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.
  - How to produce a Template List
    The Template List can be produced using any of the following methods:
  - Template List Entry panel
  - Template Member List panel
    - Customizing and sorting columns
    - Field descriptions
    - Primary commands
      The Template List supports the following primary commands for working with member lists.
    - Prefix commands
      The Template List supports the following prefix commands for working with member lists.
    - Column descriptions
- 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

Field descriptions

For details of the columns displayed in the member list, see Column descriptions.

Data set name

Specify a fully qualified or generic data set name of either a PDS or PDSE.

Specify a generic data set name to select a data set from the selection list for processing by the PDSE Workbench.
Leave the data set name blank to select from the history of up to 50 of the previous data sets used by the PDSE Workbench.

Member name

Specify a member name or member name pattern to display in the member list. Leave blank to display all members.

Generation limit

Defines the maximum number of generations to be displayed for each member. Specify a value in the range 0 to 2000000000 or leave the field blank to indicate no limit. This field is ignored for data sets that do not support member generations.

Compare option

The compare is done on exported (XML) versions of the templates in temporary data sets. Enter one of the following values to select the compare utility to be used with a compare prefix command (CC, CN, CP, or CS):

ISPF Edit compare, using the ISPF VIEW service. This is the default option.
SuperC compare.
File Manager Compare function (DSM).