So far, everyone seems to agree - the character set is not defined in the
manual.
I did find this in the ISMF help when I tried to define a DATACLASS:
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MESSAGE NUMBER: DGTUC013
SHORT MESSAGE: INVALID CONSTRUCT NAME
LONG MESSAGE: Must be 1 to 8 alphamerics starting with
alphabetic, $, @, *, #, or %
EXPLANATION:
You entered an invalid construct name. The construct name entered
does not follow the TSO naming conventions.
SUGGESTED ACTION:
Correct and re-enter the construct name. The construct name must be
1 to 8 alphamerics starting with an alphabetic or national
($, @, *, #, or %) character.
Use ENTER to continue with ISMF HELP, Use END to return to ISMF.
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However, you can't use the * or % wildcard characters, so this message is
not the whole story.
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Gibney, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> Oh, you mean valid values for the name. I would expect standard z/OS JCL
> (and MVS before) up to 8 characters, uppercase letters, likely the
> Nationals are allowed. :)
>
> I bet it is in the JCL manual....
> z/OS
>
> MVS JCL Reference
>
> Document Number SA22-7597-13
>
> 2.15.2 Subparameter Definition
>
> data-class-name Specifies the name of a data class to be used for
> allocating the data set. The name, one to eight characters, is defined
> by the storage administrator at your installation.
>
> I guess, not really, but in section 4.2 Character Sets
>
>
> Dave Gibney
> Information Technology Services
> Washington State University
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]]
> > On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf
> > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 12:26 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: Valid DATACLAS names - where documented?
> >
> > I thought that maybe IBM punted and only documented in the ISMF help
> > screens, but its not there either.
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Gibney, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > z/OS
> > >
> > > DFSMSdfp Storage Administration
> > >
> > > Document Number SC26-7402-13
> > >
> > > But, it may not be useful. It is DATACLAS=xxxxxxxx, where xxxxxxxx is
> any
> > > DATACLAS defined by the user site in ISMF :)
> > >
> > > Dave Gibney
> > > Information Technology Services
> > > Washington State University
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-
> > [email protected]]
> > > > On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf
> > > > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 12:14 PM
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > Subject: Valid DATACLAS names - where documented?
> > > >
> > > > I'm sorry if I'm dense, but I can't find this in the FM.
> > > > Does anyone know where the valid syntax of a DATACLAS name is
> > > > documented?
> > > >
> > > > Kirk Wolf
> > > > Dovetailed Technologies
> > > > http://dovetail.com
> > > >
> > > >
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