OUTREC Reformatting records with OVERLAY Example

DFSORT OUTREC Reformatting records with OVERLAY Tutorial

Scenario - Overlay 'dept' with 'DEPT' in all records and multiply marks with 10 and save the result in the same place.

Input File - MATEPK.SORT.INPUT01 - FB file of 80 length

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
00001     student1           dept1          560
00003     student3           dept2          520
00004     student4           dept1          540
00005     student5           dept2          500
00002     student2           dept3          510

JCL -

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7--
//MATEPKD  JOB (123),'MTH',NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//*
//STEP01   EXEC PGM=SORT
//SORTIN   DD DSN=MATEPK.SORT.INPUT01,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT   DD DSN=MATEPK.MERGE.OUTPUT,
//            DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),UNIT=SYSDA,
//            SPACE=(CYL,(1,4),RLSE),
//            DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=0)
//SYSOUT   DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN    DD *
     OPTION COPY
     OUTREC OVERLAY=(30:30,4,TRAN=LTOU,
            45:45,3,ZD,MUL,+10,TO=ZD,LENGTH=4)
/*

Output -

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8 00001 student1 DEPT1 5600 00003 student3 DEPT2 5200 00004 student4 DEPT1 5400 00005 student5 DEPT2 5000 00002 student2 DEPT3 5100

Explaining Example -

OUTREC OVERLAY=(30:30,4,TRAN=LTOU,..) - Converts the data lower to upper from 30th position of length 4 and writes to output from 30th position.
OUTREC OVERLAY=(..,45:45,3,ZD,MUL,+10,TO=ZD,LENGTH=4) - the data from 45th byte multiplies with 10 and writes the result to output of the length 4 from 45th position.