The table display panel used for the Edit and Browse functions of the table utility shows multiple rows on the one screen. Each row occupies one line on the screen. The UP and DOWN primary commands allow you to scroll through the rows in a table.

   Options  Help
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 BROWSE                  ISPF Table BLSGEDIT                  Row 1 to 15 of 17
 Command ===> ________________________________________________ Scroll ===> CSR 
                                                                Shift ===> PAGE
     ZEDPTYPE ZEDPLRCL ZEDPRCFM ZEDPFLAG                 ZEDPBNDL ZEDPBNDR
     ----+--- ----+--- ----+--- ----+----1----+----2---- ----+--- ----+---
 __  TRACE    128      F        000000101000000000010000 0        0
 __  CLIST    251      V        010000000000100000010000 0        0
 __  PANELS   80       F        000000101000100000010000 0        0
 __  TRACE    72       F        000000101000000000010000 0        0
 __  CNTL     80       F        000000001000100000010000 0        0
 __  JCL      80       F        010000000000100000010000 0        0
 __  VCALL    80       F        000000001000000000000000 0        0
 __  TRACE    121      V        000000001000000000000000 0        0
 __  F02      80       F        000000001000000000000000 0        0
 __  F03      121      V        000000001000000000000000 0        0
 __  PRINT1   129      V        000000001000000000000000 0        0
 __  TEXT     251      V        010000000000000000000000 0        0
 __  ISPVCALL 80       V        000000000000000000000000 0        0
 __  TRACE    80       F        000000000000000000000000 0        0
 __  LOG      121      V        000000000000000000000000 0        0
  F1=Help      F3=Exit      F4=Expand    F5=Rfind    F12=Cancel   F13=Help
 F15=End      F16=Return   F17=Rfind    F22=Left     F23=Right    F24=Cretriev

The dialog variables for the table rows are displayed in columns across the screen, with the dialog variable names shown as column headings. The RIGHT and LEFT primary commands allow you to view any columns that are not currently visible.

To determine the width required for each column field, the table utility must scan the table rows and check the length of the table variable values. While the utility uses an efficient method to scan a table, this process can be time consuming for a table with an extremely large number of rows. You can limit the number of rows scanned through the "Maximum rows searched to determine column width" option on the Table Utility Options panel.

All table variables are displayed in scrollable fields, with a scale indicator displayed below each column heading. Using scrollable fields allows the EXPAND primary command to be used to display the value of a table variable in a popup window. This popup window can display and edit data in HEX mode. The scrollable fields also allow you to use the RIGHT and LEFT primary commands to horizontally scroll column values.

For the Browse function, all the fields displaying table variable values are protected. For the Edit function, all these fields are unprotected and you can make changes to the table variable values by overtyping the displayed data.

For the Edit function, when you press Exit (F3) the changes are saved to a table output library. Normally the changes would be saved to the originating data set.

If you specified the table name and a Table DD on the ISPF Table Utility panel, and the "Always save table in originating data set" check box on the Table Utility Options panel is not selected, ISPF prompts you to specify the output data set. See Table output data set selection for more information.