You can use the Runtime Environment(Workspaces) workspace
to browse the available workspaces and to locate a specific workspace
for cloning.
Before you begin
You must complete some administrative steps before a workspace
is cloned. For more information about these steps, see Preparing for workspace cloning.
Procedure
Go to the Runtime Environment (Workspaces) workspace
to browse the available workspaces.
There are a number
of ways you can go to this workspace:
Select File > Open. To do this, place the cursor under File on
the menu bar and press Enter. Then, from the File menu
select option 2.
Select Tools > Runtime
Environment from the menu bar. The Runtime
Environment workspace opens. Then, move your cursor over
the Workspaces button and press Enter.
Move your cursor over the RTE icon
in the drawer and press Enter. The Runtime
Environment workspace opens. Then, move your cursor over
the Workspaces push button and press Enter.
When you make one of the previous three choices, the Runtime
Environment (Workspaces)KOBWENUS workspace
opens. This workspace presents two workspace subpanels that provide
directory lists for the user workspace data set (UKANWENU
DD) and the runtime environment workspace data set (RKANWENU
DD).Figure 1. Runtime Environment
(Workspaces), locating the workspace member.
Enter the Locate command at the command
line, specifying the workspace that you want to search for as an argument
and press Enter.
For example,
if you enter Locate KOBSTART, the directory view
positions similarly to Figure 1.
Fast path: You can shorten the Locate command
to L. For example, you can enter L KOBSTART to
search for the KOBSTART workspace.
Place the cursor in the input field of the workspace name
that you want to clone and press Enter.
For example, to select the KOBSTART workspace,
place the cursor in the input field that precedes the workspace name
and press Enter.
The Partitioned
Dataset Member (KOBPDSD) view opens showing
a view of the KOBSTART workspace content.
Select File > Save
As to clone the workspace that is being
viewed.
For example, to clone the KOBSTART workspace,
place the cursor under File on the menu bar
and press Enter. Then from the File menu,
select option 4, Save As by typing a or 4 and
pressing Enter.
Fast path: You can
fast path to File > Save
As by entering f.a in
the action line.
Figure 2. Cloning a workspace by using the File > Save As menu
option.
When you press Enter, the Member
Save As dialog box opens: Figure 3. Cloning
a workspace - the Member Save As dialog box
Enter the workspace name that you want to use for the cloned
workspace.
If you are cloning a product provided workspace
under the assumption that it is to supersede the product provided
instance of the same workspace, the Save As name
that you enter must be identical to the name of the product provided
workspace, for example as shown in Figure 3.
The saved
workspace is written to the user workspace data set. The original
product provided workspace is preserved intact in the runtime environment
data set.
When you press Enter,
the Save As action is confirmed and you are
returned to the Partitioned Dataset Member (KOBPDSD)
view.
Press PF3 (End) to return to the Runtime
Environment (Workspaces)KOBWENUS workspace.
Results
The workspace directory view for the user workspace data set
now lists the cloned workspace:Figure 4. User workspace data set
that shows a cloned workspace
Note: When you clone a product provided workspace, the cloned
instance of the workspace is used by the enhanced 3270 user interface. Cloned or user
customized workspaces are identified by an asterisk (*),
which is displayed after the workspace name:Figure 5. A cloned workspace
is denoted by an asterisk character (*) after the workspace name
What to do next
When the workspace cloning is complete, the next step is
to edit and test the workspace, customizing its contents to site requirements.
Use a file editor such as the ISPF editor to edit the workspace.
