UNICODECONV

Use UNICODECONV command to set the default UNICODE conversion defaults.

The values specified in the UNICODECONV command must appear in the list created by the DISPLAY UNI,ALL z/OS system command.

Syntax

UNICODECONV FROMCCSID=<Source code page number>
TOCCSID=<target code page number>
TECHNIQUE=<UNICODE technique characters>

FROMCCSID is a 1 to 5 digit Character Code Set Identifier that you use as the source CCSID for UNICODE conversion. The default is 1200.
TOCCSID is a 1 to 5 digit Character Code Set Identifier that you use for UNICODE conversion. This is the target CCSID of the data. The default is 37. Currently, only SMF WEB record type 120 contains UNICODE in the UTF-16 format. The source CCSID is 1200. Use APPLCONTROL for conversions in the Application data.
TECHNIQUE is 1 to 8 characters as defined in the z/OS Support for Unicode: Using Conversion Services. Use the keyword NONE to specify a technique of all spaces. The default is ER. Use APPLCONTROL for conversions in the Application data.

The values specified in the UNICODECONV command must appear in the list that is displayed by the DISPLAY UNI,ALL z/OS system command.
CUN3000I 11.32.46 UNI DISPLAY 670
ENVIRONMENT: CREATED       11/08/2007 AT 02.39.51
              MODIFIED      11/08/2007 AT 02.39.52
              IMAGE CREATED 10/28/2007 AT 15.28.03
     SERVICE: CHARACTER      CASE           NORMALIZATION COLLATION
     STORAGE: ACTIVE      672 PAGES
              LIMIT      1500 PAGES
    CASECONV: NONE
   NORMALIZE: DISABLED
     COLLATE: DISABLED
  CONVERSION: 00037-00367-ER              00037-00437-ER
              00037-00500-ER              00037-00819-ER
              00037-00834-ER              00037-00970-ER
              01200-00037-ER              01208-00037-ER
The default UNICODECINV command
UNICODECONV FROMCCSID=1200 TOCCSID=37 TECHNIQUE=ER
is represented by 01200-00037-ER in the left side list under CONVERSION:.

UNICODECONV TOCCSID=273

In this example, you convert from code page 1200 to code page 273 using technique ER.