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Setting Data Map Properties to Get the RRN or RBA in a VSAM Data Set Record

You can set data map properties to get the relative record number (RRN) or relative byte address (RBA) for VSAM data set records.

Open the data map.

Right-click the data map and click

Properties

On the

Access Method

tab in the

Data Map Properties

dialog box, select one of the following options:

To get the RBA for ESDS data sets, select

Prefix record with XRBA

To get the RRN for RRDS data sets, select

Prefix Record with RRN

If you request that PowerExchange return the RRN or RBA value, you must add an 8-byte binary field at the beginning of the record definition to contain this value.

Open the record.

In the

Record

window, right-click the first field in the record and click

Add Field Before

Enter a value for

Field Name

. Select

BIN

for the

Field Type

and

for the

Length

field.

Click

Open the table.

In the

Table

window, right-click the first column in the table and click

Add Column Before

In the

Name

field, enter a name for the new column.

In the

Base Field

list, select the new field.

To send the data map to the z/OS system where the VSAM data set resides, click

File

Send to Remote Node

Getting the RRN or RBA for VSAM Data Set Records

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Setting Data Map Properties to Get the RRN or RBA in a VSAM Data Set Record

Setting Data Map Properties to Get the RRN or RBA in a VSAM Data Set Record