Setting the CCSID from a Local System

If a z/OS® data set is SMS-managed (and not a PDS), a local system user can run the IDCAMS ALTER command to set or change the CCSID, without using DFM.

Figure 1 is an example of the command.

Figure 1. IDCAMS ALTER Command

  //ALTER    JOB   ...
  //STEPA    EXEC  PGM=IDCAMS
  //SYSPRINT DD    SYSOUT=A
  //SYSIN    DD    *
             ALTER -
                USER1.DFM.DATASET -
                CCSID(X'01F4')
  /*

In Figure 1, the CCSID parameter sets the coded character set identifier to X'01F4'. For more information, see the ALTER command in z/OS DFSMS Access Method Services Commands.