Course Description

Advanced ISPF in z/OS

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Benefits

Students who complete this course will be able to accomplish work using TSO/ISPF more effectively than before due to understanding: ISPF facilities for tailoring, keeping track of appointments, DSLIST capabilities, edit macros, and DDLIST.

Audience

Programmers and analysts who work with ISPF regularly and who need an update on the latest ISPF features and a more in-depth awareness of existing features.

Prerequisites

Experience using ISPF/PDF.Knowledge such as contained in courses A-633, A-634, or equivalent.

Related IBM Materials

This course is drawn from these IBM manuals; access to them in the classroom is desirable but not required:

SC34-4822 - ISPF User's Guide, Vol. 1
SC34-4823 - ISPF User's Guide, Vol. 2
SC34-4820 - Edit and Edit Macros

• Tailoring ISPF Status Area
• ISPF appointment book
• Nested commands
• START, ISPFVAR, CURSOR, CRETRIEV, NRETRIEV commands
• DSLIST line and primary commands
• Edit COMPARE command
• Browse enhancements - non-EBCDIC data support
• EDIT and VIEW of ASCII data
• Introduction to edit macros
• The DDLIST facility (ISRDDN)

Exercises

There are 5 hands-on exercises.