REXX

Table 1 and Table 2 list the changes for SDSF's support of the REXX programming language. See z/OS SDSF Operation and Customization for more detailed information.

Table 1. Summary of changes for REXX commands

Command	Release	Description	Reason for change
ISFACT, ISFEXEC, and ISFGET	z/OS® V2R2	Changed command: COMPACT option causes data for an entire row to be returned in a new SDSFROW stem variable, rather than in a separate stem variable for each column.	Release update
ISFQUERY	z/OS V2R2	New command: Query the environment and return the associated REXX special variables.	Release update
ISFBROWSE	z/OS V2R1	Changed command: Support for browsing job output, check output and the system log without the need for EXECIO or similar utility.	Release update
ISFLOG	z/OS V1R13	Changed command: New option TYPE(OPERLOG) accesses the sysplex-wide system log, OPERLOG.	Release update

Table 2. Summary of changes for REXX special variables

Special Variable	Release	Description	Reason for change
SDSFCOLSTART, SDSFCOLLEN, SDSFCOLCOUNT, and SDSFROW	z/OS V2R2	New special variables: For use with the COMPACT option, to access the data	Release update
Various, with names starting with SDSF	z/OS V2R2	New special variables: For use with secondary panels, these variables are affected by the PREFIX option	Release update
ISFDISPLAYMODE	z/OS V2R1	Changed special variable: Now accepts LONG, which shows the full sort and filter criteria.	Release update
ISFSECTRACE	z/OS V2R1	New special variable: Controls security tracing.	Release update
ISFPRTWRITER	z/OS V2R1	New special variable: Specifies a writer name, for printing.	Release update
ISFPRTSOURCEATTS	z/OS V2R1	New special variable: Indicates whether source attributes are to be used for printing.	Release update
ISFCONMOD	z/OS V2R1	New special variable: Controls the modification of the extended console name to obtain a unique name.	Release update
ISFDUPDS	z/OS V2R1	New special variable: Controls whether SDSF displays duplicate SYSOUT data sets.	Release update
ISFCMODE	z/OS V1R13	New special variable: Sets the mode for sysplex communication.	Release update