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Sorting with CA EPIC for z/VSE

This section describes the considerations necessary to use CA EPIC for z/VSE controlled datasets with three widely used VSE sort programs:

• SYNCSORT
• CA SORT
• DFSORT

All VSE sort programs do pre-open assignment checking and use PIOCS to read and write their datasets. Therefore, some special considerations are usually necessary when accessing CA EPIC for z/VSE-controlled datasets with a sort program. These considerations fall into three categories:

• Satisfaction of pre-open assignment check requirements
• Deletion of the SORTWK dataset(s)
• Acquisition and recognition of necessary DTF information by CA EPIC for z/VSE

Pre-open assignment checking requirements can be met using JCL changes. CA EPIC for z/VSE automatically deletes controlled SORTWK datasets at EOJ. DTF information must be supplied by the sort for any datasets it has opened.