Extract : To Data Set Specification panel
The Extract : To Data Set Specification panel is displayed in the Extract dialog. You use it to specify the name of the data set that you want to save the extracted data in.
Panel and field definitions
- Extract to:
- This area identifies the data set in which
you want to store your extract data. This can
be a new data set or it can already exist.
- Data set name
- The name of the data set that you want to store your extract data in.
- Disposition
- NEW
- To allocate a new Extract to data set.
- OLD
- To allocate an existing Extract to data set with a disposition of OLD.
- Volume serial
- If the Extract to data set:
- exists and it is not cataloged, then enter the volume serial on which it resides.
- is to be created (disposition NEW) and you want it to reside on a specific volume, then specify the volume.
- Device type
- The generic unit on which you want the data set to reside.
If the disposition of the Extract to data set is NEW, then specify the following allocation parameters:
- Allocation parameters (if disposition is NEW):
- Management class
- The management class that should be used to obtain the data
management related information (migration, backup, and retention
criteria) for the allocation of the data set.
If you want a non-SMS data set to be allocated, and you have not specified a management class in option 0.9
Output Data Set Allocation
, then leave this field blank. - Storage class
- The storage class that should be used to obtain the storage
related information for the allocation of the data set.
If you want a non-SMS data set to be allocated, and you have not specified a management class in option 0.9
Output Data Set Allocation
, then leave this field blank. - Data class
- The data class that should be used to obtain the data related
information (such as SPACE or LRECL) for the allocation of the data
set.
If you want a non-SMS data set to be allocated, and you have not specified a management class in option 0.9
Output Data Set Allocation
, then leave this field blank. - Space units
- The units that the Primary quantity and the
Secondary quantity are expressed in:
- BLK
- Blocks
- TRK
- Tracks
- CYL
- Cylinders
- KB
- Kilobytes
- MB
- Megabytes
- Primary quantity
- The primary allocation quantity, in the Space units previously specified.
- Secondary quantity
- The secondary allocation quantity, in the Space units previously specified.
Note: If no values are specified on the panel for SMS classes or Space parameters, then the Default SMS classes are used. If the Default SMS classes have not been set-up, you receive a JCL error upon submitting the extract JCL.