Few ISPF Tips

ShameemOracle · New User Joined: 23 Sep 2009 Posts: 15 Location: bangalore

hi all,

Sorry for the late entry to the list. I would like to list few ISPF tips i came across. Its DSLIST

Situation: I want to list a set of datasets in my 3.4 panel which are having different HLQs or naming convention ( Eg: i need to list all my PARMLIBs CPAC.PARMLIB, SYS1.PARMLIB, SYS1.IBM.PARMLIB ) in single 3.4 panel

Solution: Create a DSLIST and issue DSLIST PARMLIBS (where PARMLIBS is my DSLIST for listing above said parmlibs).

1) go to 3.4 panel and select Ref option2 from Action bar.
2)By default you will see the default REFLIST which has last 30 ref referenced datasets.
3)Take FILE -> New List from Action bar
4)Here in this panel give the names of datasets you wish to list in ur DSLIST. Remember You have to enclose in single quotes in PREFIX is ON. You can use wildcard * for qualifying multiple datasets.
5)Now put S in Action and give a reasonable name for ur list.
6)Done. The list is saved. Now you can call this list from anywhere in ISPF env. Like DSLIST PARMLIBS

Thanks
Shameem

prino · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:26 am

Try Doug Nadel's Add highlighting to SDSF exec. It's a mystery to me as to why something similar hasn't been added to SDSF proper...

JimMoore8686 · Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 1:51 am

Here's a good ISPF Edit tip. Copy/Move one line After/Before/Overlay to more than one target line. Or, one source, many targets.

C line command on the Source line to be Copied
AK (or BK or OK) in place on multiple target lines (Note: I take "AK" to mean - After Keep Going)
Close out with a simple "A" (not AK)

The source line will be sprayed all over, where your AK or BK or OK were placed.

Very nifty.

Watch out for: The unqualified "A" to close out the operation must be the LAST line command in the edit session. That is, it can't be before the "C" (or "M") source line.

Try using clever EXCLUDE commands to minimize the screen space where you want to place the target lines. For example, a piece of JCL with 20 steps. You want to put a comment line BEFORE every step.

Insert a blank JCL comment - //*
Command=> X all;f all PGM=;hide x
Command=> F //* 1
Place "C" line command on this blank comment line

BK liine command on all of the lines containing PGM=; scroll as required, close it out with a plain old "B" line command on final PGM= line.

RES ALL to get back to normal.

Imabeliever · New User Joined: 15 Aug 2019 Posts: 4 Location: Australia

Wow. I haven't kept up with all the changes in ISPF. I wrote macros years ago to do that very thing. Now all they need to do is provide proper regex functions. Although these days I don't bother using 3270 if I can avoid it...Zowe for the win...when it works ;-)