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
  - 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

Creating, replacing, and adding data using existing data

When you are in an Edit or View editor session, you can create data elsewhere from the data you are currently editing or viewing.

You can create or replace data in a member of a partitioned data set (PDS or PDSE) or a sequential, VSAM, or z/FS data set, using data from one or more lines of the data in the current editor session.

You can also add data to a sequential, VSAM, or z/FS data set, using data from one or more lines of the data in the current editor session.

To create data in a new member or a new data set using one or more lines of the data in the current editor session, use the CREATE (or CREATEX) primary command. See Creating a new member or data set using data from an edit session.
To replace data in an existing member or a data set with one or more lines of the data in the current editor session, use the REPLACE (or REPLACEX) primary command. See Replacing a member or data set using data from an edit session.
To add data to an existing data set using one or more lines of the data in the current editor session, use the APPEND (or APPENDX) primary command. See Adding data to a data set using data from an edit session.
To create data in a new member or a new data set using all of the data in the current editor session, use the SAVEAS (or SAVEASX) primary command. See Using all the data from an edit session to create a new member or data set.