ISPF/PDF with TSO/E

Outline

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Topics Include
6. Duration
7. Minimum Requirements
8. Media

Description

Provides an extensive and practical introduction to the MVS TSO/E system and using the ISPF Program Development Facility (ISPF/PDF).

Audience

End Users, Programmers, Operators, Production Support, Technical Support, Analysts.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the MVS operating system.

Topics Include

TSO Concepts TSO as a Processing Method; TSO/E as a Set of Commands; PDS vs. Sequential Data Sets; Data Set Name Syntax and Convention; ISPF vs. Native TSO/E; Getting Around Getting Started (LOGON); ISPF/PDF Panel Types; ISPF/PDF Hierarchy; Using the Menu Structure; Using Fastpath Commands; Getting Stopped (LOGOFF); Edit/Browse Create and Edit Program Source Libraries; Browse Program Source Libraries; Use Line Commands to Insert, Delete, Repeat, Copy and Move Lines; Use Primary Commands in Edit and Browse Modes; Data Set Management ISPF Option 3.2 - DATA SET; Allocate, Rename, Delete, and Display Data Sets; Catalog and Uncatalog Data Sets; Data Set Management II ISPF Option 3.3 - COPY/MOVE; ISPF Option 3.4 - DSLIST; Batch Processing Foreground Processing; Background Processing; VS COBOL II Compilers; Line Mode TSO/E (Native TSO/E) Navigating in Line Mode; Basic TSO/E Line Commands; Entering TSO/E Commands; TSO/E Messages; CLIST What is CLIST?; CLIST as a Language; CLISTs - Variables; CLISTS - Commands; Introduction to REXX Features and Benefits; Creating/Invoking an Exec; REXX vs. CLIST;

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