Summary of changes

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 18. It contains minor changes and clarifications to the information in the previous version.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 17. It contains minor changes and clarifications to the information in the previous version.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 16. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1.

• Enhanced Find. Two new options when performing partitioned data set searches:

  List

  Produces an intermediate matching member list with sortable columns. Columns can now be sorted in change date order so that you can easily determine the most recent member matching the search criteria. This provides more flexibility than the current summary command from the enhanced search report.

  First

  Limits the search to the first occurrence of a member if more than one partitioned data set is being processed. For example, this can be applied in a Software Configuration and Library Manager (SCLM) environment where you might have the same member in more than one library and you are interested in only the first occurrence or the latest version of that member.

  For more detailed information about these new options, see EFind command syntax and Enhanced Search command panel.
• Enhanced Change and FCH function. A new option, MEMORY, has been introduced to address the restrictions associated with update in place. Record lengths can now be changed and compressed data sets are supported. For more detailed information about this new option, see Enhanced Change command panel, Find/Change Utility panel and FCH (Find/Change).
• New function to produce VSAM define statements. A new batch function, DEFV, has been added to produce IDCAMS define statements for one or more data sets. See DEFV (Define VSAM Statements) for more information.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 15. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1.

• Display a list of templates, of all types, and perform actions on them. The Template List provides the following features:
  • Visibility of member generations for PDSE version 2 data sets.
  • A lock mechanism to prevent unintentional template edit changes.
  • The ability to change the default value for formatting leading zeros with numeric fields.
  • The ability to compare templates in their exported XML format.

For more detailed information about the Template List, see Working with the Template List.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 13. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1.

• Random and repeatable scrambling can now be optimized with a new option. The option can be customized at installation time (default behavior for scrambling). The default behavior can be overridden by specifying the option when copying and scrambling data. The option can be set to one of the following values: OFF, ON, or MAX. See SET (Set Processing Options) and Copy To panel.
• Load Module Attributes are now included on the information, print, and XML reports. See Load Module Information panel.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 12. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1.

• Prefix commands JCL, SELECT, and SUBMIT are now supported in PDSE Workbench. See Prefix commands.
• A new SETCICS function enables opening and closing CICS® files and working with CICS® resources in batch or keyword mode. See SETCICS (Update the status of CICS files) -- batch only.
• When doing a keyed data set compare you can now first sort the files in the order determined by the key values. See DSM (Data Set Compare) and Compare Utility: Options panel.
• Output from a data set compare can now be combined and directed to a single DD. See DSM (Data Set Compare).
• Fields can now be held when scrolling in SNGL display format. See Holding fields on the display when scrolling.
• Template enhancements:
  • New "A" (Always) option means the template can always be edited before an edit, view, or browse session.

    New "R" (Re-edit) option provides the ability to save a temporary or dynamic template after it was applied to the data, or re-invoke the edit or view session using RUNTEMP.

    See Editing a template, Browse Entry panel, and View Entry panel.

  • For templates created during a FM/IMS extract the DBD name can now be edited in the File Manager Base component. This allows one template to be reused for multiple DBD names. See XML templates.
  • PDSE Workbench has been updated to support PDS and PDSE data sets on a remote system.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 11. It contains minor changes and clarifications to the information in the previous version.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 10. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1.

• The VLM (View Load Module) and CLM (Compare Load Module) functions have been updated to:

  • Filter CSECTs selected for processing.
  • Display and compare compiler options added with the latest Enterprise COBOL and Enterprise PL/1 compilers.
  • Display and compare COBOL program language features used in the COBOL code for CSECTs created by Enterprise COBOL compilers.

