TSO / ISPF

OBJECTIVES

By the end of this module you would be able to

 Explain the basic features of TSO and ISPF
 Familiarize data set management in TSO/ISPF
 Gain working knowledge of the commonly used ISPF
options.
 Features of TSO

 A subsystem of the MVS Operating System

 Allows users to interactively share computer
time and resources
 Allows line mode command entry
 Logging on to TSO
 Fields on the LOGON screen
 UserID
 Password
 New Password
 Procedure
 Group-ID
 Account
 Size
 Perform
 Command
 Logging on to TSO - Options

 NOMAIL - Optional
 NONOTICE - Optional
 RECONNECT - Optional
 OIDCARD - Optional
ISPF in relation to TSO

ISPF

TSO

MVS

S390 OS
 Features of ISPF
 Provides an On-line environment to interact with
MVS.
 Provides Menu driven interface as opposed to
TSO which provides line mode only.
 Provides facilities for Editing and browsing
datasets
 ISPF uses panels to display and receive
information and allows customization of your
ISPF environment.
 Features of ISPF (Contd…)
 Provides Program Function keys to avoid manual
typing of commands.
 Provides for easy management of datasets
through the Dataset menu.
 Provides extensive facilities for comparing
datasets and searching for data.
 Provides facilities for executing programs in
batch or foreground.
 ISPF Features (Contd…)
 Provides for debugging of advanced user written ISPF
applications.
 Provides Advanced facilities to create, delete and display
VSAM datasets
 A Client Server Interface to allow GUI.
 Provides Action Bars and Pull-down menus for better
productivity
 Provides Point and Shoot fields
 ISPF (Contd…)
 Action Bars

Perform actions without ending present action
 Pull-down menus
 Point and Shoot fields
 Selection Fields

Single Period
 Single Underscore

 Underscored Field
 General Information
 Screen Navigation
 Messages
 Data set names
 Reserved Data sets
 Split Screen Mode
 Function Keys
 ISPF Options
 ISPF Parameters  Command Processor
 Browse  IOF or SDSF
 Edit  Tutorial
 Utilities
 ISPF Parms - Option 0
Used to set up defaults at the user level for
* Command line
* Message
* Action-bar features…
* Function Keys
* GUI/Workstation features
* Identifiers
Log and List datasets
Preserve, Print or Delete Log and List datasets
 Terminal Defaults
 Terminal Type (Hardware resource name)
 Number of PF Keys (12 or 24)
 Input Field Pad (Nulls or Blanks)
 Command Delimiter
 Screen Format (No of rows / columns)
 LOG Data Set
 Contains all the commands issued during an
ISPF session.
 It is a sequential data set.
 It may be preserved, or deleted at the end of the
session.
 The data set can also be routed to a printer at
the end of the ISPF session
 Name : XXXXX.SPFLOGn.LIST (where
XXXXXX is user ID and n is a sequence no.)
 List Data Set
 Any requests to print in the ISPF session is
stored in this dataset
 At the end of the session, the dataset can be
routed to a printer and can be retained or
deleted
 Multiple print requests are appended to the list
dataset
 Name : XXXXX.SPFn.LIST (XXXXX is the
User ID and n is the sequence no.)
 LOG and LIST Defaults
 Specifies Process Options and Printing
Parameters for Log and List Data sets.
 Specifies the printer ID where it is to be
printed.
 ISPF Profile
 Contains saved information about the users ISPF
session
 Loaded whenever the user logs on
 Name : <userid>.ISPF.ISPPROF (XXXXX is the
User ID)
 PF Keys
 Specifies the command for each PF key
 Assigns labels for each key that will appear on
the terminal (optional)
 Default PF Key Values
 PF1 - HELP  PF7 - UP
 PF2 - SPLIT  PF8 - DOWN
 PF3 - END  PF9 - SWAP
 PF4 - RETURN  PF10 - LEFT
 PF5 - RFIND  PF11 - RIGHT
 PF6 - RCHANGE  PF12 - RETRIEVE

