Customizing Z Data Tools
- Preparing to customize Z Data Tools
- Customizing the operating environment for Z Data Tools
  - License and enable Z Data Tools
  - Modifying the ISPF environment
    To make it easy to start Z Data Tools under ISPF, configure your ISPF environment as described in the following sections.
  - Setting up CICS® access for Z Data Tools base component
  - Enabling Z Data Tools to work with certain products
    - Enabling WebSphere® MQ support
      To access WebSphere® MQ queue managers and queue contents on the local z/OS® system where Z Data Tools is running, the WebSphere MQ libraries must be made available to Z Data Tools and users must be granted read and update access.
    - Customizing for processing COBOL copybooks
      To use the view, edit, copy, print, or data create functions with a COBOL copybook, you need to make a COBOL compiler available to Z Data Tools.
    - Customizing for processing PL/I include books
    - Customizing for processing HLASM copybooks
    - Customizing to use DFSORT to improve Z Data Tools performance
      Z Data Tools can use DFSORT to improve the performance of the Data Set Copy and Data Set Print functions under ISPF and in batch.
      - Customizing when DFSORT is the primary sort product
      - Customizing when DFSORT is not the primary sort product
      - Determining if DFSORT is being used
        Use the SHOWSORT command to check if Z Data Tools is using DFSORT.
      - Summary
    - Binding Db2® to use Z Data Tools object access method (OAM) functions
  - Disabling Websphere MQ feature by system name
  - Running Z Data Tools with APF-authorization
  - Language Environment® considerations
- Customizing Z Data Tools
- Customizing the Z Data Tools security environment
  Z Data Tools provides security for system-oriented functions through ®either RACF (or an equivalent security product) or the HFMSECUR exit.
- Customizing Z Data Tools to write audit records to SMF
- Customizing the Z Data Tools audit facility for Base component
- Customizing Z Data Tools for national languages
  You can customize Z Data Tools for national languages other than English.
- Customizing Z Data Tools Service Provider for z/OS® Connect
  Z Data Tools Service Provider for IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition enables client applications to access IBM Z data sources using z/OS Connect.
- Customizing Z Data Tools to use library management system libraries
- Customizing Z Data Tools to use the Optim™ Data Privacy Provider API
- Customizing Z Data Tools to use an I/O exit
- Customizing Z Data Tools to use a scrambling exit
- Verifying the customization of Z Data Tools
  After you have completed the initial installation and customization of Z Data Tools base function, you can perform the following steps to verify your customization.

Customizing to use DFSORT to improve Z Data Tools performance

Z Data Tools can use DFSORT to improve the performance of the Data Set Copy and Data Set Print functions under ISPF and in batch.

If DFSORT is enabled, its COPY function will be used to copy data to Auxiliary Storage (VSAM RRDS) when editing large data sets under ISPF. Z Data Tools accesses DFSORT using the aliases ICEDFSRT and ICEDFSRB.

Z Data Tools will use DFSORT provided it can find DFSORT and verify that it is at the correct maintenance level for Z Data Tools use. DFSORT is an optional, priced feature of z/OS®; you must have a DFSORT license to use DFSORT outside Z Data Tools. However, the DFSORT code is always shipped with z/OS®; as long as you did not delete the DFSORT libraries when you installed z/OS®, you can enable Z Data Tools to use the DFSORT code.

The following topics describe how you can customize Z Data Tools to use DFSORT or a sort product from an independent software vendor.

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