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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
Reference data set
Enhanced Reference List panel
Field Descriptions

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

Field Descriptions

Data set name

This is the name of the data set that contains reference members.

Leave this field blank to select from a history list.

You can enter a generic name to select from a matching data set list. In a generic name, use the percent mark % to represent a single character and an asterisk mark * to represent any number of characters within one qualifier. Two asterisks ** represent any number of characters within any number of qualifiers.

If the data set name is not found in the catalog, a prompt to allocate the data set will be displayed.

Note: The allocate dialog should be used to allocate the reference data set to ensure it is defined with the correct file attributes.

Member pattern

Specifies a member pattern to filter the member list.

Column Descriptions:

Name: Reference member name.
Description: Input field to update or view existing member descriptions.
Date changed: The date and time the member was last modified.
Size: Number of lines in the member.

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