Data Set Commander command shortcuts

There are 60 Data Set Commander command shortcuts that are normally defined as ISPF general commands. The verb of each of those commands can be either modified to a different (unique) command name or completely removed.

Member IQICMNDS of the DSC table library (SIQITLIB) controls all the necessary customization for Data Set Commander command shortcuts (see Member IQICMNDS). It is delivered with commented (* in first column) statements for all supported command shortcuts.

To modify any shortcut, uncomment its entry and change the second and third tokens as follows:

  • To completely disable a command shortcut, blank out second token (new verb) and third token (new shortcut).
  • To just modify the verb of a particular command, replace the second token (new verb) and blank out the third token (new shortcut).
  • To modify the verb and shortcut of a particular command, replace the second and third tokens as required.

For example:

  • To disable the shortcut for command verb EX9 specify a statement like
    EX9
  • To replace the verb and shortcut for command verb EFILE with EVSAM (the verb) and EVS (the shortcut), specify a statement like
    EFILE  EVSAM  EVS
Note: Any valid changes to member IQICMNDS take effect the next time you logon to Data Set Commander and are reflected in the output of the DSC? command.
Note: If member IQICMNDS is found to have a syntax error during Data Set Commander initialization, the erroneous statement is skipped and user is notified with User-specified command overrides error report placed in DD(IQILOGPR). You should either remove or correct the statement in error.

Member IQIDCMDS of the DSC table library (SIQITLIB) controls the names of command shortcuts that can be dynamically disabled/enabled via the DSC CMDS (DSCCMD shortcut) command (see Member IQIDCMDS). It is delivered with the following command shortcut names: BR, ED, OL, VI. To include any other shortcut in this list, uncomment its entry in member IQIDCMDS.