Using SDSF help

From any panel, F1 opens a general help page for that panel. You can also invoke help from the Help pull-down menu.

For example, if you invoke help for the DA panel, the following help panel is displayed:

                                                                            
                      HELP: Display Active Users Panel                      
                                                                            
         Select a topic by number, or press Enter to view them in sequence. 
                                                                            
          1 - Introduction to the DA panel                                  
          2 - Syntax of the DA command                                      
          3 - Action characters: display output, cancel jobs, etc.          
          4 - Fields on the DA panel                                        
          5 - Overtyping fields to change their values                      
          6 - Commands: limit jobs displayed, search, etc.                  
                                                                            
         These topics are displayed only if selected:                       
                                                                            
         97 - What's new                                                    
         98 - Search and navigate the help                                  
         99 - Messages

There are options you can follow by number to get more specific help, or you can view the help topics in sequence. Within the help, you may also find highlighted phrases that you can tab to and press F1 to find help relevant to that specific phrase.

Searching the help

Use the SEARCH command to search SDSF's help and tutorial. This command requires ISPF.

The parameter usage is as follows:

SEARCH phrase

If the phrase includes blanks, enclose the phrase in quotation marks. If you do not pass a phrase, a pop-up panel appears.

Consider the following examples:

SEARCH cpu use - Searches for cpu use, cpu, and use.
SEARCH 'cpu use' - Searches for cpu use.

Note: The SRCH command provides a different capability from the SEARCH command. SRCH implements a member search using a data set list, whereas SEARCH searches the SDSF help and tutorial. The resulting table shows all data sets containing that member pattern.

See Search panel (SRCH) for a description of SRCH.