macro needed to navigate to Endevor.

Gaurav Chauhan · New User Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Noida

I use this to navigate to Endevor option "Display Elements/Component" -:
START V.EC → 1 →1 → 1 →1

I need a macro to automate this.

Basically I need to position the cursor on command-line....Then send "START V.EC;1;1;1;1" to ISPF

Thanks
Gaurav

HappySrinu · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 194 Location: India

Gaurav,
Do you always want to browse the elements from only one envionment.
if so, how many environments

first one 1st - environment (may vary depends on your requirement to browse the elements)

Second one 3nd - Display option (constant in Endevor main panel_

thrid 1 - Element display option (to give all options)

please check back your requirement because usually it's not only required to browse for one environment.

Gaurav Chauhan · New User Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Noida

For mainframe that I'm using navigation is 1;1;1 once I log into Endevor.

Thing is that I want to issue "START 3.4;1;1;1" at command line in ISPF panel to navigate to 'Display Elements/Component Lists' Option.

HappySrinu · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 194 Location: India

Gaurav,
The display option is 1 in all Endevor panels because it's a 3rd party product.

it was my mistake I printed 3 as second one.

my question is you might have a different number of environments which is completely site specific. So do you always want to go to environment assigned to option:1.

If so then you can use same macro always.

Gaurav Chauhan · New User Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Noida

I'll be using ENVIRONMENT 1 only...

So that makes the navigation as "START V.EC;1;1;1;1" as against "START 3.4;....." wrongly mentioned previously.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:03 pm

Macro??? why don't you people start using the proper terminology?

what you want is a tso or ispf command to jump you there. why not dedicate a pf key to this?

Aaru · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:32 am

Dick,

Pedro · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:01 am

A PF key is just a shortcut for issuing commands. For example, instead of pressing F2, you can actually type the word SPLIT on the command line and press Enter.

Type KEYS in the command line and press Enter. A panel will display with the current PF key definitions. Pick a less frequently used key (such as 13-24) and replace the values:

Gaurav Chauhan · New User Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Noida

Yeah it works...
But still wanted to know how to issue ISPF commands thru REXX and make this work through REXX.

Pedro · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:26 pm

Use ISPF option 3.9 to look at the ISP command table. You will find the definition of START there:

Pedro · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:35 pm

Likewise, you may be able to use ISPF option 3.9 to create your own commands! A panel titled 'Command Table Utility' should display and tell you what command tables can be used. Our system has a 'USR' command table. Using that name as an example, it will be a member named USRCMDS as a member in your ISPTLIB concatenation.

You can add an ENDEVOR command there, rather than creating a rexx program.

Gaurav Chauhan · New User Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Noida

Many thanks....Its working perfectly now

HappySrinu · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 194 Location: India

Thanks much Pedro, Learned one more new thing today.

I tried using your last suggested method of setting up in 3.9 option

Specifications
Application ID . . ISR
Enter "/" to select option
Show description field

After hit Eneter : next panel is

The command table is currently open, it cannot be modified. Use the view(V)
row command to see an entire entry.

Verb T Action
JCL 0 SELECT PGM(ISPSTRT) PARM(L.E)

I want to edit this command but it's not allowing, can you tell me how can i achieve this

HappySrinu · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 194 Location: India

secondly, if I want to go to a specific dataset with one command using the option given by you 3.9, how can i try that because after 3.4 option we need to place the cursor @ DSN name filed instead of command field to give dataset name

can we also do shifting cursor in same command

Pedro · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:54 pm

1. as you found out, you cannot edit an open table. That is why there are user and site command tables. I recommend you use those instead of trying to update the ISPF command table.

HappySrinu · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 194 Location: India

apologize for my jargon..

So I want to use User table and want to delete the current setup of system table. Any way to delete so..?

Lets take an example..

want to go directly to members in a dataset (abc.def.hdf)

to go from ISPF we have to give 3. then 4(option) then move the cursor to " Dsname Level . . ." from command line.

So if I want to set this entire options in a user command table, how can i achieve this because we can setup for the options giving in command prompt line but how can I shift to next cursor position in same option.

please let me know if you are not clear

Pedro · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:34 pm

1. It is not clear to me what you want to delete. You cannot delete the entire table - ISPF will not function very well without it.

2. The tables are all processed in order, from top to bottom as listed in ISPF option 3.9. If you type a command, ISPF searches for the command in each table until found and does the process described there. There are up to three user tables. See the ISPF Customization manual for adding your user command tables.

3. It is still not clear what you want to do! Do you want to go to a member list of a particular dataset? Or just to move the cursor to name in the dataset list?

HappySrinu · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 194 Location: India

I will try to explain in example..
lets say i want to see members in a dataset (aaa.bbb.ccc) daily. so i am doing now with below options
ISPF 3 > 4 > cursor on command line > shift the cursor to DSN level to place my dataset name and > Hit enter to get members in a dataset.

I would like to do all this functions in a single command using your suggestions.

I am able to put all commands in one statement which we have to give in command/option line. but for the commands to give in other than option command line , not sure how to put in statement where assigning to verb/pf key

Pedro · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:17 pm

HappySrinu · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 194 Location: India

I got what I am looking for.
Thanks alot for your time Pedro.