You can use View and Sort to customize the way you see a list. For example, if you want to see a list of data classes with their Data Set Name Type, Logical Record Length, and Record Organization data columns displayed, and you want the entries to appear sorted by data set name type in ascending order, you can perform the following steps.

1. Select option 4, Data Class, from the ISMF Primary Option Menu for Storage Administrators. This displays the Display the Data Class Application Selection panel.

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2. Supply values on the Data Class Application Selection panel:

   Option

   Select option 1, List.

   Respecify View Criteria

   Select the viewing order by typing / for this field.

   Respecify Sort Criteria

   Select the sorting order by typing / for this field.

   This displays the Data Class View Entry panel.

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3. Supply values on the Data Class View Entry panel. This panel shows the columns that you can select.

   Use DOWN to see the remaining pages for this panel.

   At any time, you can choose option 2, Save, to save your specifications for later use.

   To select attributes, type the corresponding "tags," separated by blanks, in the Specify Tags in Sequence Desired field. The tags are the numbers enclosed in parentheses for each column, for example, (26) Data Set Name Type. For example, to select Data Set Name Type, Logical Record Length, and Record Organization, you would type:

   Specify tags in Sequence Desired: 
   ===>  26 5 3                    

   Your selections are displayed in the order that you typed them.

   Line Operator and Data Class Name always appear as the first and second data columns in a list but, because you cannot select them from this panel, they do not have corresponding tags. You cannot specify them on the this panel as selected tags.

   Press Enter to see the Data Class Sort Entry panel.

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4. Specify values for sorting on the Data Class Sort Entry panel. Specify a field by its numerical tag. Tags for Line Operator and Data Class Name always appear on this panel. Notice that the only other tags displayed are the ones you specified in the Data Class View Entry panel.

   Press Enter to see a list of data classes that uses your view and sort criteria.

   On the list panel, you can enter line operators such as COPY, DISPLAY, and HIDE against individual entries. Some line operators, such as ALTER and DELETE, cannot be used with the ACTIVE control data set.

   You can scroll up, down, left, and right. However, ISMF always displays the LINE OPERATOR and DATACLAS NAME fields on the left side of the panel. You can also change the View and Sort criteria by issuing the View or Sort command on the command line.