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Working with File Manager
Creating and editing templates
For many tasks performed with File Manager, you can manipulate your view of a data set by applying a template.
Managing templates

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
    - 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

Managing templates

You can create or edit a copybook template or a dynamic template "on the fly", from any of the following panels:

View Entry
Edit Entry
Browse Entry
Utilities/Data Create
Utilities/Print
Utilities/Copy (From and To panels)
Utilities/Compare (Old and New panels)

You can also create, edit and otherwise manage your templates, independently of any particular task, within the Template Workbench.