SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

512 SORTWKDD= System Option Chapter 18
specifies that the units be track(s). The space calculation for track allocations
requires that the characteristics of the device on which the allocations will be made
need to be known. The device type is specified with the SORTDEV= option. The
device type should be specified as generic, such as 3390, rather than esoteric, such as
DISK. This is because when an esoteric name is specified, it is impossible to predict
what device type will be used and thus the device characteristics will also be
unknown.
BLK
specifies that the files will be allocated with an average block size equal to the record
length rounded up to approximately 6K (6144). Therefore, if the input record length
was 136, the average block size used for the allocation would be 6120.
n
is an integer that specifies the average block size.
Details
The SORTUNIT= option specifies the unit of allocation to be used if SAS dynamically
allocates the sort work files (see the DYNALLOC option).
SORTWKDD= System Option
Specifies the prefix of sort work data sets
Default: SASS
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
Category: Sort: SORT
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= SORT
z/OS specifics: all
Syntax
SORTWKDD=prefix
prefix
is a four-character, valid operating environment name, which must begin with a letter
or a special character ($, #, or @), followed by letters, national characters, or digits.
Details
The SORTWKDD= option specifies the prefix to be used to generate the DDnames for
the sort work files if SAS or the host sort utility dynamically allocates them (see
“DYNALLOC System Option” on page 425). The DDnames will be of the form
prefixWKnn, where nn can be in the range of 01 to the value of the SORTWKNO=
option, which is usually 3 and cannot exceed 6.