Action options are used to specify what tasks 'dsrqst' executes. No values are allowed to follow Action options. Multiple tasks may be processed with a single execution of 'dsrqst' depending on what Action option is chosen. Some of the comprehensive actions include automatically other simpler actions as default; and others include additional actions when certain Mode options are present. Multiple Action options provided simultaneously are blocked.

Some actions are setting information into and some getting information from RDADB for one or multiple datasets.

Based on the information being manipulated, the actions are divided into four categories:

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Request Actions	create, delete, modify and retrieve request information of
Request Process Actions	build requests by staging HPSS data online and purge requests
Request Process Actions	build requests by staging HPSS data online and purge requests by clean request records and temporary online data