Enter the name of the parent record. Enter SYSTEM to identify the set as a system-owned index.

Enter a description of the relationship between the record and owner.

Enter the name of the area in which the owner record and index structure are located. Enabled when you edit an existing owner record and set with an owner name of SYSTEM.

Select the logical order for adding new member record occurrences to a set occurrence at run time:

None
First
Last
Next
Prior
Sorted

Default is none.

Select the set characteristic that determines how CA IDMS/DB pointers are maintained at run time:

None
Chain
Chain Linked to Prior Index
VSAM Index

Default is none.

Select how CA IDMS/DB handles a record occurrence with a sort key that duplicates the sort key of an existing occurrence:

None
By DBKey
First
Last
Not Allowed

Default is none.

Select one of the following set options:

None
Mandatory Automatic
Mandatory Manual
Optional Automatic
Optional Manual

Default is none.

Select this option to use the natural sort sequence, which sorts and evaluates the key fields using negative values before positive values.

Clear this option to use the default sort sequence. By default, CA IDMS/DB sorts and evaluates the key fields using a standard collating sequence, which sorts data by its hexadecimal value.

Default is cleared.

Select this option to link each member record of the specified type in the set to the owner record.

You cannot change this option if the relationship is already being used by a defined table in the data map.

Enabled if the

Linked to Owner

option is selected.

Enter the position within the record of the owner key. This value is the owner database key position or the index value, relative to 1, defined in a schema set statement. If you do not enter a position value, a value is automatically assigned.

Default is 0.

Enter the IDMS page group of the owner record.

Maximum value is 32767. Default is 0.

Enter the IDMS radix for the owner record.

Valid values are from 0 through 12. Default is 8.