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.
- 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

"==MSG>" and "=PROF>" indicators

In order to more effectively describe what has occurred in certain scenarios, Z Data Tools displays an informational message line. If a prefix is being displayed, an indicator ("==MSG>" or, if you have used the PROFILE primary command, "=PROF>") is shown in the prefix area. The line is not displayed in SNGL or ZOOM display format.

Z Data Tools displays an informational message line when:

When you enter an edit session (expecting to be able to insert and delete) but the data set is shared, Z Data Tools displays an informational message advising you that the file is shared and that the edit is in inplace mode.
When ENDing an edit session and an integrity check occurs, you decide not to save, Z Data Tools displays an informational message advising you that the edit session was re-entered.