Required Parameters

INFILE(ddname)|INDATASET(entryname)

names the DD statement or data set that identifies the base cluster or a path that points to the base cluster.

INFILE(ddname)

is the DD statement that identifies the base cluster or a path that points to the base cluster. You must define the base cluster in the same catalog as the alternate index, and it must contain at least one data record.

Abbreviation: IFILE

INDATASET(entryname)

names the data set that identifies the base cluster or a path that points to the base cluster. You must define the base cluster in the same catalog as the alternate index, and it must contain at least one data record.

When you use INDATASET to dynamically allocate the base-cluster volume, make sure the base-cluster volume is mounted as permanently resident or reserved.

Abbreviation: IDS

OUTFILE(ddname)|OUTDATASET(entryname)

names the DD statement or data set that identifies the alternate index or a path that points to the alternate index. If the data set has previously been deleted and redefined in this same invocation of IDCAMS and the FILE parameter was specified on the delete, you must specify the OUTDATASET keyword instead of OUTFILE to avoid picking up incorrect volume information from the original DD statement. Alternately, you may issue the BLDINDEX in a different step than the step that did the delete and define. You can build more than one alternate index for the same base cluster by using more than one ddname or data set name with the OUTFILE or OUTDATASET parameter.

OUTFILE(ddname[ ddname...])

indicates the DD statement that identifies the alternate index, or a path that points to the alternate index. You must define the alternate index in the same catalog as the base cluster, and it must be empty (that is, its high-used relative byte address equals zero) or defined with the REUSE attribute.

The alternate index must be related to the base cluster identified with INDATASET or INFILE.

Abbreviation: OFILE

OUTDATASET(entryname[ entryname...])

specifies the data set that identifies the alternate index or a path that points to the alternate index. When you define the alternate index in the same catalog as the base cluster, it must be empty (that is, its high-used RBA equals zero) or must be defined with the REUSE attribute.

The alternate index must be related to the base cluster identified with INDATASET or INFILE.

When you use OUTDATASET, to dynamically allocate the alternate index's volume, make sure the volume is mounted as permanently resident or reserved.

Abbreviation: ODS