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Configure Dataset Update Redirections
To access this feature, click Configure your datasets on the SourceConnect tab.
Forces all writes or rewrites to a specified dataset to be made to an alternative dataset, preserving the original. Additionally, the alternate dataset is checked first when doing a read of a member. A typical use for this entry is to ensure that source files are read from a production dataset, but any updated files are written to a separate, test dataset to avoid overwriting the existing files.

- When writing to dataset
- Specify the name of the protected, typically production, dataset. This can be a partitioned dataset, Librarian dataset or Panvalet dataset.
- Redirect to dataset
- Specify the name of the unprotected, typically development, dataset. This can be a partitioned dataset, Librarian dataset or Panvalet dataset.