If you are sorting on the entire record using character data, you do not need to specify your key field. Otherwise, specify a /KEY qualifier for each of the keys, in the order of their priority. You can sort on as many as 255 key fields. There are three ways to use the /KEY qualifier: o To identify the key field name. o To identify the key field name and to specify sorting order. In this case, enclose the field name and the order option in parentheses. o As a conditional qualifier, to change the order of records in the output file. First, specify a condition name in a /CONDITION qualifier, and set up a test for what meets that condition. Then, specify the relative order in a /KEY qualifier of the form: /KEY=(IF condition-name THEN value ELSE value) You can use any values to specify the relative order of the records.