Commands and action characters

Table 1 lists the new and changed commands and action characters. See the SDSF online help for more detailed information. For commands that are specific to SDSF REXX execs, see REXX.

Table 1. Summary of new and changed SDSF commands and action characters
Function Release Description Reason for change
Start of changeAPFEnd of change Start of changez/OS® V2R2 and V2R1End of change Start of changeNew command: Displays the Authorized Program Facility panel.End of change Start of changeRelease updateEnd of change
Start of changeASEnd of change Start of changez/OS V2R2 and V2R1End of change Start of changeNew command: Displays the Address Space Memory panel.End of change Start of changeRelease updateEnd of change
Start of changeDYNXEnd of change Start of changez/OS V2R2 and V2R1End of change Start of changeNew command: Displays the Dynamic Exits panel.End of change Start of changeRelease updateEnd of change
DALO, DEM, DIQP, DPCD, DPCI z/OS V2R2 and V2R1 New command: New actions for the SYS panel, as described in the SDSF online help. Release update
Start of change LPAEnd of change Start of changez/OS V2R2 and V2R1End of change Start of changeNew command: Displays the Link Pack Area panel.End of change Start of changeRelease updateEnd of change
Start of changeLNKEnd of change Start of changez/OS V2R2 and V2R1End of change Start of changeNew command: Displays the Link List panel.End of change Start of changeRelease updateEnd of change
Start of changePAGEnd of change Start of changez/OS V2R2 and V2R1End of change Start of changeNew command: Displays the Page panel.End of change Start of changeRelease updateEnd of change
Start of change PARMEnd of change Start of changez/OS V2R2 and V2R1End of change Start of changeNew command: Displays the PARMLIB panel.End of change Start of changeRelease updateEnd of change
SRCH z/OS V2R2 and V2R1 New command: Search command to locate members in the LNK, LPA, APF, and PARM data sets. Release update
Start of changeSYSEnd of change Start of changez/OS V2R2 and V2R1End of change Start of changeNew command: Displays the System panel.End of change Start of changeRelease updateEnd of change
Action characters and overtypeable fields from the command line z/OS V2R2 You can issue action characters against rows on a tabular panel from the command line, and overtype the values in columns from the command line. Release update
% z/OS V2R2 New action character: Invokes a REXX exec. Release update
Start of change/End of change Start of changez/OS V2R2End of change Start of changeChanged command: Using the System Command Extension pop-up, you can assign system commands to groups and add comments to describe them. New pop-ups, filtering and sorting help you work with saved commands. The size of the pop-up now reflects the screen size of your emulator session. The number of commands saved in the ISPF profile has been increased, and if you allocate ISPF table library ISFTABL, the number is increased further.End of change Start of changeRelease updateEnd of change
Start of changePROCEnd of change Start of changez/OS V2R2End of change Start of changeNew command: Displays the Proclib panel.End of change Start of changeRelease updateEnd of change
Start of changeRGENEnd of change Start of changez/OS V2R2End of change Start of changeNew command: Generates a REXX exec that reflects the current context.End of change Start of changeRelease updateEnd of change
Start of changeSET ROWNUMEnd of change Start of changez/OS V2R2End of change Start of changeNew command: Displays row numbers on tabular panels.End of change Start of changeRelease updateEnd of change
Start of changeSNAPSHOTEnd of change Start of changez/OS V2R2End of change Start of changeNew command: Display the data that is displayed on a tabular panel (such as DA or ST) with SDSF's browse function or with ISPF Browse or Edit.End of change Start of changeRelease updateEnd of change
PRINT z/OS V2R1 Changed command: Now uses the record format value to determine how to handle carriage control for all printing. Release update
SET CONMOD z/OS V2R1 New command: Controls the modification of extended console names, used to obtain unique names. Release update
SET DISPLAY z/OS V2R1 Changed command: Now accepts LONG, to display the full sort and filter criteria. Release update
SET DUPDS z/OS V2R1 New command: Controls whether SDSF displays duplicate SYSOUT data sets. Release update
SET SECTRACE z/OS V2R1 New command: Turns security tracing on and off. Release update
SORT z/OS V2R1 Changed command: Now accepts up to 10 columns. Release update
J0 z/OS V1R13 New command: Displays the Job 0 (J0) panel (JES3 only). Release update
NC z/OS V1R13 New command: Displays the Network Connections (NC) panel. Release update
NS z/OS V1R13 New command: Displays the Network Servers (NS) panel. Release update
INIT, LI, NO, PUN, RDR, H, O z/OS V1R13 Changed command: Now available in the JES3 environment. New action characters, as described in the SDSF online help. Release update
SET CMODE z/OS V1R13 New command: Controls the mode that SDSF uses for communication to provide sysplex-wide data on SDSF panels. Release update
Parent topic: SDSF summary of interface changes