File-AID's powerful editor, It is used to browse, edit, allocate, compare, copie, delete, and print files of any standard

MVS access method.For a partitioned database (PDS), you can browse, edit, and copy an individual member or the entire dataset. We can do all activities on VSAM files also. A formatted mode that allows you to browse and edit one record at a time, field-by-field, using your COBOL or PL/I record layout field names to describe each field. A vertical formatted mode that allows you to browse and edit records on a field-by-field basis using the record layout field names as column headers. Record layouts can be either COBOL (FD; 01 Level) or PL/I (Declare).

ISPF/PDF starting menu

------------------------OPTION ===> F 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 A BM C CA7 ISPF PARMS BROWSE EDIT UTILITIES FOREGROUND BATCH COMMAND DIALOG TEST SDSF WORKPLACE FDR/ABR BOOKMANAGER CHANGE MAN CA7 CA11 CI DB2 F FI I ISMF J MQ

ISPF/PDF PRIMARY OPTION MENU

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CA11/ARTS CHANGES/ISPF DB2 FILEAID FILEAID/IMS IMS FACILITY ISMF JCLCHECK MQSERIES

type F

Following screen will be dislayed (This is the FILEAID mainmenu)

FILE-AID 8.8.2 --------------OPTION ===> 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 C T X PARAMETERS BROWSE EDIT UTILITIES PRINT SELECTION XREF VIEW REFORMAT COMPARE CHANGES TUTORIAL EXIT -

PRIMARY OPTION MENU

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SPECIFY ISPF AND FILE-AID PARAMETERS DISPLAY FILE CONTENTS CREATE OR CHANGE FILE CONTENTS FILE-AID/SPF EXTENDED UTILITIES PRINT FILE CONTENTS CREATE OR CHANGE SELECTION CRITERIA CREATE OR CHANGE RECORD LAYOUT CROSS REFERENCE VIEW INTERPRETED RECORD LAYOUT CONVERT FILE FROM ONE FORMAT TO ANOTHER COMPARE FILE CONTENTS DISPLAY SUMMARY OF FILE-AID CHANGES DISPLAY INFORMATION ABOUT FILE-AID TERMINATE FILE-AID AND RETURN TO ISPF

For browsing datasets use Option 1 For editing datasets use option 2 for both options same screens will be displayed. But In option 2 you can be able to update dataset. Let us go with option 2 type 2 Following screen will be displayed

FILE-AID ---------------COMMAND ===> BROWSE MODE

BROWSE - DATASET SPECIFICATION

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===> F

(F=FMT; C=CHAR; V=VFMT; U=UNFMT)

SPECIFY BROWSE INFORMATION: DATASET NAME OR HFS PATH ===> 'AYS.VXXXXSW47.XXX.XXX.XXXXREAD' <-- (1) MEMBER NAME ===> (BLANK OR PATTERN FOR MEMBER LIST)

VOLUME SERIAL

===>

(IF DATASET IS NOT CATALOGED)

SPECIFY RECORD LAYOUT AND XREF INFORMATION: RECORD LAYOUT USAGE ===> S (S = SINGLE; X = XREF; N = NONE) <-- (2) RECORD LAYOUT DATASET ===> 'AYS2.DDDD6.XXXX.XXX.XXXX.TPP' <-- (3) MEMBER NAME ===> SPPCAA3 (BLANK OR PATTERN FOR MEMBER LIST) <-- (4) XREF DATASET NAME ===> MEMBER NAME ===> (BLANK OR PATTERN FOR MEMBER LIST) SPECIFY SELECTION CRITERIA SELECTION CRITERIA USAGE <-- (5) SELECTION DATASET NAME MEMBER NAME LIST) INFORMATION: ===> N ===> ===> (E = EXISTING; T = TEMPORARY; M = MODIFY; Q = QUICK; N = NONE) (BLANK OR PATTERN FOR MEMBER

(1) 'AYS.VXXXXSW47.XXX.XXX.XXXXREAD' is the data set which conatains data (2) RECORD LAYOUT USAGE ===> S , if you type S here you should provide copy book corresponding to above dataset (structure of dataset), type N , if you does not have copy book for that data set (3) RECORD LAYOUT DATASET ===> 'AYS2.DDDD6.XXXX.XXX.XXXX.TPP' This pds contains the copy book (4) MEMBER NAME ===> SPPCAA3 This is the copy book name in the above dataset (step 3). (5) SELECTION CRITERIA USAGE ===> N This option is used to apply different types of criterias on data if you want to see whole data type 'N'

