I found it - the command is NRETRIEV. If you assign NRETRIEV to a PF key, it will perform exactly as described: it recalls previous entries made in the DSNAME LEVEL field on the ISPF 3.4 panel. Each press of the PF key will overlay the current value with the previous one, allowing you to cycle backward through your DSN entry history - much like the RETRIEVE command does for the command line.
This is a native ISPF function - no add-ons required. Thanks -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steely.Mark Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2025 1:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Data Set List Utility - Question ! CAUTION! EXTERNAL SENDER! STOP, ASSESS, AND VERIFY Do you know this person? Were you expecting this email? If not, report it using the Report Phishing Button! No - to clarify, the feature I'm referring to allowed you to assign a PF key to a command that would recall previous entries typed into the DSNAME LEVEL field on the ISPF 3.4 panel. When you pressed the PF key, it would overlay the current DSNAME LEVEL with the last value you had entered. Pressing it again would bring up the one before that, effectively cycling backward through your entry history - similar in behavior to how the RETRIEVE command works on the command line, but specifically for the DSN input field. This was not part of DSLIST or REFLIST, and it was not an add-on - it was a native ISPF capability. Does anyone else remember this or recall the command that enabled this behavior? Thanks -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Sri Hari Kolusu Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2025 12:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Data Set List Utility - Question ! CAUTION! EXTERNAL SENDER! STOP, ASSESS, AND VERIFY Do you know this person? Were you expecting this email? If not, report it using the Report Phishing Button! >> It behaved similarly to the RETRIEVE command used on the command line (which >> allows scrolling through previous command entries). Does any of these rings a bell ? REFLISTD Show the REFLIST (reference list) personal data set list. REFACTD Open or retrieve from the current personal data set list. REFACTL Open or retrieve from the current personal library list. REFOPEND Show the list of personal data set lists. REFOPENL Show the list of personal data set lists. REFLISTL Show the REFLIST (reference list) personal library list. REFADDD Add the most recently referenced data set to a personal list. REFADDL Add the most recently referenced library to a personal list. Thanks, Kolusu -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steely.Mark Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2025 10:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Data Set List Utility - Question I vaguely recall that, a long time ago, from the primary menu of the Data Set List Utility (typically accessed via ISPF option 3.4), there was a command or function that could retrieve the previous dataset name entered in the DSNAME LEVEL field. To clarify, I'm not referring to the DSLIST or REFLIST options, and this wasn't a shareware or freeware enhancement - it was a built-in feature of ISPF. It behaved similarly to the RETRIEVE command used on the command line (which allows scrolling through previous command entries). Does anyone else remember a feature like this, or know the exact command or key combination used to access it? Thank You ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
