Specifying criteria for the VSAM sphere list

You can search on criteria based on the VSAM spheres listed on the sphere list or the name of the data set.

Select option 2 from the Using the VSAM sphere list View pull-down menu to display the CICS® VR VSAM sphere list include secondary window Specifying criteria for the VSAM sphere list.

Use this secondary window to filter the VSAM spheres listed on the CICS VR VSAM sphere list. You can enter search criteria based on either the VSAM sphere name, or, the name of a data set that contains a list of VSAM spheres as described in Specifying criteria for the VSAM sphere list.

Restriction: If you enter text in both the VSAM sphere field and the Data Set Name field, CICS VR ignores the VSAM sphere field and opens the data set that you specified in the Data Set Name field.

Figure 1. VSAM sphere list include secondary window
                      CICSVR VSAM sphere list include                        
 Command ===> ____________________________________________________________   
                                                                             
 Specify VSAM sphere list search criteria, then press Enter.                 
                                                                             
 VSAM sphere . . . . . . . *___________________________________________      
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                    OR                                       
                                                                             
 Specify the name of a data set that contains a list of VSAM spheres,        
 then press Enter.                                                           
                                                                             
 Data Set Name . . . ______________________________________________________  
                                                                             
  F1=Help    F12=Cancel                                                      

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