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If a(+1) generation dataset is created in the first step of a job, how can it be referenced in later steps of the same job for input?

  1. As the (0) generation

  2. As the (+1) generation

  3. As the (-1) generation

  4. Without generation number
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Within the same JCL job execution, a newly created Generation Data Group (GDG) dataset version must be referenced by its relative generation number (+1) in subsequent steps. The catalog is updated and (+1) becomes the new (0) only after the job finishes.

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