Filtering for generation data sets

Extra care must be taken when using wildcard filtering for generation data sets. You must use either of the following names:

  • The fully qualified data set name

    Example: USER1.GDG.G0001V00

  • The fully qualified name with relative generation

    Example: USER1.GDG(-1)

  • The partially qualified base name with the last qualifier (GggggVvv) not specified

    Example: USER1.GDG.*

Partial qualification of the last qualifier (GggggVvv) is not supported unless a wildcard (% or *) is specified in the first character of the qualifier

Example: USER1.GDG.*V01 is valid but USER1.GDG.G* is not valid.

Another way to get all generations of a GDG using wildcards would be to specify USER1.GDG.%%%%%V%%.