COURSE LENGTH: 2 days   PREREQUISITES: This course requires
familiarity with TSO/ISPF. Completion of the course GETTING STARTED
COURSE LENGTH: 2 Day (s)
 
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: This course is designed for those who use
TSO/ISPF and needadditional capabilities when working with
OS/390 data sets.
 
PREREQUISITES: This course requires familiarity with TSO/ISPF.
Completion of the course GETTING STARTED WITH TSO/ISPF or equivalent
knowledge is required.
 
COURSE DESCRIPTION:File-Aid by compuware Corporation can be regarded
as "Super ISPF." In addition to all the stardard ISPF capabilities,
File-AID provides many additional features for the administration and
management of data sets. Students will use File-AID to browse and edit
sequential, PDS and VSAM data sets. Record layouts are used to
determine field positions and format data displays. Cross-references
are used to process multiple layout type data sets. Selection criteria
will be created, saved and applied to display portions of a data set.
Various utilities of File-AID will be examined and compared to
standard ISPF. Hands-on workshops are used to reinforce concepts.
 
COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course, the
student should be able to:
 
· Configure File-AID parameters for session defaults and control.
· Browse and Edit OS/390 datasets using File-AID panels.
· Specify Record Layouts to display data in formatted mode.
· Create and apply Cross References for multi-layout datasets.
· Create and apply Selection Criteria to extract certain records from
  a data set.
· Perform utility and administration functions to data sets.
· Display PDS directory contents and map member statistics.
· View data set and record layout information.
· Reformat datasets from 2 record layouts.
· Compare data sets for differences in records.
· Generate XML from data sets for Web based data interchange.