ISPF Primary Options

When you select one of these options, ISPF displays the selected panel. These options are described in detail in the z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol II. Brief descriptions follow:

Option

Description

0

Settings displays and changes selected ISPF parameters, such as terminal characteristics and function keys.

For more information, see the Settings (Option 0) topic in the z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol II.

1

View displays data using the View or Browse function. You can use View or Browse to look at (but not change) large data sets such as compiler listings. You can scroll the data up, down, left, or right. If you are using Browse, a FIND command, entered on the command line, allows you to search the data for a character string. If you are using View, you can use all the commands and macros available to you in the Edit function.

For more information, see the View (Option 1) topic in the z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol II.

2

Edit allows you to create or change source data such as program code and documentation using the ISPF full-screen editor. You can scroll the data up, down, left, or right. You can change the data by using Edit line commands, which are entered directly on a line number, and primary commands, which are entered on the command line.

For more information, see the Edit (Option 2) topic in the z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol II, and refer to z/OS ISPF Edit and Edit Macros.

3

Utilities perform library and data set maintenance tasks, such as moving or copying library or data set members, displaying or printing data set names and volume table of contents (VTOC) information, comparing data sets, and searching for strings of data.

For more information, see the Utilities (Option 3) topic in the z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol II.

4

Foreground calls IBM® language processing programs in the foreground.

For more information, see the Foreground (Option 4) topic in the z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol II.

5

Batch calls IBM language processing programs as batch jobs. ISPF generates Job Control Language (JCL) based on information you enter and submits the job for processing.

For more information, see the Batch (Option 5) topic in the z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol II.

6

Command calls TSO commands, CLISTs, or REXX EXECs under ISPF.

For more information, see the Command (Option 6) topic in the z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol II.

7

Dialog Test tests individual ISPF dialog components, such as panels, messages, and dialog functions (programs, commands, menus).

For more information, see the Dialog Test (Option 7) topic in the z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol II.

9

IBM Products allows you to select other installed IBM program development products on your system. Products supported are:

Tivoli® Information Management
COBOL Structuring Facility foreground dialog (COBOL/SF)
Screen Definition Facility II (SDF II) licensed program
Screen Definition Facility II-P (SDF II-P) licensed program.

For more information, see the IBM Products (Option 9) topic in the z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol II.

10

SCLM controls, maintains, and tracks all of the software components of an application.

For more information, see the z/OS ISPF Software Configuration and Library Manager Guide and Reference.

11

Workplace gives you access to the ISPF Workplace, which combines many of the ISPF functions onto one object-action panel.

For more information, see the ISPF Object/Action Workplace (Option 11) topic in the z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol II.

X

EXIT leaves ISPF using the log and list defaults. You can change these defaults from the Log/List pull-down on the ISPF Settings panel action bar.