System Options under z/OS

SORTDEV= System Option: z/OS

Specifies the unit device name if SAS dynamically allocates the sort work file.

Default:	SYSDA
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
Category:	Sort: SORT
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	SORT
z/OS specifics:	all

Syntax
Details
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Syntax

SORTDEV=unit-device-name

Details

To specify a device name, use a generic device type unit name, such as 3390, rather than a group name, such as SYSDA.

To determine the memory requirements, SAS must look up the device characteristics for the specified unit name. A group name might represent multiple device types, which makes it impossible to predict on which device type the sort work files will be allocated and what the memory requirements will be.

For group names, the device characteristics of the WORK library are used. Use of these characteristics can result in a warning message, unless NOSORTDEVWARN is in effect.