The following diagram presents the syntax of the HLIST command for both SMS-managed and non-SMS-managed data sets:

>>-HLIST-------------------------------------------------------->

>--+-+-BACKUPVOLUME-+--+--------------+--| fragment A |----------+-><
   | '-BVOL---------'  '-(--volser--)-'                          |   
   +-+-+-DATASETNAME-+--+--------------+-+--| fragment B |-------+   
   | | '-DSNAME------'  '-(--dsname--)-' |                       |   
   | '-LEVEL--+------------------+-------'                       |   
   |          '-(--qualifier-- )-'                               |   
   +-+-+-MIGRATIONVOLUME-+---------------------+--| fragment C |-+   
   | | '-MVOL------------'                     |                 |   
   | +-+-MIGRATIONLEVEL1-+---------------------+                 |   
   | | '-ML1-------------'                     |                 |   
   | +-+-MIGRATIONLEVEL2-+--+----------------+-+                 |   
   | | '-ML2-------------'  '-(--+-DASD-+--)-' |                 |   
   | |                           '-TAPE-'      |                 |   
   | +-+-PRIMARYVOLUME-+-----------------------+                 |   
   | | '-PVOL----------'                       |                 |   
   | '-VOLUME(volser)--------------------------'                 |   
   '-USER--+--------------+--| fragment A |----------------------'   
           '-(--userid--)-'