The different types of Data Areas are general data AREA, local data area, GROUP data area, pip (program initialization parameter data area) data area.

*General Data Area - It can be created by USER implicitely or explicitly
It can be referred by any other jobs.
It can be associated with a library.
It can be created, deleted by the user.

* Local Data Area - It can not be referred by any other job.
It is AUTOMATICALLY created and deleted by the system.
It is not associated with any library.

*Group Data Area - It is automatically created and deleted by the system We can access the group data area value through clp.
It is meant for group jobs.

*Pip Data Area - It is meant for pre start jobs.

The different types of Data Areas are general data area, local data area, group data area, pip (program initialization parameter data area) data area.

*General Data Area - It can be created by user implicitely or explicitly
It can be referred by any other jobs.
It can be associated with a library.
It can be created, deleted by the user.

* Local Data Area - It can not be referred by any other job.
It is automatically created and deleted by the system.
It is not associated with any library.

*Group Data Area - It is automatically created and deleted by the system We can access the group data area value through clp.
It is meant for group jobs.

*Pip Data Area - It is meant for pre start jobs.