What is Joinkeys in sort?

JOINKEYS feature joins transactions/records from two different files based on certain keys (i.e. fields with common information). The SORTJNF1 and SORTJNF2 DD statements were used to specify these files.

What is Joinkeys?

In RDBMS, SQL JOIN clause is used to join tables and perform multiple operations on it. To perform operations on records in different flat files, JOINKEYS are used. With the help of JOINKEYS in SORT JCL, various join operation on matched and non-matched records can be executed based on matching fields or Keys.

How do I get unmatched records on Joinkeys?

1 Answer. Show activity on this post. It is a simple JOINKEYS: OPTION COPY JOINKEYS F1=INA,FIELDS=(4,80),SORTED,NOSEQCK JOINKEYS F2=INB,FIELDS=(4,80),SORTED,NOSEQCK JOIN UNPAIRED REFORMAT FIELDS=(F1:1,227,F2:1,227,?)

How do you get matching records from two files using sort?

SORT JOIN – TO JOIN TWO FILES BASED ON A KEY

  1. Both Files Matching Records (Inner Join)
  2. Both Files Matching Records + Non Matching from File1 (Left outer join)
  3. Non Matching from File1.
  4. Both Files Matching Records + Non Matching from File2(Right outer join)
  5. Non Matching from File2.

What is join unpaired F1?

JOIN UNPAIRED,F1,ONLY is used to restrict the output (SORTOUT) to the records in F1 that do not have matching keys in F2. UNPAIRED,F1,F2 to keep the unpaired joined records as well as the paired join records.

What is the join key in JCL?

The JOIN key is a concept used to create new data set from the given data sets by using KEY. This is possible with DFSORT, and can be used with JCL

What is joinkeys in SAP?

JOINKEYS feature joins transactions/records from two different files based on certain keys (i.e. fields with common information). The SORTJNF1 and SORTJNF2 DD statements were used to specify these files. Each JOINKEYS statement must specify the ddname of the file it applies to and the starting position, length and sequence of the keys in that file.

What are the requirements for each joinkeys statement?

Each JOINKEYS statement must specify the ddname of the file it applies to and the starting position, length and sequence of the keys in that file.

Are the include and omit operands available on the joinkeys statement?

Although the INCLUDE and OMIT operands are available on the JOINKEYS statement, it is recommended that you specify an INCLUDE or OMIT statement in JNF1CNTL or JNF2CNTL instead for ease of use. For example, instead of the OMIT and INCLUDE operands in the JOINKEYS statements shown previously, you could specify:

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