SORT Error – Data Set open failed, DDname=xxxxxxxx
Explanation
The CICS PA sort
module was unable to open the data set referenced by xxxxxxxx.
System action
Control returns to the module that issued the sort
request.
User response
Look for any system message that might be related
to this error. Check the JCL and data set space allocation. The space
requirements varies by application and by volume of input. The data
set should be a temporary sequential data set. Do not specify the
record format, logical record length, or block size in the JCL. Refer
to the sample JCL specification in
Figure 1 for the correct JCL specification
of the sort work data sets.