TSO/ISPF Users' Workshop

Objectives
On successful completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

• use basic TSO commands
• use and customise ISPF panel structures
• browse and edit data sets
• customise ISPF edit profiles
• use advanced edit functions
• submit and manage batch jobs
• use the ISPF utilities such as copy and list
• use search facilities.

Who Should Attend
Programmers, systems programmers and operations support personnel.

Duration
2 days

Course Code
MTSO
Contents
Introduction to TSO
What is TSO; main uses of TSO; using TSO; when the TSO screen fills; logging on to TSO; logging off.


Basic TSO commands
SEND, LISTBC, LISTALC, HELP and PROFILE commands; command prompting; aborting a TSO command.


Introduction to ISPF
What is ISPF; the ISPF panels; the pull-down menus; the Primary Option Menu; changing ISPF settings, function settings and log/list defaults; identifying error messages, entering TSO commands from ISPF, exiting from ISPF.


Browsing data sets in ISPF
Data set naming rules and conventions; DASD data set organisation; Partitioned Datasets; Partitioned Dataset Extended; specifying dataset names, PDS member list panel and shortcuts; browsing the data; scrolling; FIND command; finding picture strings; the LOCATE command; splitting the screen.


Basic Edit via ISPF
The editing process; the edit entry panel; member or dataset edit panel; scrolling during edit; edit line commands; manipulating lines; ending an edit session.


The ISPF Edit profile
Function of the Edit profile; displaying the Edit profile; profile options; creating new members; the insert and delete keys; CHANGE command; UNDO command; when you get locked up


Advanced Edit with ISPF
Excluding and re-displaying lines; RESET command; switching between upper and lower case; column boundaries; text entry facilities; tab settings; manipulating data; submitting a batch job; nested edit sessions; saving data; cancelling an edit session.


Basic ISPF utilities
Utility selection menu; library utility; data set utility; move/copy utility; hardcopy utility; outlist utility.


ISPF Data set list utility
Data set list; wildcard characters; data set list and member list line commands; using a TSO command; SHOWCMD command; VTOC list and information; freeing unused space; repeating commands.


SuperC and Search-For
SuperC utility; SuperCE utility; Search-For utility; Search-ForE utility.