The z/OS search feature is available for any application that contains a z/OS type
component. Search is performed for a specific file in the artifacts belonging to the z/OS components
deployed to that environment.
Files in the z/OS environment can be identified with the Search Z
Artifacts option available in the z/OS application environment.
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Navigate to the environment of interest (.
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From the Properties ellipsis for the environment, select Search Z
Artifacts.
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Enter the name of the file to search in the Search Z Artifacts dialog,
then click Search. Results are returned in batches. A maximum of 1000 results
are returned per batch, beginning with the most recent version deployed. If the file is not found in
the most recent batch, a file not found message is displayed.
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Select Search Earlier Inventory to return the next 1000 most recent
instances of the file. Subsequent results can be returned until there are no more versions to
search.
Note:
The batch size of returned results is configurable and can be changed by adding the property
zos.search.batch.size=<number> to the servers
installed.properties file.
The following information is presented for each batch returned in the search results.
| Option | Description |
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| Name |
The name of the file, as imported into CodeStation. The file names are group according to
the PDS (container) on the mainframe where they are located. |
| Deploy Type |
The type of resource the file was mapped to when deployed. |
| Inputs |
The inputs to the artifact (like copybooks) provided in the shiplist file. |
| Component |
The name of the component that belongs to the file. |
| Version |
The version the file was deployed in. |
| Deployment Time |
The calendar date and time the file was deployed as mm/dd/yyy and hh:mm (12-hour clock).
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