System Options under z/OS |
Specifies the minimum size of all allocated sort work data sets.
Default: |
0
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Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS
statement, OPTIONS window
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Category: |
Sort: SORT
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PROC OPTIONS GROUP= |
SORT
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z/OS specifics: |
all
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n | nK
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specifies the minimum size of sort work files that SAS allocates
in the units specified by the SORTUNIT option.
The SORT= option specifies the minimum
size of all sort work files that SAS allocates. The units are specified by
the SORTUNIT= option. If the DYNALLOC system option is specified, then any
value that you specify for the SORT= option is ignored.
The following example, which includes descriptions of
the options in the code, allocates three sort work data sets and specifies
a primary space of two cylinders for each data set.
NODYNALLOC /*Host sort does not support doing DYNALLOC for SORTWKxx*/
SORTPGM=HOST /*Always use HOST sort utility*/
SORT=4 /*Unadjusted minimum PRI space for DYNALLOC*/
SORTWKNO=3 /*Allocate 3 sort work datasets*/
SORTUNIT=CYLS /*Allocation will be in CYLS*/
SORTDEV=SYSDA /*Device to allocate space on*/
SORTWKDD=SASS /*DDname prefix for allocation*/
Each of the three sort work data sets will have a minimum amount
of primary space. SAS calculates the minimum space by dividing the value
specified for the SORT= option by the number of sort files, and rounding up
to the next whole number. Therefore, the three allocations will be similar
to the following JCL allocation:
//SASSWK01 DD SPACE=(CYL,(2)),UNIT=SYSDA
//SASSWK02 DD SPACE=(CYL,(2)),UNIT=SYSDA
//SASSWK03 DD SPACE=(CYL,(2)),UNIT=SYSDA
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