PF13 TO PF24 - Usually the Same as above

but can be configured
 View / Browse / Edit
 Command Prompt
 Fields on a View/Browse Screen :
 Can specify either ISPF Library or Other
Partitioned or Seq. data set
 Vol Ser No. (Required if not catalogued)
 Confirm Cancel/Move/Replace
 Data set Password (If Protected)
 Mixed Mode (For EBCDIC and DBCS)
 Format Name
 Member Lists - Fields
 Scroll Field
 Name
 Prompt
 VV.MM (Version and Modification level)
 CREATED (Created Date and Time)
 CHANGED (Last changed Date and Time)
 SIZE (Total no. of Lines)
 INIT (Initial no. of lines)
 MOD (Lines modified during the last edit)
 ID (User ID of the last modifier)
 Commands on a member Lists
 Select (Select member or S member)
 Sort (Name (default), cre, cha, vv, mm, size…)
 MLC
 Refresh
 Reset
 LOCATE (Locate a member on sorted order)
 SAVE xx (Saves member list in a dataset
<userid>.xx.MEMBERS
 Scrolling
 Possible Values on SCROLL field :
 PAGE
 CSR (Cursor)
 DATA
 nnn (A number)
 HALF
 Primary and Line commands
Primary Commands
 Scrolling  End
 Edit/View/Browse  Save
(from respective screens)  Undo
 Exclude  Display
 Hex, Hilite  Nulls
 Bounds
Primary and Line commands (Contd…)
More Primary Commands
 Create  Bounds
 Copy  Caps
 Cut  Number
 Paste  Renum
 Move  Unnum
 Model  Sort
 Replace  Tabs
 Basic Line Commands
Basic I D R
commands
Move/Copy C M A B O
commands
Shifting ) ( > <
commands
Exclude/Show X F L S
commands
Text handling TE TF TS LC UC
commands
Miscellaneous BNDS COLS MASK TABS
commands
Data MD
commands
 Using Labels
Edit
 Go to the line where you want to set the label
 Type ‘.A’, ‘.B’ etc. in columns 1 to 6. The label
will be set.

Browse
 Position the line for labeling on top of page
 Type ‘.A’ or ‘.B’ in command line. The label will be set.

Use ‘Locate’ command to locate the label later

 Edit Profile
 Contains information specific to the dataset
 It is saved across ISPF sessions and loaded
whenever the dataset is edited
 Defaults to the last qualifier of the dataset. ISPF
recognizes .COBOL, .JCL etc.
 Profile information is stored in the User’s ISPF
Profile dataset
 Edit Profile - Fields

 DATA TYPE
 RECOVERY
 NUMBERS
 CAPS
 NULLS
 TABS
 AUTOSAVE
 Edit Profile - Fields...

 STATS
 LOCK
 IMACRO
 PACK
 Edit Profile - Fields...
 Profile line commands:
 TABS
 MASK
 BNDS
 COLS
 Tags in Columns 1 - 6
 COLS  ERR
 TABS  MSG
 MASK  NOTE
 BNDS  PROF
 CHG
 Find Command - Options

Word
Character (or) HEX (or) *
Prefix
Suffix

(Between) First/Last/Next/Prev (Within)

Column Numbers
Labels (Occurrence)
 FIND - Picture Clause
 FIND p’pattern’ where pattern is a combination
of one or more
 @ (Alphabetic)
 # (Numeric)
 < (Lowercase)
 > (Uppercase)
 $ (Special Characters)
 . (Non-displayable)
 = (Any character including blanks)
 - (Non-numeric)
 ~ (Non-blank)
 ISPF - Utilities
 Features :
 Library (3.1)
 Dataset management (3.2)
 Move/Copy Utility (3.3)
 Dataset List (3.4)
 SuperC Search and Compare Utility (3.13 & 3.14)
 Library - Options

 Display Member List  Edit a member

 Compress Data set  Print a member
 Print Index Listing  Rename a member
 Print data set  Delete a member
 Data set Info  Data set Info (short)
 Browse a member
 Data Set Utility - Options

