ISPF Command Extensions

ISPF Primary Commands

The following commands are available courtesy of the Umbrella Support group. These commands can be
issued from any ISPF command prompt.
To enable these commands, add the following commands to your TSO initialization CLIST (or REXX
exec):
EX 'UMB.TOOLS.REXXLIB(UMBRINIT)' EXEC
%ISPCTL
At CSC/Dallas, the @RXN command (in the standard command path) has been setup to issue the above two
commands.
NOTE: Product specific commands are only available if that product is installed.

Syntax symbols
UPPERCASE Enter string exactly as shown
lowercase variable operand, specify required value
{option1|option2} Select one of the listed options
[option] optional parameter
… the previous parameter may be repeated to specify additional items of the same
category

MRD Enablement
For functions marked MRD (Most Recent Dataset) enabled, you can substitute one of the following for the
dataset name parameter:
/ Pops up a window displaying the last eight datasets used with this function. At this point
you can do one of:
1. Place the cursor on the dataset desired and press enter to select that dataset.
2. Overwrite any entry and hit enter with the cursor on that entry, the new dataset name
will be selected.
3. Overwrite any entry with a period (“.”) and the dataset in that field will be selected
with the member name (or member name pattern) removed.
4. Overwrite any entry with “.member” and the dataset in that field will be selected with
the specified member name (or member name pattern).
. Substitutes the dataset (and member) last used with the function.
.member Substitutes the last dataset used with the function, with the specified member. The member
may contain wildcard characters.

Note that dataset fields on all Umbrella Tools panels are (or should be) MRD enabled.

{BM|BOOK[MGR]} [shelf] [book] [/ command]

Invokes BookManager/Read over the current panel. BM is an alias for this command.

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BR [dsname]
Invokes ISPF browse over the current panel. If no dataset name is specified, the browse entry panel will be
displayed. This function is MRD enabled1.
Note: BR also works on Librarian and Panvalet datasets.

CA[LC] [expression]
Invokes Hexadecimal/Decimal converter and calculator window. Note that the command name was
shortened to avoid conflict with the FCNBD CALC command.

CCS
Invokes the Change Control System (CCS) reporting panel over the current panel.

CSA
Invokes the Umbrella Common Storage Utilities function (UMBM option 8.2) over the current panel.

DBRC
Invokes the IMS Database Recovery Control (DBRC) dialog (UMBM option 5.2) over the current panel.

DDN ddname[(member)]
Invokes a dataset selection list panel containing all the datasets currently allocated to the specified DD
name. When a member is specified, only those datasets that contain the specified member will be listed.
Note: Wildcards are not recognized in member names.
DDN recognizes the following names as special values:
APFLIST (APF) authorized datasets
LINKLIST Link list libraries
LPALIST Link Pack Area libraries
CMDLIST Libraries in the TSO/E command search path
EXEC Libraries in the TSO/E REXX exec search path

DELTA
Invokes the Umbrella Delta Deck Build function over the current panel.

DSC
Invokes the Dataset Compare dialog (option 3.12) over the current panel.

DSCE
Invokes the extended Dataset Compare dialog (option 3.13) over the current panel.

DSL [dsname-level]
Invokes the Dataset List utility (option 3.4) over the current panel. If dsname- level is specified, the utility
is directly invoked. This function is MRD enabled.

1 The BR. ED and VI commands share a single common MRD list.

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DSS
Invokes the Dataset Search dialog (option 3.14) over the current panel.

DSU
Invokes the Dataset Utility (option 3.2) dialog over the current panel.

DUMP address length

Dumps virtual storage. The address must be specified in hexadecimal format and the length in decimal.

ED [dsname]
Invokes ISPF EDIT over the current panel. If dsname is not specified, the EDIT entry panel is displayed.
Specifying a Librarian dataset as the argument will result in ELIPS being invoked. This function is MRD
enabled.
Note: ED does not support Panvalet libraries yet.
This command overrides the IOF ED primary command. You will need to specify EDI or EDIT to invoke
IOF’s edit facility.