ENTER Following screen will be displayed which contains data This screen shows data record by record, If you want to go to next

record press F11 , for previous record F10

File-AID - Browse - AYS.VXXXXSW47.XXX.XXX.XXXXREAD -------------------- COL 70 COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> PAGE LCR4040L-DATA LENGTH: 32000 ---- FIELD LEVEL/NAME ------- -FORMAT- ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+---4 3 GTR4040L-DATA 639/GRP 5 SDRYR-FILLER1 8/AN 00000001 5 SDRYR-XXXX-NAME 8/AN LXXE95 5 SDRYR-FUNCTION-CODE 5/AN CXXPL 5 SDRYR-SUB-FUNCTION-CODE 5/AN 5 SDRYR-XXXXX-XXXX-CODE 3/GRP 10 SDRYR-XXXX-CDE 2/AN 00 10 SDRYR-XXXX-CODE 1/AN 0 5 SDRYR-OFF-NUM 6/GRP 10 SDRYR-STATE-CODE 2/AN 42 10 SDRYR-BRANCH-NUM 4/AN 4104 5 SDRYR-EMPE-INITS 3/AN 5 SDRYR-EMPE-XXXX-LOCATION 6/AN 5 SDRYR-XXXX-XX-NUM-1 10/AN 5 SDRYR-XXX-XXX-NUM 1/AN 5 SDRYR-APP-XXX-NUM 2/AN 5 SDRYR-XXX-TYPE 4/AN SC 5 SDRYR-XXX-XXXXXX-CODE 1/AN 0 1 ENTER CHAR (CHARACTER MODE), VFMT (VERTICAL FORMAT), UNFMT (UNFORMATTED)

type VFMT on command line Following screen will be displayed, (records displayed verically)

File-AID - Browse - AYS.VXXXXSW47.XXX.XXX.XXXXREAD -------------------- COL 26 COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> PAGE SDRYR-FILLER1 SDRYR-XXXX-NAME SDRYR-XXXXXXON-CODE SDRYR-XXX-XXXXXXX-CODE 8/AN 8/AN 5/AN 5/AN (1-8) (9-16) (17-21) (22-26) 1

2------------- 3--------------- 4------------------- 5----------------------00000001 LDSE95 CFDPL 00000002 LDSE95 DAST 00000003 LDSE95 ASDSD 00000004 LDSE95 WWEBD 00000005 LDSE95 AWFBD 00000006 LDSE95 SERWR 00000007 LDSE95 AQFTS 00000008 LDSE97 SERWR 00000009 LDSE97 SERWR 00000010 LDSE97 SERWR 00000011 LDSE97 SERWR 00000012 LDSE97 SERWR 00000013 LDSE97 SERWR 00000014 LDSE97 SERWR 00000015 LDSE95 SDFDE 00000016 LDSE95 APEER 00000017 LDSE95 EFGGE ENTER FMT (FORMATTED MODE), CHAR (CHARACTER MODE), UNFMT (UNFORMATTED MODE)

type CHAR on command line Following screen will be displayed without showing the field name and lengths

File-AID - Browse - AYS.VXXXXSW47.XXX.XXX.XXXXREAD -------------------- COL 79 COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> PAGE 00000001 LDSE95 APUPL 000424108 SC 0 1N 343 00000002 LDSE95 APRST 00094 B2539016CF999SC 0 IN 268 00000003 LDSE95 APRBD 000 SC 0 1N 273 00000004 LDSE95 APRBD 000 SC 0 2N 574 00000005 LDSE95 APRBD 000 SC 0 JN 475 00000006 LDSE95 SERWR 000 SC 0 JN 456 00000007 LDSE95 SERWR 000 SC 0 JN 343 00000008 LSPA97 SERWR 000 SC 0 I 645 1

