SCLM expects all the project partitioned data sets to use the default naming convention of project.group.type. Because some projects cannot use the default naming convention, SCLM allows the project manager to specify an alternate naming convention either for all the project partitioned data sets or for the project partitioned data sets associated with individual groups in the hierarchy.

If your data already exists, the existing data sets can be used in conjunction with SCLM's flexible data set naming capability. The next section provides additional information on using this capability.