/GRANULARITY=n
This qualifier specifies the number of key-associated areas in
an indexed file. A file can contain from 1 to 255 key-associated
areas and each area can contain one or more index levels from one
or more keys.
Each key definition contains the following area designations:
o DATA_AREA
o LEVEL1_INDEX_AREA
o INDEX_AREA
During input processing, the optimization and redesign functions
assign two areas per key, one for data and one for both indexes.
During output processing, the area designators are adjusted
according to the granularity specified. Checks are made to
exclude areas that have no key indexes and to create new key
indexed areas where none previously existed.
To assign more than two areas per key (DOUBLE) or to assign
nonstandard key and area associations, you must invoke an
interactive session. With the granularity qualifier configured
as GRANULARITY=DOUBLE, create new areas and set the corresponding
area designators to reference the new areas on a per-key basis.
Example
$ EDIT/FDL/GRANULARITY=2 TEMP_DATA.FDL
This command begins an interactive session in which the output
granularity will be two (2). TEMP_DATA.FDL is the name of the FDL
file being processed.