00000009 LSPA97 SERWR 000 SC 0 I 645 00000010 LSPA97 SERWR 000 SC 0 I 645 00000011 LSPA97 SERWR 000 SC 0 I 645 00000012 LSPA97 SERWR 000 SC 0 2N 321 00000013 LSPA97 SERWR 000 SC 0 2N 321 00000014 LSPA97 SERWR 000 SC 0 IN 101 00000015 LDSE95 SERWR 000 SC 0 IN 503 00000016 LDSE95 UOHMN 000 SC 0 IN 190 00000017 LDSE95 VBNFG 000 SC 0 IN 333 00000018 LDSE95 YYHRG 000 SC 0 IN 420 00000019 LDSE95 GHJGH 000211901 SC 0 JN 777 00000020 LDSE95 ASDFD 000211901 SC 0 IN 224 00000021 LDSE95 DSFGR 000 SC 0 I 117 ENTER FMT (FORMATTED MODE), VFMT (VERTICAL FORMAT), UNFMT (UNFORMATTED MODE)

Even If you go to in BROWSE mode , you will get same screens as above (option 1 from FILE-AID main menu) ----------------------Other Useful Commands ----------------------HEX ON data set. Syntax HIDE HEX ON - The data will be displayed in hexa decimal format. Usaually, it will be used to see COMP-3 values in the

- This command is used to hide some/all columns Syntax - HIDE <FIELD NUMBER>[-<FIELD NUMBER>]

Example - HIDE 1-3 Field1, Field2, Field3 will simply disappear from view DISPLAY - To include or exclude specific items from display or alter the display format of data items Syntax [ON/OFF] DISPLAY <FIELD NUMBER>[-<FIELD NUMBER>]

-------------------VSAM FILE CREATION -------------------Type 3, on Mainmenu of FILE-AID The following screen will be displayed

FILE-AID -------------------OPTION ===> 1 2 3 4 LIBRARY DATASET COPY CATALOG

EXTENDED UTILITIES

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5 VSAM CLUSTERS, 6 7 8

- DISPLAY AND MODIFY DIRECTORY ENTRIES; DISPLAY LOAD MODULE CSECT MAPS; BROWSE, DELETE, RENAME PDS MEMBERS - DISPLAY DATASET INFORMATION; ALLOCATE NON-VSAM DATASETS AND GDGS; CATALOG, UNCATALOG, DELETE, OR RENAME DATASETS - COPY ENTIRE DATASETS; COPY SELECTED RECORDS; COPY PDS MEMBERS BASED ON NAME, STATISTICS AND/OR CONTENT - DISPLAY GENERIC CATALOG ENTRIES OR VSAM DATASETS ON A VOLUME IN LIST FORM AND DO DATASET LIST PROCESSING - ALLOCATE, DISPLAY, DELETE, MODIFY, OR RENAME VSAM

ALTERNATE INDEXES, OR PATHS; MANAGE IAM FILES SEARCH/UPDATE - FIND AND CHANGE ACROSS PDS MEMBERS. SEARCH FOR AND/OR UPDATE DATA GLOBALLY IN ANY TYPE OF DATASET. VTOC - DISPLAY AND PROCESS DATASETS ON A VOLUME(S) INTERACTIVE - EXECUTE FILE-AID/BATCH

Use option 5 to ALLOCATE, DISPLAY, DELETE, MODIFY OR RENAME VSAM CLUSTERS

type 5 Followig screen will be displayed,

FILE-AID ----------------------OPTION ===> A A S X B BLANK -

VSAM UTILITY

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ALLOCATE CLUSTER ALLOCATE DATASPACE ALLOCATE ALTERNATE INDEX BUILD ALTERNATE INDEX DISPLAY DATASET INFORMATION

D DR T P R M

DELETE DELETE/DEFINE DELETE DATASPACE ALLOCATE PATH RENAME COMPONENT MODIFY COMPONENT

SPECIFY DATASET INFORMATION: DATASET NAME ===> 'SSEE.SETW47.XXXX.XXX.XXXXREAD' VOLUME SERIAL ===> (REQUIRED FOR OPTIONS S & T) PROCESS ONLINE OR BATCH ===> O (O = ONLINE; B = BATCH)

SPECIFY MODEL DATASET INFORMATION: DATASET NAME ===> SPECIFY CATALOG TO USE IF OTHER THAN DEFAULT SYSTEM CATALOG: CATALOG NAME ===> CATALOG PASSWORD ===> (IF CATALOG IS PASSWORD PROTECTED) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------