Search for member names and add them to a filter in the My
Favorites folder of the MVS Files subsystem.
Before you begin
Before you can create a filter for a partitioned data set
member, you must create a connection to a remote system. For instructions,
see
Creating a connection to a z/OS system.
About this task
The member filter function is an implementation of
Remote
z/OS Search. When you create a member filter, you are creating
a query that returns a set of data set members and saving it to the
My
Favorites folder of the
MVS Files subsystem.
Procedure
- In the Remote Systems view, expand
a z/OS® connection name and
select MVS Files.
- Right-click and select .
- In the Filter name field, type a
name for the new member filter.
- In the With name field, type a member
name or a search string. You can use wildcard characters
in this field. Valid characters include an asterisk (*) to match any
string, and question mark (?) to match a single character.
Important: To use the ? wildcard character, both the client
and server must be version 3.0 or later.
In
a partitioned data set that contains members that are named TEST01, TEST001,
and TEST0001, the search string TEST*1 matches
all those member names. The search string TEST?1 matches
only TEST01.
- In the Existing filters list, select
one or more filters to search for members. To search in
specific data sets, expand the filters and select one or more data
sets.
- Optional: In the Other contexts field,
specify a filter string to search. Use this option to search outside
your defined filters. If you initiate a search on one or more remote
resources outside the Remote Systems view, this
option is enabled and specifies <selected resources> as
the filter string.
- Click OK.
Results
The new member filter is added to the My Favorites folder
in the MVS Files subsystem. The Remote
z/OS Search view opens and displays the members whose names
match the search string that you defined for the filter.
What to do next
In the
Remote z/OS Search view, you
can do any actions on the data set members that you can do in the
Remote
Systems view.
1If you select a JCL member, you can submit the JCL
to JES.
In the
Remote Systems view, you
can do these actions with the member filter:
- To run the query again, double-click it, or right-click and select Run
Query.
- To modify the filter, select it and then select Edit
and Run from the menu.
For more information about using the Remote
z/OS Search view and saved queries, see the related topics.
1 For IDz users, if you select a member
that contains COBOL or PL/I source, you can, for example, complete
these tasks:
- Edit the member
- Nominate the member as an entry point
- Generate JCL
- Associate a property group with the member
- Show dependencies
- Check the syntax