SET_SQTY

The SET_SQTY keyword specifies the secondary quantity value to be assigned to the data set. For VSAM data sets, the SET_SQTY keyword specifies the secondary quantity at the cluster level.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramSET_SQTY=nnnnnnnn$DCOC$DCOU$NULL

SET_SQTY=nnnnnnnn|$DCOC|$DCOU|$NULL

Where:

nnnnnnnn is an integer (0 - 16777215) that specifies the requested secondary quantity for a data set in the requested allocation units.

Note: The $DCOC and $DCOU keywords are only valid for a SPACEUNITS value of AVGRECU, AVGRECK, or AVGRECM.

See Space parameter considerations for information about specifying space-related keywords.

Default

None.

Environments

ALLOCATE

JCL equivalent

DD01 DD SPACE=(...,(,2))

IDCAMS equivalent

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

Data class equivalent

Space Secondary

Related selection criteria

SQTY

Example

In the following example, the secondary quantity value to be assigned is 2048:

SET_SQTY=2048