SET_SQTY_INDEX

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

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramSET_SQTY_INDEX=nnnnnnnn$NULL

SET_SQTY_INDEX=nnnnnnnn|$NULL

Where:

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

Default

None.

Environments

ALLOCATE

JCL equivalent

DEFINE CL ... INDEX(TRACKS(1) ...)

IDCAMS 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

SQTY_INDEX

Example

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

SET_SQTY_INDEX=2048