 34 on panel DSNTIPB
DSNZPxxx: DSN6SPRM IGNSORTN
YES
Db2 ignores any SORTNUM specifications in utility control statements, and utilities attempt to allocate the sort work data sets.
NO
Any SORTNUM specifications in utility control statements are passed to the sort program. The SORTNUM specification is used to determine the number of sort work data sets to dynamically allocate.