z/OS Version 2 Release 3 ISPF User's Guide Volume I IBM SC19-3627-30 Note Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page 213. This edition applies to Version 2 Release 3 of z/OS (5650-ZOS) and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. Last updated: 2019-06-21 © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1980, 2019. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Figures................................................................................................................. xi Tables..................................................................................................................xv Preface..............................................................................................................xvii About this document................................................................................................................................ xvii Who should use this document................................................................................................................xvii What is in this document?........................................................................................................................ xvii How to read the syntax diagrams............................................................................................................xviii z/OS information...............................................................................................xxiii How to send your comments to IBM.................................................................... xxv If you have a technical problem............................................................................................................... xxv Summary of changes........................................................................................ xxvii Summary of changes for z/OS Version 2 Release 3 (V2R3).................................................................. xxvii Summary of changes for z/OS Version 2 Release 2 (V2R2).................................................................. xxvii Summary of changes for z/OS Version 2 Release 1 (V2R1).................................................................. xxvii What's in the z/OS V2R3 ISPF library?............................................................... xxix Chapter 1. Overview of ISPF.................................................................................. 1 ISPF components.........................................................................................................................................1 ISPF functions..............................................................................................................................................1 View, Browse, Edit, edit macros, and models........................................................................................2 Dialog services........................................................................................................................................2 Utilities....................................................................................................................................................2 Dialog Test, Foreground, and Batch....................................................................................................... 2 TSO commands, CLISTs, and REXX EXECs............................................................................................ 2 Software Configuration and Library Manager (SCLM)............................................................................3 Other IBM program development products.......................................................................................... 3 Online tutorial......................................................................................................................................... 3 Supported data types...................................................................................................................................3 Member name conventions....................................................................................................................4 Running ISPF................................................................................................................................................4 Starting ISPF...........................................................................................................................................5 The Primary Option Menu panel.............................................................................................................5 User profiles............................................................................................................................................8 Getting help............................................................................................................................................ 9 Ending an ISPF function or ISPF............................................................................................................ 9 Running a sample ISPF session................................................................................................................ 10 Chapter 2. The ISPF user interface.......................................................................15 Some terms you should know................................................................................................................... 15 Understanding ISPF panels.......................................................................................................................16 Panel format......................................................................................................................................... 16 Panel types........................................................................................................................................... 17 iii Option selection................................................................................................................................... 19 Action bars............................................................................................................................................19 Point-and-Shoot text fields.................................................................................................................. 24 Function keys........................................................................................................................................25 Selection fields..................................................................................................................................... 26 Entering commands in ISPF...................................................................................................................... 26 Types of commands............................................................................................................................. 27 Multicultural support............................................................................................................................28 ISPF command syntax notation...........................................................................................................28 Command nesting................................................................................................................................ 30 Running in GUI mode.................................................................................................................................30 Starting a GUI session..........................................................................................................................30 What GUI mode looks like....................................................................................................................32 Switching between GUI mode and 3270 mode.................................................................................. 41 Special characters or symbols............................................................................................................. 41 ISPF GUI support of TSO line mode output and input........................................................................ 42 Bi-directional language support.......................................................................................................... 45 Ending a GUI session........................................................................................................................... 46 Closing the ISPF Client/Server Workstation Agent component..........................................................46 Splitting the screen horizontally or vertically............................................................................................46 The SPLIT command............................................................................................................................ 46 The SWAP command............................................................................................................................47 The SWITCH command........................................................................................................................ 49 3290 terminals..................................................................................................................................... 50 Chapter 3. Using personal data set lists and library