Creating a filter for MVS Files

You can define a filter for an MVS™ system.

Before you begin

Before you can create a filter for an MVS system, you must create a connection to the system. For instructions, see Creating a connection to a z/OS system.

Procedure

  1. In the Remote Systems view, under the connection name, right-click MVS Files and click New > Filter.
  2. In the Filter string field of the New Filter window, type an uppercase filter string and click Next. The filter string is similar to the data set name level. You can use a single asterisk to represent zero or more characters. You can use double asterisks (**) to represent zero or more qualifiers. Given data set names A.C and A.B.C, for example, the filter A.*.C matches A.B.C, but not A.C, while the filter A.**.C matches both data set names. The only wildcard character that is supported in this field is *. The % wildcard character is not supported.
  3. In the Filter name field, type a name for your filter and click Finish.. The new filter is added to MVS Files.
  4. Expand the filter and, when the Enter Password window opens, type your user ID and password and click OK. If the connection attempt is successful, all the data sets matching your filter are displayed. You can expand a data set name and see the members in it.
Parent topic: Viewing properties of the MVS Files subsystem
1 For IDz users, the MVS Files subsystem Properties view also displays the following information:
Property Group Name
The name of the property group that is associated with the subsystem.
Property Group Overrides
Whether any values in the property group were overridden: Yes or No.