SET_PQTY_INDEX

(VSAM data sets only.) The SET_PQTY_INDEX keyword specifies the primary quantity value to be assigned to the index component of a VSAM data set.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramSET_PQTY_INDEX=nnnnnnnn$NULL

SET_PQTY_INDEX=nnnnnnnn|$NULL

Where:

nnnnnnnn is an integer (0 - 16777215) that specifies the requested primary allocation quantity for the index component in the requested allocation units.

Default

None.

Environments

ALLOCATE

JCL equivalent

DEFINE CLUSTER(...) INDEX(CYLINDERS(1) ....)
DEFINE CLUSTER(...) INDEX(TRACKS(1) ....)
DEFINE CLUSTER(...) INDEX(RECORDS(1000) ....)
DEFINE CLUSTER(...) INDEX(MEGABYTES(2) ....)
DEFINE CLUSTER(...) INDEX(KILOBYTES(2048) ...)

Related selection criteria

PQTY_INDEX

Example

In the following example, the primary quantity value is 2048:

SET_PQTY_INDEX=2048