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Customizing Z Data Tools
Customizing the operating environment for Z Data Tools
Enabling Z Data Tools to work with certain products
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.
Using a supported COBOL compiler
If a supported COBOL compiler is available and will be used by Z Data Tools, review the following sections for customization tasks you might need to perform.
Adding the COBOL compiler library to the batch JCL skeletons

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.
  - 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.
      - Using a supported COBOL compiler
        If a supported COBOL compiler is available and will be used by Z Data Tools, review the following sections for customization tasks you might need to perform.
        Adding the COBOL compiler library to the LINKLIST
        Adding the COBOL compiler library to the batch JCL skeletons
        Authorizing the COBOL compiler library for batch processing
        Suppressing COBOL compiler warning messages
        Using COBOL compiler options with Z Data Tools
      - Using the Z Data Tools COBOL compiler
    - 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.
    - 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 the Z Data Tools 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.

Adding the COBOL compiler library to the batch JCL skeletons

You might also want to add your COBOL compiler library to the STEPLIB DD statements in the Z Data Tools batch JCL skeleton, HFMFTEXC, and the ZDT/IMS batch JCL skeleton, HFM1FTEX. For more information about these JCL skeletons, see Changing the JCL skeleton for batch mode and Tailoring the job control skeletons.