EL[IPS]
Invoke CA-LIBRARIAN ELIPS menu over the current panel.

ENQ [dsname]
Display enqueue status of argument dataset. This function is MRD enabled.

FA [option]
Invokes the IBM File-Manager main menu over current panel. option is any valid File-Manager main
menu option.

FB [dsname]
Invokes the IBM File-Manager browse panel over current panel. This function is MRD enabled.

FE [dsname]
Invokes the IBM File-Manager edit panel over current panel. This function is MRD enabled.

FIX
Invokes the Umbrella Apply Source Fix function over current panel. This function is not supported in
Hogan-Dallas.

F31 [dsname]
Invokes the File-Aid for MVS library utility panel over current panel (if installed). This function is MRD
enabled.

F32 [dsname]
Invokes the IBM File-Manager dataset utility panel over current panel. This function is MRD enabled.

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F33 [dsname]
Invokes the IBM File-Manager move/copy utility panel over current panel. This function is MRD enabled.

F34 [level]
Invokes the IBM File-Manager catalog list utility panel over current panel. This function is MRD enabled.

F35 [dsname]
Invokes the IBM File-Manager VTOC utility panel over current panel. This function is MRD enabled.

F36
Invokes the IBM File-Manager Find/Change utility panel over current panel.

HCL
Invoke the “Hogan Compiler Listing” function over the current panel.

HC[OMP]
Invoke “Hogan Compile and Link” function over the current panel.

HITS
Invoke the “HITS delta deck creation” function over the current panel.

HMAP
Invoke Umbrella Map Assembly JCL generator over the current panel.

LB member [env] [archive-level]

Browse a source member for a specific environment. Default environment is HOX3. Specifying wildcard
characters in the member name will result in a member list display.

LE member [env [archive-level]]

Same as LB command except EDIT is used instead of BROWSE.

LV member [env [archive-level]]

Same as LB command except VIEW is used instead of BROWSE.

MC
Invoke the Mass-Compiler utility over the current panel.

MCU
Invoke the ISPF Move/Copy Utility (option 3.3) over the current panel.

MI
Display list of z/Architecture assembler instruction mnemonics.

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ML[IST] [dsname]
Invoke the Member List utility for the specified PDS. If no dataset is specified, the ISPF Library Utility
(option 3.1) is invoked over the current panel. This function is MRD enabled.

PB
Invoke the Panvalet browse facility (option U.G.P.1) over the current panel.

PDSE [dsname]
Invokes the PDS86 utility over current panel. This function is MRD enabled.

PE
Invoke the Panvalet edit facility (option U.G.P.2) over the current panel.

RLD
Abbreviation for the REFLISTD command.

SPF [option]
Stacks the ISPF primary option menu over the current panel. To inquire on the level at which ISPF
sessions are stacked, use the “SPF ?” command. Note that the recursion level displayed is for the screen
the command was executed on, split screens may be at different recursion levels.

SUBJ[CL] dsname [B|E|V]

Submits JCL from the specified dataset. The second operand (if specified), indicates that Browse, Edit or
View should be invoked on the dataset instead of submit. This allows you to alter or verify the contents of
the dataset before submitting it. This function is MRD list enabled.
Note: If a member name pattern is specified, edit will be invoked with a member selection list.

TASID
Invokes Doug Nadel’s TASID “System Information and a whole lot more” utility.

TSOB command [operands]

Invokes command and its operand(s) as a TSO command and displays any output produced via ISPF
BROWSE.

TSOE command [operands]

Invokes command and its operand(s) as a TSO command and displays any output produced via ISPF
EDIT.

TSOV command [operands]

Invokes command and its operand(s) as a TSO command and displays any output produced via ISPF
VIEW. Synonym for TSOB for releases of ISPF that do not support VIEW.

UM [option]
Synonym for UMBM. Stacks the Umbrella menu over the current panel.

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UMBM [option]
Stacks the Umbrella menu over the current panel. Note that UMB is not a valid command to avoid conflict
with the ICF UMB primary command.

VI[EW] dataset
Invokes ISPF VIEW over the current panel. If no dataset name is specified, the browse entry panel will be
displayed. This function is MRD enabled2.

