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.
- 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

Overview of shared file features

File Manager allows you to work with files that are used in a shared environment.

Features include:

Ensuring that an update you are about to commit to does not overwrite another user's update (Edit only). This is referred to as record integrity checking.
Ability to refresh the contents of an individual record at any time.
Refreshing a record before displaying it in SNGL display format.
Saving an individual record, or range of records, while remaining in the current Edit session.
Performing periodic SAVEs of a file after a specified number of changes (Edit only).
While processing a CHANGE command with the ALL operand, performing periodic SAVEs of a file.
Retrying the CHANGE process for a record that, when being SAVEd, has been updated by another user.

Each of the above features is described later in this section.