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Customizing File Manager
Customizing the operating environment for File Manager
Enabling File Manager to work with certain products
Customizing for processing COBOL copybooks
To use the view, edit, copy, print, or data create functions with a COBOL copybook, you need to make a COBOL compiler available to File Manager.
Using a supported COBOL compiler
If a supported COBOL compiler is available and will be used by File Manager, review the following sections for customization tasks you might need to perform.
Adding the COBOL compiler library to the batch JCL skeletons

Customizing File Manager
- Preparing to customize File Manager
- Customizing the operating environment for File Manager
  - Enable/Register File Manager
  - Modifying the ISPF environment
    To make it easy to start File Manager under ISPF, configure your ISPF environment as described in the following sections.
  - Enabling File Manager to work with certain products
    - Enabling WebSphere® MQ support
      To access WebSphere® MQ queue managers and queue contents on the local z/OS® system where File Manager is running, the WebSphere MQ libraries must be made available to File Manager and users must be granted read and update access.
    - Customizing for processing COBOL copybooks
      To use the view, edit, copy, print, or data create functions with a COBOL copybook, you need to make a COBOL compiler available to File Manager.
      - Using a supported COBOL compiler
        If a supported COBOL compiler is available and will be used by File Manager, review the following sections for customization tasks you might need to perform.
        Adding the COBOL compiler library to the LINKLIST
        Adding the COBOL compiler library to the batch JCL skeletons
        Authorizing the COBOL compiler library for batch processing
        Suppressing COBOL compiler warning messages
        Using COBOL compiler options with File Manager
      - Using the File Manager COBOL compiler
    - Customizing for processing PL/I include books
    - Customizing for processing HLASM copybooks
    - Customizing to use DFSORT to improve File Manager performance
      File Manager can use DFSORT to improve the performance of the Data Set Copy and Data Set Print functions under ISPF and in batch.
    - Binding Db2® to use File Manager object access method (OAM) functions
  - Disabling Websphere MQ feature by system name
  - Running File Manager with APF-authorization
  - Language Environment® considerations
- Customizing File Manager
- Customizing the File Manager security environment
  File Manager provides security for system-oriented functions through RACF® (or an equivalent security product).
- Customizing File Manager to write audit records to SMF
- Customizing the File Manager audit facility for Base component
- Customizing File Manager for national languages
  You can customize File Manager for national languages other than English.
- Customizing File Manager Service Provider for z/OS® Connect
  File Manager Service Provider for IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition enables client applications to access IBM Z data sources using z/OS Connect.
- Customizing File Manager to use library management system libraries
- Customizing File Manager to use the Optim™ Data Privacy Provider API
- Customizing File Manager to use an I/O exit
- Customizing File Manager to use a scrambling exit
- Verifying the customization of File Manager
  After you have completed the initial installation and customization of File Manager base function, you can perform the following steps to verify your customization.

Adding the COBOL compiler library to the batch JCL skeletons

You might also want to add your COBOL compiler library to the STEPLIB DD statements in the File Manager batch JCL skeleton, FMNFTEXC, and the FM/IMS batch JCL skeleton, FMN1FTEX. For more information about these JCL skeletons, see Changing the JCL skeleton for batch mode and Tailoring the job control skeletons.