A700: ISPF and JCL on z/OS

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ISPF and JCL on z/OS - Topical Outline

Day One

ISPF Introduction
    TSO/ISPF/PDF
    Keyboard Notes
    The Logon Process
    ISPF/PDF Primary Option Menu
    Standard Panel Format
    CUA Panel Formats
    Using Action Bars
    Getting Around in ISPF
    Leaving ISPF
    Computer Exercise: A First Encounter with ISPF / PDF

ISPF Look and Feel
    The Settings Panel
    LIST and LOG Data Sets
    Function Keys Settings
    Working With Keylists
    Color, Intensity, and Highlighting
    Look and Feel: Options
    Look and Feel: Status
    Computer Exercise: Changing the Look and Feel of ISPF

Working With Data
    Files and Data Sets
    Data Set Organizations
    Data Set Naming
    Locating Data Sets
    Data Set Properties
    SMS - Storage Management Subsystem
    Finding a Data Set's Properties
    Computer Exercise: Finding a Data Set's Properties

Allocating Data Sets
    Reserving Space
    Allocating a Data Set Using ISPF
    Computer Exercise: Allocating New Data Sets

Day Two

Looking at Data - Edit, View, and Browse
    Edit, View, and Browse
    Member Selection Lists
    Some View / Edit Commands
    Computer Exercise: Introduction to 'View'

More on Edit, View, and Help
    More Edit / View Commands
    String types
    Help
    Computer Exercise: More Edit and View, and Help

More Utility Functions
    Move / Copy
    Deleting a Data Set
    Renaming a Data Set
    The Library Utility
    Sorting Member Lists
    Computer Exercise: Utility Functions

Productivity Tips and Techniques
    Quick Advance and Jump Functions
    Split Screen
    Command Stacking
    CMDE Command
    Retrieving Commands
    Computer Exercise: Great Tricks

EDIT
    Sequence numbers
    Nulls
    Line Commands: COLS, I, D, R, M, C, A, B, X, F, S, L, LC, UC, (, ), >, <
   Computer Exercise: Working With EDIT

Edit and View Primary Commands
    EXCLUDE, FLIP, HIDE
    LOCATE, FIND, CHANGE
    RFIND, RCHANGE
    DELETE
    SAVE, CANCEL, RESET, UNDO
    Computer Exercise: More Work With EDIT

More on Edit / View
    Labels
    LOCATE - Edit / View Primary Command
    Line Commands: O, TS
    EDIT - Under - EDIT
    SORT - Edit / View Primary Command
    Computer Exercise: Sorts and Copies in Edit

Day Three

Edit / View - Passing and Receiving Data
    CREATE, REPLACE, COPY, MOVE edit primary commands
    CUT and PASTE edit primary commands
    EDITSET (EDSET) edit primary commands
    Computer Exercise: Copy, cut, and Paste in Edit

Edit Profiles
    Profile options
    Bounds, Mask, Tabs lines
    Edit Action Bar Choices
    Language-sensitive Color Editing
    Computer Exercise: Using Tabs and other Profile Characteristics

Data Set List Utility and Commands
    Option 3.4: Data Set List Does It All
    Commands
    Computer Exercise: DSLIST and Commands

The Application program environment
MVS - Multiple Virtual Storages
The Road to z/OS
z/OS Workflow
JES - the Job Entry Subsystem
JCL statement syntax
JOB, EXEC Statements
Computer Exercise: OSWTO
JCL Clues - 1

Running jobs
    The Work Load Manager (WLM)
    The SCHENV parameter
    Submitting Jobs under ISPF/PDF
    SUBMIT Edit - Browse - View Primary Command
    Monitoring Jobs and Examining Job Output Using ISPF Option 3.8
    Computer Exercise: Running a Job

Day Four

Introduction to Data Management
   Data Management Terms
   SYSIN-type data and SYSOUT-type data
   Computer Exercise: SYSIN And SYSOUT Files
JCL Clues - 2

Tape and Disk Data Sets
   Tape and Disk Data Sets
   Tape layout
   Data Set Naming Rules
   Units, Volumes, Catalogs

Tape and DASD DD Statements
   Building Tape and DASD DD statements
   Sample DD Statements
   Data Flow Diagrams
   Computer Exercise: JOB Using Tape And Disk Data Sets
JCL Clues - 3

SMS - System Managed Storage
   STORCLAS, DATACLAS, MGMTCLAS
   ISMF
   Output DD Statements With SMS

Looking at Job output
Other DD techniques and parameters
   Temporary data sets and DUMMY files
   Concatenation
   Computer Exercise: NEWF2F

Utilities and Job Output Viewing
   IEFBR14, IEBGENER, IDCAMS
   SDSF, Flasher, IOF, (E)JES
   Computer Exercise: Utilities

Sort / Merge
   JCL Requirements
   Control Statements
   Computer Exercise: SORT

Day Five

OUTPUT Statements
Computer Exercise: OUTPUT Statements

Condition Code Testing and Memory Management
   REGION parameter
   MEMLIMIT parameter
   IF / THEN / ELSE / ENDIF statements
   Computer Exercise: Conditional Processing

JCL Procedures
   Cataloged Procedures
   JCLLIB statement
   Computer Exercise: A Cataloged Procedure

JCL Procedures: Inserts and Overrides
   Procedures and Inserts
   Procedures and Overrides
   Computer Exercise: Inserts and Overrides

JCL Procedures and Symbolic Parameters
   Symbolic Parameters
   SYSUID
   Computer Exercise: A Procedure With Symbolic Parameters

JCL SETs, INCLUDEs and IN-stream Procedures
   The SET Statement
   The INCLUDE statement
   In-stream Procedures
   Computer Exercise: Using Nested Procedures and INCLUDEs

Additional Data Set Handling Techniques
Generation Data Groups
PDSE - Partitioned Data Set, Extended

Sources of information
    IBM publications
    IBM Web-based information
    Book manager
    Quick Reference

COND parameter (reference)

Course Objectives
Course description
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