Get Data Set Attributes

Function:

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

The tool supports mass processing.

Parameters:

Parameter No	I/O	Type	Description
1 [M]	I	String	Data set name. The data set to return properties for.
2 [M]	O	String	Type of the data set.
3 [M]	O	String	Data set organisation.
4 [M]	O	String	Record format of the data set.
5 [M]	O	String	Record length of the data set.
6 [M]	O	String	Space units of the data set.
7 [M]	O	String	Primary quantity of the data set.
8 [M]	O	String	Secondary quantity of the data set.
9 [M]	O	String	Total quantity of the data set.
10 [M]	O	String	Volume serial of the data set.
11 [M]	O	String	Block size of the data set.
12 [M]	O	String	Whether the data set is SMS managed.
13 [M]	O	String	Whether the data set is accessible.
14 [M]	O	String	Suffix of the data set.
15 [M]	O	String	Whether the data set can be browsed.
16 [M]	O	String	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 attribute “Mass Processing” set to true for mass processing execution, this tool accepts the "Mass Processing" attribute of parameters set to false and treats them depending on the “Mass Processing” attribute of the parent action descriptor. It is not necessary to change the "Mass Processing" attributes of all parameter to true 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.