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Enhanced ISPF: Reference List, Search, Change, and PDSE Workbench
File Manager provides several enhancements to the basic facilities that are available in an ISPF session: Enhanced Reference List, Enhanced Search, Enhanced Change, and PDSE Workbench.
Using Enhanced Reference List, Search, and Change
Using the F4 function key
F4 edit macro hot spots

Working with File Manager
- File Manager overview
- Getting started with File Manager
- Viewing and changing data sets
  To view data stored in a supported data set, use the View Utility or the Edit Utility.
- Creating and editing templates
  For many tasks performed with File Manager, you can manipulate your view of a data set by applying a template.
- Working with the Template List
  Display a list of templates and perform actions on them.
- Filtering records with templates
- Managing data sets
- Using File Manager utilities
- Tape Specific Functions
- Disk/VSAM Data Functions
- OAM Functions
- Using UNIX™ System Services and the Hierarchical File System
- Introduction to programming with File Manager functions
- Enhancing File Manager processing
  You can enhance normal processing of a number of File Manager tasks by supplying a procedure that runs in conjunction with the File Manager process.
- Redefines criteria
  Redefines criteria can be specified for a field with a REDEFINES clause, or a field that is the target of a REDEFINES clause.
- Enhanced ISPF: Reference List, Search, Change, and PDSE Workbench
  File Manager provides several enhancements to the basic facilities that are available in an ISPF session: Enhanced Reference List, Enhanced Search, Enhanced Change, and PDSE Workbench.
  - Setting up the enhanced ISPF commands
    There are two methods of setting up the enhanced ISPF commands.
  - Using Enhanced Reference List, Search, and Change
    - Reference data set
    - EFind command syntax
    - EChange command syntax
    - Enhanced Search command panel
      You can run all the options of the EFind command from the panel. File Manager maintains a history of the last 50 commands.
    - Enhanced Search member hit selection list panel
      This panel appears if a successful enhanced search is performed with the List option specified.
    - Enhanced Change command panel
      You can run all the options of the EChange command from the panel. File Manager maintains a history of the last 50 commands.
    - Enhanced Change command member list panel
      This panel displays the reference member list.
    - Using the F4 function key
    - Examples: Enhanced Reference List and Search
    - Examples: Enhanced Change
  - PDSE Workbench
    Use PDSE Workbench to manage members of all PDS and PDSE data sets, including member generations.
- File Manager Service Provider for z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition
  File Manager Service Provider for IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition enables client applications to access IBM Z data sources using z/OS Connect.
- Function and panel reference lists

F4 edit macro hot spots

To bypass the F4 menu displays and drive the respective option, use the values in the following tables:

Table 1. Report View Options hot spots
Value	Option
SUM	`1 SUM Only data sets/members`
DS	`2 DS Only data sets`
RES	`3 RES Original report`

Table 2. F4 string selection menu
Value	Option
View	`1 View View resource`
Edit	`2 Edit Edit resource`
SELect	`3 Select Select resource list`
Dslist	`4 Dslist ISPF data set list`
Search	`5 Search Nested search`
ALL	`6 All Show all occurrences`
FIRST	`7 First Find first occurrence`
PREV	`8 Prev Find previous occurrence`
NEXT	`9 Next Find next occurrence`
LAST	`10 Last Find last occurrence`

Note:

You can use the KEYS command to assign a value of 'FMNSRCHK value' or 'FMNELIBD KEY value' to another function key, or enter the value on the command line and press F4.
The capital letters are used in the Value column to denote the abbreviated value that is supported.

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