A710 ISPF and JCL on z/OS - Topical Outline

ISPF and JCL on z/OS - Topical Outline

Day One

Introduction

Overview of TSO / ISPF

3270 Terminals and keyboards

Logging on and off

ISPF Navigation

Computer Exercise: Getting Started with ISPF / PDF

Data sets: sequential and partitioned

Member lists

Editing Data Sets

Scrolling / Default scroll amount

Line Numbering

Edit primary commands:LOCATE, COLS, RESET, HEX, RECOVERY, UNDO, CAPS

RETRIEVE

Computer Exercise:Editing Files

Working with the 3270 keyboard

Inserting, deleting, and repeating lines

Moving and copying lines

Excluding lines

Edit line commands: I, D, R, X, F, L, M, C, A, B, O, COLS

Editing a new file

Computer Exercise:Working with Edit line commands

Searching for data

Strings

FIND

CHANGE

EXCLUDE, FLIP, and HIDE

Computer Exercise:Using the FIND, CHANGE, and EXCLUDE commands

Data Set Utility

Information

Allocating new files

Renaming files

Deleting files

Computer Exercise:Working with the Data Set Utility

Moving and copying data

Move / copy utility

Move / copy in Edit

CREATE / REPLACE / COPY / MOVE

CUT / PASTE

EDITSET

Computer Exercise:Moving and Copying Data

Housekeeping in ISPF

Identifying screens

Function Keys

FKA and PFSHOW commands

ZKEYS and KEYS commands

Settings

Log and List Data Sets

Action Bar Items

Computer Exercise:Managing the ISPF Environment

Productivity Features

Split Screen

Edit extensions

View

Browse

Help and Tutorial

Computer Exercise:Split Screen, View, and Help

Library Utility

COMPARE command

More Edit Line commands

Overlay

Splitting, flowing, and Data Entry

Shifting text left and right

Other line commands:HX, LC, UC, MD

Computer Exercise:Using the Library Utility

Data Set List Utility

Views

Options

Block commands

Line commands

DSLSET command

DSLIST command

Data Set List Primary commands

Computer Exercise:Data Set Lists

Command shell

TSO PROFILE command

Edit SORT command

Edit profiles

Bounds

Masks

Tabs

Highlighting

Computer Exercise:Command Shell, Sorting and Edit Profiles

ISPF Odds and Ends

Edit DELETE command

Personal Lists

REFOPEND and REFOPENL commands

Action bar options

DSLIST command

NRETRIEV command

Comparing data sets

SUPERC and SUPERCE

Searching within data sets -- Search-For

Computer Exercise:Personal lists,comparing, and searching

Introduction to JCL

Jobs

Batch Work Flow in z/OS

JCL Syntax

JOB Statement

EXEC Statement

Reviewing Job Output

Computer Exercise:Running a Job

Data Management in z/OS

DD statements

SYSIN-type Data

SYSOUT-type Data

Existing Data Sets

Finding Executable Programs: JOBLIB and STEPLIB

Reviewing output: System Display and Search Facility (SDSF)

Computer Exercise:DD Statements, round 1

The DD Statement -- continued

The DISP Parameter

The UNIT, VOLUME, EXPDT, and RETPD Parameters

New Tape Data Set Parameters: LABEL, TRTCH

New Disk Data Set Parameters: SPACE, AVGREC, DSNTYPE

Working with Partitioned Data Sets

Temporary Data Sets

Concatenation

DD DUMMY

SMS: DATACLAS, MGMTCLAS, STORCLAS

Computer Exercise:DD Statements, round 2

Job Output Details

Utilities

IEFBR14

IEBGENER

IEBPTPCH

IDCAMS

SORT

Computer Exercise:Utilities

Conditional Step Execution

Condition Codes and Completion Codes

IF / THEN / ELSE / ENDIF Statements

JOBRC

The COND Parameter

The OUTPUT Statement

Computer Exercise:Conditional Processing

JCL Procedures

In-Stream Procedures

Cataloged Procedures

JCLLIB Statement and Private Procedure Libraries

Passing PARMS to Steps in a JCL Procedure

Computer Exercise:JCL Procedures, Round 1

JCL Procedures, Round 2

Inserts

Overrides

Computer Exercise:JCL Procedures, Round 2: Inserts and Overrides

JCL Procedures, Round 3

Symbolic Parameters

Default Values

&SYSUID

Computer Exercise:JCL Procedures, Round 3: Symbolic Parameters

Advanced Topics in JCL

The SET statement

The INCLUDE statement

Symbolic variables in in-stream data

The EXPORT statement

Nested Procedures

Generation Data Groups

Computer Exercise:xercise: Advanced Topics in JCL

A710 / 5 Days

Materials version: V1.01

Course Description
Course Objectives
TSO / ISPF / REXX / CLIST curriculum
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