Answer Posted / gomathi

//PSTY0010 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
DEFINE CLUSTER (NAME (SAMPLE.DATA) -
TRACKS(45 15) -
RECORDSIZE(80 80) -
FREESPACE(10 15) -
KEYS(6 0) -
INDEXED) -
DATA (NAME(SAMPLE.DATA.DAT) -
CISZ(8192)) -
INDEX (NAME(SAMPLE.DATA.IDX))
/*
//*

In Key (6,0) mention the start position and length of the
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