Get Data Set Attributes

Function:

This tool is used to get the attributes of a single MVS data set. It is typically used to refresh the properties of data sets which were returned by “Get Data Sets”.

Parameters:

Parameter No I/O Type Description
1 [M] I String/MassProcessing  Data set name. The data set to return properties for.
2 [M] O String/MassProcessing  Type of the data set.
3 [M] O String/MassProcessing  Data set organisation.
4 [M] O String/MassProcessing  Record format of the data set.
5 [M] O String/MassProcessing  Record length of the data set.
6 [M] O String/MassProcessing  Space units of the data set.
7 [M] O String/MassProcessing  Primary quantity of the data set.
8 [M] O String/MassProcessing  Secondary quantity of the data set.
9 [M] O String/MassProcessing  Total quantity of the data set.
10 [M] O String/MassProcessing  Volume serial of the data set.
11 [M] O String/MassProcessing  Block size of the data set.
12 [M] O String/MassProcessing  Whether the data set is SMS managed.
13 [M] O String/MassProcessing  Whether the data set is accessible.
14 [M] O String/MassProcessing  Suffix of the data set.
15 [M] O String/MassProcessing  Whether the data set can be browsed.
16 [M] O String/MassProcessing  Whether the data set is editable.

In order to refresh properties of a single data set element, the “Resource Processing” attribute of the tool descriptor must be set to “UPDATE”.

Note: For mass processing support:
  • The action using the tool must be setup to support mass processing. See Mass Processing Overview for more information.
  • Resource processing is currently not supported for mass processing execution. The resource processing attribute of the tool "Get Data Set Properties" must be set to “READ” for mass processing.
  • Although all parameters should have the type “MassProcessing” for mass processing execution, this tool accepts “String” parameters and treats them depending on the “Mass Processing” attribute of the parent action descriptor. It is not necessary to change all the parameter types to “MassProcessing” for mass processing execution.
  • Currently there is no mass processing server implementation for “Get Data Set Properties”, which means that the tool gets the properties of each data set one by one. If no other mass processing tool is used within the same action descriptor, it is sufficient to model the tool as single processing and simply enable multi selection, for example, in an “element type has action” relationship enabled condition. See Enabled/Visible Condition for more information.