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
  - Working with data set lists
    - Accessing data set lists
      You can access data set lists using either the Process pull-down menu on the function entry panel or the fastpath commands REFL, REFD, and REFA.
    - Managing personal data set lists
    - Retrieving details from a data set list
      You can speed up the selection of commonly-used data sets from the function entry panel by retrieving the data set name and any associated details from a data set list.
    - Allocating program function keys
  - Creating data sets and records
  - Creating, replacing, and adding data using existing data
  - Copying data sets
  - Cloning data sets
    The clone utility provides a convenient way to copy multiple sequential, partitioned, GDG, and VSAM data sets.
  - Finding and changing data in multiple PDS members
  - Working with files or members containing JCL
    When using the DSC or FCH utility with a file that contains JCL and the JCL Source format option has been selected, there are two methods used to maintain integrity.
  - Comparing data sets
  - Printing from File Manager
- 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

Allocating program function keys

If you are accessing data set lists frequently, you will probably find it worthwhile to allocate one or more program function (PF) keys to commands used to manage data set lists.

The commands for which you may find it helpful to allocate a PF key are:

LISTVIEW: On the Personal Data Set List panel, toggles the format of the display to include an extra (third) line where you can add or view the description for that data set entry.
On the Personal Data Set Lists panel, toggles between the standard and extended list format. The extended list format shows the first 6 data set names for each list.
NRETRIEV: Retrieves the details of the first data set entry from the current data set list. Repeated use of NRETRIEV returns details of the next data set in the current data set list. You can only use NRETRIEV on the function entry panel.
REFD: Displays the list of data set lists.
REFL: Displays the current data set list.

To allocate PF keys to one or more of the above commands, use the ISPF command, KEYS.