ISPF (z/OS) - Maintaining Data in Files with the ISPF Editor
Duration
7 hours
Overview
The Maintaining Data in Files with the ISPF Editor course explains how the ISPF Editor is used to view, browse, and edit data within a data set.
Audience
Computer operators and trainee programmers or analysts who are required to create and modify data set content by using ISPF.
Prerequisites
None.
Objectives
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
- View/Browse Data in Data Sets
- Edit Data Sets
- Identify and Use the Common Edit Line Commands
- Identify and Use the Common View/Edit Primary Commands
- Maintain Data in Data Sets
Course Content
The ISPF View and Edit Facilities
View Data Sets Using the ISPF View Facility
Enter the Edit Facility in ISPF and Navigate Through a Data Set
Use Edit Program Function Keys to Assist in Navigating an Edited Data Set
ISPF Edit Line Commands
Insert and Delete lines Within a Data Set
Copy, Move, and Repeat Lines in a Data Set
Shift Data Within a Line
ISPF Edit Primary Commands for Locating and Changing Data
Use Simple Find and Change Commands and String Patterns
Use Label, Line, and Column Limiters to Control the Scope of Find and Change Commands
Use Excluded Lines to Assist in the Management of Data Being Edited
ISPF Edit Primary Commands for Managing Internal and External Data
Use the UNDO Facility of ISPF Edit
Pass Data To and From External Data Sets
Save, Cancel, and End an Edit Session
The ISPF Edit Tabbing Facility
Define and Use Software Tabbing
Define and Use Hardware Tabbing
Define and Use Logical Tabbing
ISPF Edit Boundaries, Masks, and Profiles
Define and Use Edit Boundaries and Masks
Display and Alter Edit Profiles
Define Data Highlighting Defaults