Creating member filters

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 Connecting 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

  1. In the Remote Systems view, expand a z/OS connection name and select MVS Files.
  2. Right-click and select New > Member Filter.
  3. In the Filter name field, type a name for the new member filter.
  4. 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 9.0.1 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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 (such as on a remote data set in the z/OS Projects view), this option is enabled and specifies <selected resources> as the filter string.
  7. 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. 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
If 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.