Day One

Using Mainframe Computers – An Overview

• Mainframes and Applications, Hardware and Software, Programs and Data,

ISPF Introduction

• TSO/ISPF/PDF
• Keyboard Notes
• The Logon Process
• ISPF/PDF Primary Option Menu
• Standard Panel Format
• CUA Panel Formats
• Running in GUI Mode
• Using Action Bars
• Getting Around in ISPF
• Leaving ISPF
• Computer Exercise: A First Encounter with ISPF / PDF

ISPF Look and Feel

• The Settings Panel
• LIST and LOG Data Sets
• Function Keys Settings
• Working With Keylists
• Color, Intensity, and Highlighting
• Look and Feel: Options
• Look and Feel: Status
• Computer Exercise: Changing the Look and Feel of ISPF

Working With Data

• Files and Data Sets
• Data Set Organizations
• Data Set Naming
• Locating Data Sets
• Data Set Properties
• SMS – Storage Management Subsystem
• Finding a Data Set’s Properties
• Computer Exercise: Finding a Data Set’s Properties

Allocating Data Sets

• Reserving Space
• Allocating a Data Set Using ISPF
• Computer Exercise: Allocating New Data Sets

Day Two

Looking at Data – Edit, View, and Browse

• Edit, View, and Browse
• Member Selection Lists
• Some View / Edit Commands
• Computer Exercise: Introduction to ‘View’

More on Edit, View, and Help

• More Edit / View Commands
• String types
• Help
• Computer Exercise: More Edit and View, and Help

More Utility Functions

• Move / Copy
• Deleting a Data Set
• Renaming a Data Set
• The Library Utility
• Sorting Member Lists
• Computer Exercise: Utility Functions

Productivity Tips and Techniques

• Quick Advance and Jump Functions
• Split Screen
• Command Stacking
• CMDE Command
• Retrieving Commands
• Computer Exercise: Great Tricks

EDIT

• Sequence numbers
• Nulls
• Line Commands: COLS, I, D, R, M, C, A, B, X, F, S, L, LC, UC, (, ), >, <
• Computer Exercise: Working With EDIT

Edit and View Primary Commands

• EXCLUDE, FLIP, HIDE
• LOCATE, FIND, CHANGE
• RFIND, RCHANGE
• DELETE
• SAVE, CANCEL, RESET, UNDO
• Computer Exercise: More Work With EDIT

Day Three

More on Edit / View

• Labels
• LOCATE – Edit / View Primary Command
• Line Commands: O, TS
• EDIT – Under – EDIT
• SORT – Edit / View Primary Command
• Computer Exercise: Sorts and Copies in Edit

Edit / View – Passing and Receiving Data

• CREATE, REPLACE, COPY, MOVE edit primary commands
• CUT and PASTE edit primary commands
• EDITSET (EDSET) edit primary commands
• Computer Exercise: Copy, cut, and Paste in Edit

Reference Lists

• Reference Lists
• Computer Exercise: Reference Lists

Edit Profiles

• Profile options
• Bounds, Mask, Tabs lines
• Edit Action Bar Choices
• Language-sensitive Color Editing
• Recent edit / view line commands: AK, BK, OK, HX
• Computer Exercise: Using Tabs and other Profile Characteristics

Data Set List Utility and Commands

• Option 3.4: Data Set List Does It All
• Commands
• Computer Exercise: DSLIST and Commands

The ISPF Object / Action Workplace Shell

• Action / Object versus Object / Action
• The Workplace

Running Batch Jobs

• SUBMIT – Edit / View / Browse Primary Command
• ISPF 3.8
• SDSF
• FLASHER
• IOF
• (E)JES,
• Computer Exercise: Running A Job

PDSEs and VSAM Support

• PDSE – Partitioned Data Set Extended
• VSAM – The Virtual Storage Access Method