Setting your default processing options

Many of the processing operations performed by File Manager utilize default values that can be set from within the File Manager application. By adjusting these values, you can customize File Manager so that its behavior is best suited to your needs. Your settings for these options are stored in your ISPF profile, and are invoked when you log in, regardless of which workstation you use.

You can update these default values by accessing the relevant processing option panel.

To access a processing option panel, use any one of the following methods:

From the File Manager Primary Options Menu:

Select Option 0 (Settings). The Set Processing Options Menu panel is displayed.

Select the required processing options type from the menu.

Figure 1. Set Processing Options menu

 Process   Options   Help
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 File Manager                Set Processing Options

 1  Print     Print settings
 2  System    System settings
 3  Tape      Tape processing options
 4  Batch     Job card specifications
 5  Compiler  Language and compiler specifications
 6  EDIT      Editor options
 7  Sharing   VSAM Edit sharing options
 8  Temporary Temporary Data Set Allocations
 9  Output    Output Data Set Allocations
 10 Trace     Trace options





 Command ===> _________________________________________________________________
  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F4=CRetriev  F7=Backward  F8=Forward
  F9=Swap     F10=Actions  F12=Cancel

From any File Manager panel, use the Options pull-down menu to select the required processing options type:

Figure 2. Options pull-down menu

  Process   Options   Help
 ──────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ ────────────────────────────
 File Man │    1. Print settings                 │
          │    2. System settings                │
 1  Print │    3. Tape processing options        │
 2  Syste │    4. Job card specifications        │
 3  Tape  │    5. Compiler language selection    │
 4  Batch │    6. COBOL compiler specifications  │
 5  Compi │    7. HLASM compiler specifications  │
 6  EDIT  │    8. PL/I compiler specifications   │
 7  Shari │    9. Editor options                 │
 8  Tempo │   10. VSAM Edit sharing options      │
 9  Outpu │   11. Temporary Data Set Allocations │
 10 Trace │   12. Output Data Set Allocations    │
          │   13. Trace options                  │
          │   14. ISPF settings                  │
          └──────────────────────────────────────┘


 Command ===>
  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F4=CRetriev  F7=Backward  F8=Forward
  F9=Swap     F10=Actions  F12=Cancel

On the Command/Options line of any File Manager panel, enter an equals sign (=), followed by the option number for the required processing type. For example, to display the Set Tape Processing Options panel, enter =0.3.

When you select an option processing type, File Manager displays a panel listing those options and their current values. The following notes apply to all of these option panels:

To change the value of an option, overtype its current value.
To save the options you have changed and exit the panel, press the Exit function key (F3).
Changes are saved in your ISPF user profile for future File Manager sessions. They remain in effect until you change the option again.
To exit a panel without saving changes, press the Cancel function key (F12).
To reset all options on the panel to their installation defaults, enter RESET on the Command line.
The options on these panels only affect the behavior of File Manager panels. To set options when programming with File Manager functions, use the equivalent function keywords. You can set most options using the SET function (see SET (Set Processing Options)). For Compiler Language Selection, COBOL, PL/I or HLASM options (for compiling copybooks into templates), use the keywords on the same function where you specify the copybook (the DSEB, DSC, DSG, DSM, DSP, or DSU functions).

The use of most of these processing options is discussed in the section that the option affects. For example, the use of Set Print Processing Options panel is described in the Printing from File Manager section of the Managing data sets chapter. Only those processing options that affect more than one area of File Manager functionality are described in this section.