AUDIENCE:   TSO/ISPF is the standard means for IT professionals to interact with z/OS. This course is therefore a vital course in the basic training of all staff working with z/OS. It therefore is applicable to all Application Programmers, Systems Programmers, Operations and Support Personnel new to the TSO environment. PREREQUISITES:   Knowledge of computer concepts and disk storage. Whilst attending our z/OS for Beginners course is not a prerequisite, it is recommended. DURATION:   2 days. Hands on. OBJECTIVES:   On completion of this course delegates will be able to; Log-on to TSO and control the TSO session, Navigate the ISPF panels, create, edit and view data sets and members within PDS and PDSE libraries, perform general utility functions from within ISPF, View and manage job output using SDSF. COURSE CONTENT:   What is TSO/ISPF? The TSO environment, Line mode and panel mode. Using TSO/E. The LOGON panel, TSO/E commands and the TSO/E profile. ISPF Overview. Standard function keys and special keys, ISPF panel navigation, The split screen facility, ISPF settings. ISPF and Basic Data Set Functions. Specifying data set names to ISPF, The ISPF utility option, Allocating new data sets, Listing data set information. ISPF View, Browse and Edit. Selecting data sets and members, Browse, View and Edit line commands, The Edit profile, Main Edit commands. ISPF Utilities. ISPF Utility library functions, Renaming members, The SuperCE utility. SDSF and Job Management. Obtaining job output listings, Action codes for job output lists The DA panel Displaying and altering initiators with the INIT option. More about TSO/ISPF. Multiple split screens Option 6 – the ISPF command shell, The command delimiter, Modifying functions keys. MH06/01