Thank you. Adding the suggested parm allowed my job to succeed. Ultimately, 
there where 15,890,801 records.
I looked again and there was not an ICE118I issued in the original job.
I really don't know how, or what controls SAS (v9) passes to the HOST SORT

Thanks again for the assistance.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On
> Behalf Of Sri h Kolusu
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 11:37 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: DFSORT and SAS
> 
> > ICE752I 0 FSZ=0 RE  IGN=0 C  AVG=188 0  WSP=0 E  DYN=2313 16352
> 
> Dave,
> 
> When DFSORT is invoked via  program, it needs to know how many records it
> is sorting so that it can optimally allocate resources needed to sort that
> data. Since the program is feeding the records DFSORT does not have a clue
> and the resources allocated are not enough to complete the sort and hence
> the message ICE046A 0 SORT CAPACITY EXCEEDED - RECORD COUNT 6956799
> 
> Generally, DFSORT can automatically determine the input file size. However,
> in a few cases, such as when an E15 supplies all of the input records or
> when information about a tape data set is not available from a tape
> management system, DFSORT cannot determine an accurate file size.
> 
> Your joblog does not show one of the important message.  You should have
> gotten an ICE118I message
> 
> ICE118I UNKNOWN FILE SIZE - RECOMMEND SPECIFYING FILSZ=EN TO
> REDUCE RISK OF
> FAILURE OR DEGRADED PERFORMANCE
> 
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgece
> nter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.icem100/mb00083.htm__;!!JmPEg
> BY0HMszNaDT!9_LGpASIz6lgFy3pDduAe2DC4jQhXQBtSHYnTd10a0weZdx0ie
> 4mdHNVwnuilA$
> 
> DFSORT failed after processing about 6,956,799 . So if you know how many
> records you are going to process, then you can pass an estimated filesize
> via DFSPARM like this
> 
> //DFSPARM  DD *
>   OPTION FILSZ=E10000000
> /*
> 
> Since DFSORT already processed about 6.9 million records, I just estimated
> that you have 10 million records. You can change that number depending on
> your input file.
> 
> 
> Further if you have any questions please let me know
> 
> Thanks,
> Kolusu
> DFSORT Development
> IBM Corporation
> 
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