The BROWSE and EDIT services allow you to create, read, or change MVS™ data sets or members of an ISPF library. An ISPF library is a cataloged partitioned data set with a three-level name made up of a project, a group, and type. The ISPF library can be private (available only to you) or can be shared by a group of users. The BROWSE and EDIT services provide direct access to the Browse and Edit options of PDF, bypassing the Browse mode on the View Entry panel and Edit Entry panels.

The EDREC service, which you usually invoke before calling EDIT, helps you recover work that would otherwise be lost if ISPF ended abnormally, such as after a power loss.

See the z/OS ISPF Services Guide for complete descriptions, including examples, of the BROWSE, EDIT, and EDREC services.