Walt, You are correct for the RELATE type alias. The one that is linked directly to the dataset (ie. The alias gets deleted when the dataset gets deleted).
However, with a bit of extra work you can use SYMBOLICRELATE type alias instead and that is allowed to go in a different catalog (see OA52218). However, I ran into a problem whereby if you want to delete the alias again you need ALTER access to the catalog. I PMRed it and IBM have recently closed APAR OA54588 to fix it. Regards, Alan Watthey -----Original Message----- From: Walt Farrell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 01 May 2018 3:59 am Subject: Re: IEFA107I when pointing to dataset alias On Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:32:26 -0500, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote: >There ought to be an RFE tnat when the lookup fails in B's catalog the search >should >be re-driven from A's catalog. How could that possibly work? I reference B.DATA.SET and so the system goes to the catalog that B directs it to. In that catalog, it finds no record for B.DATA.SET (because the ALIAS record is in the catalog for A). Having found no record for B.DATA.SET, the system has no idea that it's an alias, nor any clue which other catalog it ought to look in. The only way it could work would be to change the base functionality so the ALIAS record could go in B's catalog, and I doubt that would happen at this late date. -- Walt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
