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, Indexed Search, 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

Accessing CICS® resources

You can access CICS® resources from File Manager base. Functions allowing access to CICS resources shows the functions that allow you to specify a CICS® resource.

Table 1. Functions allowing access to CICS® resources
In this table, each row has three columns, except for the final row, "Note", which spans all three columns.
Option	Description	Function
	Browse	DSB
1	View¹	DSV
2	Edit¹	DSE
3.1	Create	DSG
3.2	Print	DSP
3.3	Copy	DSC
3.6	Find/Change	FCH
3.11	Compare	DSM
10	FM/CICS functions²
	Data Set Edit Batch	DSEB
	Data Set Update	DSU
Note: Plus commands: APPEND, COPY, CREATE, REPLACE, SAVEAS. See File Manager for z/OS User’s Guide and Reference for IMS Data.