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

Specifying ranges of fields

You specify a range of fields by nominating the first and last field reference of the range, separated by a hyphen, with or without intervening spaces. You can optionally enclose the range in parentheses.

These are valid ranges of fields:

#17-#19
#17 - #19
(#17-#19)
(#17 - #19)

To specify more than one range of fields:

Enclose each field range in parentheses (optionally separated by commas), or
Separate each field range with commas.

These are valid ranges of fields:

(#8-#11) (#17-#19) (#24-#25)
(#8-#11),(#17-#19),(#24-#25)
#8-#11,#17-#19,#24-#25
#8-#11 #17-#19 #24-#25
#8-#11, #17-#19, #24-#25

Note:

When using field ranges, the field reference number can not be subscripted. For example, #3(2) - #5(4) is not valid syntax.
Field ranges can overlap. For example, #2-#7, #5-#9. In this case, the result is a consolidated single field range equivalent to #2-#9.