in what type of vsam datasets can an alternate index be
defined??

Answer Posted / ravi paradkar

KSDS,ESDS
we can use alternate index in esds .same way as you creating aix for ksds. in ksds . in esds you can access through rba but if you create aix u can retrieve records through aix of esds.

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