MODEL—Copy a Model into the Current Data Set

The model name form of the MODEL primary command copies a specified dialog development model before or after a specified line.

The class name form of the MODEL primary command changes the model class that the editor uses to determine which model you want. For more information on edit models, see Using edit models.

Syntax

Model name syntax

If you omit the model name or a required qualifier, or if there is a validation error, the editor displays a series of selection panels from which you can select the desired information.

model_name: The name of the model to be copied, such as VGET for the VGET service model. This operand can also be one of the options listed on a model selection panel, such as V1 for the VGET service model. See z/OS ISPF Planning and Customizing for a list of models and model names.
qualifier: The name of a model on a secondary model selection panel, such as TBCREATE for the TBCREATE service model. This operand can also be one of the options listed on a model selection panel, such as G1 for the TBCREATE service model.
For example, a model selection panel allows you to enter T1 to choose table models. Another model selection panel then appears for choosing table models, such as G1 for the TBCREATE service model. Therefore, your MODEL primary command could use either TABLES or T1 as the model-name operand and either TBCREATE or G1 at the qualifier operand. The simplest way would be to use TBCREATE or G1 as the model-name operand and omit the qualifier operand. See z/OS ISPF Planning and Customizing for a list of models and model names.
AFTER label: Identifies the line after which the model is to be copied. If you have not defined a label, use the A or B line command to specify the destination. The only time this operand or the BEFORE label operand is not required is when the data set or member is empty.
BEFORE label: Identifies the line before which the model is to be copied. If you have not defined a label, use the A or B line command to specify the destination. The only time this operand or the AFTER label operand is not required is when the data set or member is empty.
NOTES: Overrides the current edit profile setting for note mode, to include any notes that are part of the model.
NONOTES: Overrides the current edit profile setting for note mode, to exclude any notes that are part of the model.

Class name syntax

If you omit class_name, or if there is a validation error, the editor displays a series of selection panels from which you can select the desired information.

CLASS: When entered without the optional class_name operand, the editor displays the Model Classes panel, from which you can select a model class. When entered with the class_name operand, the macro specifies that the current model class is to be replaced by class_name. In both cases, the new class name is used for all models from that point on, until you change the model class again or end the edit session.
class_name: Specifies a new class for the current edit session. It must be a name on the Model Classes panel or an allowable abbreviation. The model class coincides with the type of model, such as REXX, COBOL, or FORTRAN.

Examples

You are editing a new member named NEWMEM and have not decided which service to use first. Figure 1 shows the display screen for NEWMEM. Type MODEL on the command line without any operands. Here, the model name form of the MODEL command is used and the A (after) line command is used instead of the AFTER operand.

Screen dump. — Figure 1. Before Model command

The data set type is EXEC, so the editor displays the REXX Models panel (Figure 2) when you press Enter. To begin with the VGET service, you type V1 on the Option line and press Enter.

The editor inserts the VGET service model into the NEWMEM member, as shown in Figure 3. Because the edit profile is set to NOTE ON, the model's notes are also included.