 Allocate a data set  Catalog a data set

 Rename a data set  Uncatalog a data set
 Delete a data set  Data set Info (Short)
 Data set Info.  Enhanced data set
allocation
 Data Set Allocations - Fields
 Volume Serial No.  Primary Quantity
 Generic Unit  Secondary Qty
 Space Units  Extents
 Track  Directory Blocks
 Cylinder  Record Format
 Block  Record Length
 Megabyte
 Block Size
 Kilobyte
 Expiration Date
 Byte
 Records
 Enhanced Allocations

 Additional Fields :
 Management Class
 Storage Class
 Data Class
 Data set name type
 Move / Copy Utility
 Move/copy PDSs and Sequential datasets
 Individually move/copy all or selected members
of a PDS to another PDS
 In the process, already existing members can be
overwritten / left out
 Move/Copy one sequential dataset to another
sequential dataset
 In the process, the new dataset can overwrite the
existing dataset, or append to it
 Data Set List Utility
 Uses the MVS catalog or VOLSER to display
dataset names matching the input criteria. The
list can be used to:
 Display info about data sets
 Edit/Browse/delete/rename data sets
 Compress/Free data sets
 Execute TSO commands on the dataset
 Get VTOC information on the volume
 Fields on Data Set Utility Panel

 Data set name

 Volume Serial Number
 Initial Display View
 Confirm Delete request
 Usage Of Fields
 Only dataset name - The catalogs are searched
for datasets starting with that name
 Dataset name + Volume - The VTOC `of the
volume is searched for all datasets starting with
that name
 Only Volume name - The VTOC is searched,
and all datasets on that volume are listed
 Primary Commands on List

 APPEND  REFRESH
 CONFIRM  RESET
 SAVE
 FIND
 SHOWCMD
 EXCLUDE  SORT
 LOCATE
 Line Commands on List
 Browse  Catalog
 Edit  Uncatalog
 Delete  Print data set
 Rename  Print Index Listing
 Compress (Z)  Display member List
 Free
 Display Info (S)
 Other Line Commands
 You can use TSO Commands, CLISTs and
REXX routines as line commands.
 The data set name is passed as the first
argument.
 Super CE (3.13)
 Extended dialog
 Can do comparison or search
 Scope of comparison/search can be restricted
 Fields :
 New Data set Name / OLD Data set Name
 Member List
 Comparison / Listing type
 Listing Data set
 Process Options
 Statements Data set
 Some Process Options
 SEQ
 COBOL
 ANYC
 DPCBCMT
 DPBLKCL
 NOSUMS
 NOPRTCC
 UPDLDEL
 Some Edit Commands

 CMPCOLM
 LSTCOLM
 DPLINE
 SELECT
 CMPLINE
 SLIST
 LNCT
 Srchfor (3.14)

 Fields :
 Search String(s)
 Dataset name with member pattern
 Listing data set
 Foreground / Background
 Mixed Mode
 Command Option 6
 This option is used to execute TSO commands,
REXX routines and CLISTs without quitting
ISPF.
 It is also used to transfer data between a PC and
the mainframe.
 You can also execute TSO commands from
anywhere in ISPF by prefixing ‘TSO’ to the
command.
 SDSF

 System Display Search Facility

 Product from IBM, for viewing the jobs and
the JES log
 SDSF
Queues
 Input Queue  Held Queue
 Output Queue  Active Queue

Fields
 Jobname  Queue
 Type  C
 JNUM  Pos
 JobId  SAFF
 Owner  ASYS
 PRTY  Status
 SDSF Primary Commands
Prefix - Restricts the display of jobs to those
starting with the mentioned prefix
 DA Displays the active jobs
 O Displays the output queue
 H Displays the held jobs
 I Displays the input queue
 ST Displays the status of all jobs
 LOG Displays the JES log
 SDSF Line Commands
 H Holds a job (applicable only to running jobs)
 A Releases a job on hold
 C Cancels a job
 P Cancels a job and purges the output
 ? Displays the datasets of a job
 S Displays the entire job
 O Moves the job to the output queue
RACF - Resource Access Control Facility

 Software Security product

 protects information by controlling access
 controls resources
 identifies, verifies and authorizes users to access
protected resources
 records and reports access attempts
 RACF Dataset Accesses

 Read
 Update
 Alter
 None
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