Objectives

During this course participants learn:

• to work on-line in an MVS/TSO environment and to explore the standard ISPF/PDF environment;
• to use the basic possibilities of the editor efficiently;
• the different terminal manipulations (commands, function keys,...);
• the basic utilities for manipulating data sets and members;
• the importance of batch jobs, and how to check the output.

Main topics

• Mainframe and MVS operating system
• Overview of ISPF:

logon and logoff, call up ISPF/PDF, screen types, menu structure, action bar, help function, ISPF data set names

• ISPF settings and PF keys
• Finding/locating data sets and members:

member selection, scrolling, find, locate

• View/Edit:

main commands: save, cancel, find, change, undo

line commands: copy, move, delete, repeat, insert

columns: indentation, bounds, cols

treatment of members: copy, move, create, replace, cut, paste

edit profile: caps, recovery

• Basic data set utilities

allocation, move/copy, library utilities, dataset list

• Batch jobs and use of the spool:

submit of Job Control Language (JCL), display of the spool with SDSF (Spool Display and Search Facility)