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.
  - Template types and structure
    A File Manager template is a collection of information that you can use to select and format records and fields in an application data set.
  - Template repository
    The template repository is a VSAM KSDS file that is used to associate a data set or resource name with its corresponding template.
  - Managing templates
    - Setting your template processing options
    - Specifying or updating the source definition for a copybook template
      - Single copybook source definitions
      - Advanced copybook source definitions
    - Advanced copybook selection
    - Creating a copybook template with the Template Workbench
    - Setting up a template to be used with segmented data
    - Creating a template from a model template
    - Creating dynamic templates
    - Creating corresponding templates from selected copybooks
      You can create multiple templates from a PDS of copybooks by using the Template Build Utility.
    - Editing a template
    - Updating one or more templates
  - Manipulating the display of fields in records
  - Managing templates with the Template Workbench
  - Specifying scrambling options
  - Mapping fields between templates
  - Copybook View and Print Utility
    Use the Copybook View and Print Utility to view or print field definition information.
  - XML templates
    A File Manager template can be exported to an external XML format using the Template Export utility.
- 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

Advanced copybook source definitions

Function entry panels:
Specify the Copybook or Template data set name and member name with either an existing template or copybook member and select the Edit template option with Type set to S. This takes you to the advanced copybook selection panels which allow you to change the source definitions and create a new template or update an existing template.
Workbench:
Select the option Advanced copybook selection and use the CC command with a copybook data set name and member name to create a new template, or the U prefix command with a template data set name and member name to update the source definition for an existing template.
Note: You can also use the E command with the copybook data set name and member name, provided the template data set and member names are left blank.

Note: See Advanced copybook selection for a description of what you can do when specifying advanced copybook source definitions for templates.

If the Edit template option is used from a function entry panel with a copybook source definition, you are prompted to provide a template data set name (and, for partitioned data sets, a member name) to save the template that has just been created. Templates can be stored in sequential, PDS or PDSE data sets only.

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