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Working 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.
Working with File Manager and shared files

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

Working with File Manager and shared files

This section describes how to work with VSAM files in a shared environment. This may be as a result of using:

The File Manager for CICS® component, or
The File Manager Base component and accessing a VSAM SHAREOPTIONS 3 or SHAREOPTIONS 4 KSDS file, or another type of VSAM SHAREOPTIONS 3 or SHAREOPTIONS 4 file that could not be allocated exclusively to the user or region accessing it.
Note: The use of VSAM SHAREOPTIONS 3 files for multiple users where the file may be updated is not recommended as VSAM offers no methods for data integrity for SHAREOPTION 3 files. For this reason, results with such files may be considered unpredictable.