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Generic entrynames

A generic entryname is composed of select and skip characters The following table explains how to read the generic entrynames:

Example

Explanation

CLUSTER=FIRST.AP++++C

Skip characters are represented by a plus sign (+) and do not take part in the compare process. This example includes these clusters:
CLUSTER=AP1000C
CLUSTER=AP2145C

CLUSTER=TOM.++C

Generic names can be padded to the right with plus signs (+) up to 44 bytes, so that names of unequal lengths compare equally. This example includes these clusters:
CLUSTER=ABC
CLUSTER=ABCDE

Parameters

The cluster name statement includes the following optional parameters:

CLUSTER

►►─ CLUSTER=entryname ─┬──────────────┬─┬────────────┬────────────────────────►
                       ├─ RECALL ─────┤ ├─ DBD=name ─┤
                       └─ NORECALL ◄ ─┘ └─ DDN=name ─┘

 ►─┬─────────────────────┬─┬────────────────────┬─┬────────────────┬──────────►
   └─ DISP= ─┬─ SHR ◄ ─┬─┘ └─ EXCLUDEentryname ─┘ └─ OUTDD=ddname ─┘
             └─ OLD ───┘

 ►─┬──────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────►◄
   ├─ RECLEVEL ◄ ─┤
   └─ CILEVEL ────┘