Coded character set ID (CCSID)

Specifies the coded character set identifier (CCSID) being used to describe character data in the fields of the file.

Note:
A file created with no DDS when FILETYPE (*DATA) is specified has a CCSID of 65535, regardless of the job CCSID value.

The possible values are:

*JOB
The current job's default CCSID is used.

*HEX
The CCSID 65535 is used, which indicates that character data in the fields is treated as bit data and is not converted.

user defined
Specify the CCSID to be used.