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TSO/ISPF Users' Workshop


This hands-on course introduces new TSO/ISPF users to the concepts and facilities of TSO and IBM’s Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF). It focuses particularly on its functions for data editing and dataset management. The course combines formal classroom tuition with a progressive series of hands-on practical sessions.
 

Public dates - click to book!

13 September 2010    01 November 2010    17 January 2011   


What the students say:

Very well paced and comprehensive course, learnt a lot 

Security Analyst, Produban UK


Course outline

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.

Prerequisites

Attendees should be familiar with the mainframe computing environment and the concept of executing programs in such environments.

Duration

2 days

Fee

£795 (ex. VAT)

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.


 

   

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