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 a CICS® resource

Many File Manager panels and batch functions allow you to specify the name of a CICS® resource that you wish to use for the current process.

To specify a CICS® resource from the File Manager Base component or Eclipse plug-in (not from FM/CICS), use the notation shown here.

The same notation applies to both panel and keyword fields. You can only specify generic values on panels.

rt:applid:rname

Where:

rt

Resource type. Valid values are:

FI: For a CICS® file.
TD: For a Transient Data Queue.
TS: For a Temporary Storage Queue.

applid

The VTAM® applid of the CICS® system. You can specify a generic name to display a list of CICS® systems if an FMNCICS DD describing CICS® applids has been allocated to the ISPF session. See the File Manager Customization Guide for details.^¹

rname

The name of the resource. You can specify a generic name to select from a list.

Patterns (only usable on panels) can contain a percent sign (%) to represent a single character, and an asterisk (*) to represent any number of characters within one qualifier. Two asterisks (**) represent any number of characters within any number of qualifiers.

For a list of functions that allow you to access CICS® resources from ISPF using the File Manager editor or browser, see Table 1.

Related topics

¹ To specify a CICS® resource from File Manager when running under FM/CICS, omit the applid parameter from the resource name:

rt:rname