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Field Description and Contents

The following definitions apply to the fields found on the Test Compression Facility Report:

DATA SET NAME

The name of the data set being analyzed.

NAME OF CATALOG

The name of the catalog for the data set.

VOLUME

The name of the volume for the data set.

ORGANIZATION

The Data Set Organization: KSDS, ESDS, or Physical Sequential.

SAMPLED K-BYTES

The estimated number of kilobytes of data sampled.

AVERAGE REC LNTH

The estimated average record length of the records sampled.

ALLOCATED TRACKS

The total number of tracks allocated to the data set (not the number of tracks which contain data).

NUMBER OF RECORDS SAMPLED

The total number of records sampled.

NUMBER OF RECORDS IN FILE

The estimated number of records in the file sampled for VSAM. This field is not applicable for Physical Sequential data sets.

NON-COMPRS BYTES

The total number of noncompressible bytes.

KEYS

The number keys in the record.

KEYS OFFSET

The offset of the keys in the record.

KEYS LENGTH

The length of the keys in the record.

PATTERN

The SCAN or SELECT criteria used to find the record.

TYPE/TABLE COMPRESSION

The name of the compression technique that was used.

PERCENT COMPRESSION

The estimated percentage of the file to be compressed.

KBYTES OF DATA

The estimated number of kilobytes of data after compression.

AVERAGE REC LNTH

The estimated average record length after compression.

ALLOCATION TRACKS

The estimated number of allocated tracks after compression.

SAVINGS TRACKS

The estimated number of tracks saved after compression.

CURRENT RDL STATEMENT

The current record description language.