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.
  - How to produce a Template List
    The Template List can be produced using any of the following methods:
  - Template List Entry panel
  - Template Member List panel
    - Customizing and sorting columns
    - Field descriptions
    - Primary commands
      The Template List supports the following primary commands for working with member lists.
    - Prefix commands
      The Template List supports the following prefix commands for working with member lists.
    - Column descriptions
- 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

Customizing and sorting columns

The Template Member List panel displays a selection list of customizable columns. You can:

Select and order columns.
Change column widths.
Change the sort order for column values.
Provide filters for each column.
Scroll right (F11) and left (F10) if the screen width does not accommodate all the columns.

You can customize all columns using the TAILOR primary command. You can customize displayed columns by positioning the cursor on the filter value and pressing Enter.

You can change the sort order of the column values using the following methods:

Position the cursor on the header for the field and press Enter. This sorts the list using the default sort order for that field.
If the sort order indicator is displayed in the rightmost position of the header for the field, position the cursor on the sort order indicator and press Enter. This sorts the list using the next sort order sequence for that field (either Ascending, Descending, None).
Issue the SORT command.
Issue the TAILOR command and change the SORT sequence for any number of fields.