What is a GDG? Why do we go for a GDG ? utility used to
create GDG?

Answer Posted / eswar

Generation Data Group(GDG) , mainly we go for the GDG for
daily or monthly report generation and keep the version in
such a case we can prefer GDG, for creating GDG we have to
use the Utility IDCAMS.

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