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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.
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.
Index definition members
Customizing a language file
Automatic word detection

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
  - 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.
    - Setting up the indexed search ISPF command
      You can define the indexed search command both with or without LIBDEFs.
    - Invoking the XFind command
    - Creating a new index directory data set
      Create a new index directory data set and allocate the index directory file.
    - Index definition members
      - Editing an index definition member
      - Customizing a language file
        Automatic word detection
        Activating automatic word detection
        Default start and delimiter characters when not using automatic word detection
        Language file keyword descriptions
    - Index List panel
    - Index Search panel
  - 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

Automatic word detection

Automatic word detection is the recommended method for determining words. It determines words for all languages and no understanding of the word parsing mechanism documented in this section is required.

Rules for automatic word detection

The following rules apply:

Umlauts, accented characters, and numbers are all processed as part of word.
Sequence numbers if detected in columns 73–80 and columns 1–6 are ignored for data sets that are fixed with a logical record length of 80.
Data set names or words joined by periods produce a long word including the periods and the individual words. For example, FMN.SFMNMOD1, produces the words FMN, SFMNMOD1 and FMN.SFMNMOD1 in the index.
COBOL or words joined by dashes produce a long word including the dashes and the individual words. For example, REC-TYPE produces the words REC, TYPE and REC-TYPE in the index.
A word prefixed with the ampersand character (&) produces the word with and without the prefix in the index. For example, &MYVAR produces the words &MYVAR and MYVAR in the index.