Specifying a data set name

Type any fully-qualified partitioned, sequential, or VSAM data set name, such as:

   Name . . . . . 'USERID.SYS1.ASM'                                          +

You can include either a TSO user prefix or user ID as the first-level qualifier of the data set name. If you omit the single quotes and if you have created a TSO user prefix, that prefix is automatically added to the beginning of the data set name. If you omit the single quotes and if you do not have a TSO user prefix, no prefix is added, and the name is used exactly as it appears.

If you include your user prefix or user ID, enclose the data set name with apostrophes. If you include the apostrophe at the beginning of the data set name but omit the one at the end, ISPF inserts it for you.

Note: ISPF does not support multivolume data sets or partitioned data sets with record format FBS or VBS.

For partitioned data sets, a member name enclosed in parentheses can follow the data set name. For example:

   Name . . . . . 'SYS1.PROCLIB(ASMHC)'                                      +

If you include the parenthesis at the beginning of the member name but omit the one at the end, ISPF inserts it for you.

When you omit the member name and parentheses or use a pattern ISPF displays a member list. See Displaying member lists for more information.

You can refer to generation data sets by using a signed or unsigned number in place of a member name in the Data Set Name field only. For example:

   Name . . . . . 'gds.test(0)'                                             +

This example refers to the most recently allocated data set in the generation data group. Minus numbers refer to previously allocated data sets; positive refer to unallocated.

Note: For Edit, Browse, and View, a VSAM data set can be specified if the ISPF Configuration Table enables VSAM processing.