  See VLM (View Load Module) and CLM (Compare Load Module).
• Member name filter values can be specified to limit the partitioned data set members to be displayed in a list or selected for processing. This is implemented through an enhancement to the Advanced Member Selection panel and a new XMEMBERS option in the BTB, BTU, CLM, DSC, DSEB, DSM, DSP, DSU, FCH, TPEXP, and TPIMP functions. See File Manager functions and Advanced Member Selection panel.
• File Manager now supports editing of MQ remote queues and aliases to remote queues. See Working with WebSphere MQ.
• The Find/Change Utility panel, File Selection panel, and all USS member lists have been updated to display created and changed dates in YYYY/MM/DD format. See Find/Change Utility panel and File Selection panel.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 9. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9042-07.

• Support for version 2 PDSE member generations and new PDSE Workbench.
  • A new PDSE workbench has been developed to handle management of members and generations.
  • The enhanced search Drill parameter now supports a limit and applies to version 2 PDSE generations as well as HFS and zFS directories.
  • The enhanced search function key (or edit macro) menu has a new option to invoke PDSE Workbench. This allows for cursor-sensitive invocation from JCL View or Edit sessions.
  • Data set COPY utility now supports copying of member generations.
  • CLONE facility now supports the copying of member generations.
  • A new history capability for all member lists within File Manager.
  See PDSE Workbench.
• File Manager print output can now be directed to FMNPRINT, and individual sections of the output can now be directed instead to alternate ddnames. See Invoking File Manager functions from a REXX procedure or CLIST in /BATCH mode and JCL syntax for File Manager batch jobs.
• New DSINFO File Manager option on the SET function provides additional information in batch reports about input and output data sets for the DSP, DSM, DSC, and FCH commands. See SET (Set Processing Options).
• The data set COPY utility has been enhanced to support CSV as an output format. See DSC (Data Set Copy).
• File Manager MQ users are no longer required to have CONTROL access to the MQADMIN class resource mqmanager.CONTEXT.mqqueue. If users do not have this access the MQ CONTEXT is not copied when records are updated.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 8. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9042-06.

• Template repository support for mandatory templates and dynamic data scrambling. Refer to the topics under Template repository.
• New BDY option on the SET function and Compiler Language Selection panel specifies whether to suppress boundary field errors. See SET (Set Processing Options) and Compiler Language Selection panel.
• New options on the DSC function enable SMS attributes to be specified for the output data set (DSNOUT). See DSC (Data Set Copy).

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 7. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9042-05.

• Edit models are provided to help create batch JCL that accesses File Manager functions and REXX external functions. Refer to Using File Manager edit models.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 6. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9042-04.

• File Manager Service Provider for IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition now enables client applications to access IMS™ and Db2® data sources using z/OS® Connect. Refer to File Manager Service Provider for z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition, in particular the IMS™ and Db2® topics in the following sections:
  • Requests and responses.
  • Build Toolkit plug-in properties.
  • Generic method examples.
  • Specific method examples.
• Added support for 8-character TSO user IDs and TSO prefixes, which was introduced with z/OS® v2.3. See Advanced Member Selection panel.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 4. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9042-03.

• New Clone facility. See Cloning data sets.
• New template repository facility. See Template repository.
• New option specifies the method by which JCL data is processed when running FCH or DSC with JCL=YES. See Working with files or members containing JCL and SET (Set Processing Options).

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 3. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9042-02.

• Enhancements to FM Service Provider for z/OS Connect REST API feature. See File Manager Service Provider for z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition.
• New Enhanced Change facility. See Using Enhanced Reference List, Search, and Change.
• New REDEFINES criteria feature. See Redefines criteria.
• New messages FMNBA151-153, FMNBA157-159, FMNBE004.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 2. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9042-01.

• File Manager service provider enables customers to create client applications to access IBM® Z data sources using z/OS® Connect. See File Manager Service Provider for z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition.
• New keyword KEYDUPOK on DSM batch function. See DSM (Data Set Compare).

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 1. It contains minor changes from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9042-00.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 0. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 13 Release 1, SC19-4119-08.

• Support for PDSE Version 2 allocation. See Allocate (Two) panel.