Grouping Feature Example 6

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Grouping Feature Example 6

Request:: Process records with specific Run Date(s) within a specified range.

Build GROUP and GROUPC statements as follows:

position   1         2         3         4         5                 8
  1........0.........0.........0.........0.........0..            ...0
   GROUP   04306 S
   GROUPC  1880905  880909

Position	Field Length	Field Name	Notes
1	1	Set Code	Required
2-9	8	Statement Type	GROUPC
10	1	Definition Indicator	1 to 6; refers to a Group Definition on the GROUP statement
11-18	8	Lower Limiting Criteria *
19-26	8	Upper Limiting Criteria *	Optional if same as lower limit
27	1	Group Code	Any character: to be placed in appropriate Group Code field in accounting record
28	1	CPU Identification	blank: no change in CPU ID Any character: replace CPU ID in accounting record with this character
29-80	52	Reserved	Not used

* Each Criteria Field is converted to packed-decimal or hexadecimal (binary) or left as is depending on the contents of the appropriate Format Indicator in the GROUP statements.

Refer to the following table to determine the number of characters to code in the Criteria fields (always left-justified) for format indicators P and X:

GROUP Statement Field Length	Number of Characters for:
	P	X
1	1	2
2	3	4
3	5	6
4	7	8