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Enhanced ISPF: Reference List, Search, Change, and PDSE Workbench
Z Data Tools provides several enhancements to the basic facilities that are available in an ISPF session: Enhanced Reference List, Enhanced Search, Enhanced Change, and PDSE Workbench.
Using Enhanced Reference List, Search, and Change
Reference data set
Specifying resource names in an reference member
Examples

Working with Z Data Tools
- Z Data Tools overview
- Getting started with Z Data Tools
- Viewing and changing data sets
  To view data stored in a supported data set, use the View Utility or the Edit Utility.
- Creating and editing templates
  For many tasks performed with Z Data Tools, you can manipulate your view of a data set by applying a template.
- Working with the Template List
  Display a list of templates and perform actions on them.
- Filtering records with templates
- Managing data sets
- Using Z Data Tools utilities
- Tape Specific Functions
- Disk/VSAM Data Functions
- OAM Functions
- Using UNIX™ System Services and the Hierarchical File System
- Introduction to programming with Z Data Tools functions
- Enhancing Z Data Tools processing
  You can enhance normal processing of a number of Z Data Tools tasks by supplying a procedure that runs in conjunction with the Z Data Tools process.
- Redefines criteria
  Redefines criteria can be specified for a field with a REDEFINES clause, or a field that is the target of a REDEFINES clause.
- Enhanced ISPF: Reference List, Search, Change, and PDSE Workbench
  Z Data Tools provides several enhancements to the basic facilities that are available in an ISPF session: Enhanced Reference List, Enhanced Search, Enhanced Change, and PDSE Workbench.
  - Setting up the enhanced ISPF commands
    There are two methods of setting up the enhanced ISPF commands.
  - Using Enhanced Reference List, Search, and Change
    - Reference data set
    - EFind command syntax
    - EChange command syntax
    - Enhanced Search command panel
      You can run all the options of the EFind command from the panel. Z Data Tools maintains a history of the last 50 commands.
    - Enhanced Search member hit selection list panel
      This panel appears if a successful enhanced search is performed with the List option specified.
    - Enhanced Change command panel
      You can run all the options of the EChange command from the panel. Z Data Tools maintains a history of the last 50 commands.
    - Enhanced Change command member list panel
      This panel displays the reference member list.
    - Navigating the Enhanced search and Change report
    - Using the F4 function key
    - Examples: Enhanced Reference List and Search
    - Examples: Enhanced Change
  - Indexed search
    Use the indexed search to search for words in one or more partitioned data sets that are not load libraries. The search uses an index that contains all of the words and the occurrences of each word in a group of data sets.
  - PDSE Workbench
    Use PDSE Workbench to manage members of all PDS and PDSE data sets, including member generations.
- Z Data Tools Service Provider for z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition
  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.
- Function and panel reference lists

Examples

1. The generic data set names


HFM.RFM*.CNTL 
HFM.PM*.CNTL  
HFM.PI*.CNTL

2. A generic member name

DTORNEY.TESTPDS(A*)

3. A generic data set name and member name

DTORNEY.TESTPD*(A*)

4. An HFS directory


/u/hfm/Samples

5. The mixture of HFS and partitioned data sets

HFM.SOURCE
HFM.SAMPLES
/u/hfm/Samples

6. The Generic CICS® applid and Generic CICS® files

FI:CICSD*:MYFIL*

7. The MQ messages

MQ:MQSS:MY.MSGS
MQ:MQSS.NEW.MSGS

8. Four data set names to use with the F4 compare utility pull-down option

HFM.OLD HFM.TEMPLATE(OLD) HFM.NEW HFM.TEMPLATE(NEW)