WD[SL]
Invokes the Working Dataset List facility. This facility provides you with a dataset list processor similar to
the one produced by ISPF option 3.4, except that you decide which (individual) datasets appear in the list.
PF1 within this facility provides extensive help. The list is displayed in most recently referenced order i.e.
whenever a dataset is accessed, it “floats” to top of list.

Extension Execs
The following commands can be use against datasets via the Dataset List (option 3.4) selection list, from
WDSL or from any command line by entering TSO command dataset.

DGB
Delete a GDG Base (does not request confirmation).

DV
Delete a VSAM cluster (does not request confirmation).

LCAT
Issues a LISTCAT ALL against a dataset and displays the output in an ISPF browse session.

PDSEDIT
Edit all (or selected) the members of a PDS in a single edit session. The command is:
%PDSEDIT dsname {[START(start)] [END(end)]} [PATTERN(pattern)]
[USER(last-user)] [CHANGED(changed-on-or-after)] [DISP(OLD|SHR)]
[JUMP] [VERBOSE]
where:
dsname the name of the dataset to edit
start starting member in a member selection range
end ending member in a member selection range
pattern Member name pattern to be used for selection, can be specified in conjunction
with a start/end range. Not valid for releases of ISPF prior to v4.1
last-user Select only members last changed by this user.
changed-on-or-after Select only members which were changed on or after this date (format of this
parameter is DD[/MM[/YY]]).
VERBOSE List member selected.
DISP() Disposition with which to allocate the input dataset, either OLD or SHR (the
default is OLD)

2 The BR, ED and VI commands share a single common MRD list.

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 JUMP Jump directly into edit on previously created edit dataset.
Note: The percent character may be required to avoid conflicts with the site’s PDSEDIT program.

S
Selects member for browsing from within the Dataset List member list selection panel.

Edit Macros
Commands which can be issued within an ISPF editor session.

COMPRESS
Compress the dataset currently being edited. Optional parameter of SHR will allow compression without
exclusive control of the dataset (use this option with care!).

JCKI
Executes the JCL-Check utility and imbeds the expanded JCL and error messages in you edit session.

JCKN
Executes the JCL-Check utility and imbeds the error messages in you edit session.

S
Selects the argument member for recursive editing.

SHOW
Show lines around non-excluded commands. Syntax is:
SHOW {PREV|NEXT|BOTH} [lines]
SHOW {LAB|ERR|CHG}
SHOW string
SHOW ANY(dsn) [find-options]
SHOW MS expression [X|NX]
SHOW ?
PREV Show lines above each non-excluded line
NEXT Show lines below each non-excluded line
BOTH Show lines both above and below each non-excluded line
LAB Show only labeled lines
ERR Show only (change) error lines
CHG Show only lines changed by the CHANGE primary command
Lines An optional number (from 1 to 100) of lines to be shown (for PREV/NEXT/BOTH). Defaults to
1 if not specified.
ANY Shows all lines contains ANY of the strings specified in the argument dataset
MS Multiple string search (based on REXX expressions)
? Displays SHOW tutorial panel

TAGNX
Assigns a (three letter) label to all non-excluded lines.

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UMBrDS@C
UMBrDS@C (Dataset @ Cursor) allows you to perform actions against a dataset whose name the cursor
is located on. To use UMBrDS@C, define a PF key to invoke the following command:
TSO %UMBrDS@C [option]
Note: Since PF key definitions are application dependent, you need to do this within each individual ISPF
application that you want to use this utility in [i.e. EDIT (ISR), SDSF (ISF), CA-Librarian ELIPS (LIB@),
etc.].
To invoke this command, position the cursor anywhere on a dataset name on a panel and press the PF key
associated with UMBrDS@C. This will invoke ISPF BROWSE against the specified dataset (or the
member list utility if the dataset is a PDS).
You may override the default action by specifying a command on the command line. Valid actions are
those supported as WDSL line commands.
Note: This facility also works on GDGs that specify a relative generation number. Generations greater
than zero are translated down to generation zero.

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