What more info you should give in the DD stateme

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What more info you should give in the DD statement while defining the next generation of a GDG ?

Give (+1) as the generation number, give (new, catlg) for disp, give space parameter, can give the DCB parameter if you want to override the DCB of the model dataset.

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