Advanced ISPF in z/OS

Course Number:  623-TF
Recommended Duration:  1 day

Intended 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.

Course Overview
It's primarily intended for programmers rather than end users.  There are 5 hands-on exercises.

Objectives
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.

Prerequisites:  Experience using ISPF/PDF.

Topics

• 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)