From: Don Leahy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Can I point a label to a set of merged data sets? I haven't tried that
yet.
Any object that can be stored in an object list can be given a label. This
includes data sets, VSAM files, DB2 tables, PC workstation files, TSO
commands, (etc). All of these objects can contain wild cards and/or
symbolics. If you assign several objects to the same label, you can merge
the objects by selecting the label. For example, suppose you have three
partitioned data sets:
'USER01.PROJECTX.TEST.COBOL'
'PROD.COBSOURC'
'PROD.COPYLIB'
If you give these 3 data sets a label called '.MRG', you could browse all 3
data sets at the same time by entering BR .MRG on any ISPF command line. If
you wanted to edit them, you could enter ED .MRG (etc). As you know, all of
the members are displayed as a single member list, but the merge is for
display purposes only; i.e. the data sets are not physically merged.
From within a member, you can 'zoom in' on any members that exist in any of
the merged libraries. For example, suppose you're editing PGM1 (which is in
your personal library) and it calls PGM2 (which is in the production
library). If you want to browse PGM2, you could enter BR on the command line
and point the cursor at PGM2. Now you're browsing PGM2, and suppose you see
the name of a copybook it uses. If you want to view the copybook you can
enter VI on the command line and point the cursor at the copybook name (and
so on).
Note that you can zoom in on any type of member that's referenced by any
another member, whether it's cobol, assembler, clist, rexx, panels,
skeletons, macros, procs, drivers, (etc). If you change a member, the
updated member is saved in the original library. If for some reason you want
all updates to be copied to the first library in the concatenation, there's
an option that lets you do that.
Also, at some point I am going to end up with a lot of labels, and will
begin to forget what they stand for. Is there a way for me to see a
complete list of all of the labels that I have defined?
Yes, enter the following command on any ISPF command line:
COMMAND ===> ED .
This edits the entire list of labels. You can add, change or delete any of
the labels in the list. If you enter 'BR .', the list of labels is opened
for browse, and so on.
I hope that helps. If you have any more questions, please feel free to
contact me off-line.
Dave Salt
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