Foreground compare data sets

If you choose Foreground, SuperC processes the data sets in foreground mode, so you can browse the results of the compare. This choice locks your keyboard until SuperC processing is complete.

The panel shown in Figure 1 is displayed if you leave the Option field and the New DS Name or Old DS Name field blank on the SuperCE Utility panel.

Figure 1. SuperCE - concatenation interactive entry panel (ISRSECAT)

                     SuperCE - Concatenation Foreground Entry

                               "New" Concatenation
    DS1 . . .                                                        
    DS2 . . .                                                        
    DS3 . . .                                                        
    DS4 . . .                                                        

                 Other "New" Partitioned, Sequential or VSAM Data Set
 Data Set Name . . .                                                        
 Volume Serial . . .           (If not cataloged)
 Password  . . . . .           (Password allowed only in foreground mode)

                               "Old" Concatenation
    DS1 . . .                                                        
    DS2 . . .                                                        
    DS3 . . .                                                        
    DS4 . . .                                                        

                 Other "Old" Partitioned, Sequential or VSAM Data Set
 Data Set Name . . .                                                        
 Volume Serial . . .           (If not cataloged)
 Password  . . . . .           (Password allowed only in foreground mode)
 Command ===>                                                                 
  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F7=Backward  F8=Forward   F9=Swap
 F12=Cancel

For fields DS1 through DS4, both new and old, use normal TSO naming conventions. You can specify a series of concatenated data sets, an uncataloged or password-protected data set, or a cataloged data set.

Up to four data sets can be concatenated for both the new and old input data sets. Make sure the data sets are concatenated in the proper sequence, as follows:

If two or more sequential data sets are concatenated as one input data set, the data set attributes, such as block size, must be identical.
PDS concatenations must have the data set with the largest block size as the first in any concatenation.
The SuperCE dialog uses only the first occurrence of a member in the concatenated series of PDSs as source input for a compare. Any other occurrences of the member are ignored.

Other partitioned or sequential data sets, volume serials, and data set passwords are specified as on any other data entry panel. See the "ISPF Libraries and Data Sets" topic of the z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol I for more information.

Note: The Password fields apply only to the other partitioned or sequential data sets. TSO prompts you if any concatenated data sets are password-protected. The Password field is only enabled in foreground mode.