Verification state: search and compare are tested against the local z/OSMF-shaped server on Linux. Not yet run against z/OS. Search has not been checked in the running app; EBCDIC column positions and large host libraries are not verified.
Search z/OS data sets
Search z/OS Data Sets... does what ISPF 3.14 and 3.15 do.
- Run it from the Command Palette or the z/OS Data Sets view.
- Enter the search string and the data set patterns, with member patterns, such as
PROD.**.COBOL(PAY*), PROD.JCL. - Choose the matching mode: case-insensitive by default, or Match Case, Match Whole Word (by the Editor's rule, not SuperC's WORD) and regular expressions.
- Results appear in the z/OS Search Results view, each member with its matching lines. A line opens the member at the match.
Stop z/OS Search stops a running search; Clear z/OS Search Results empties the view.
- It only reads. Migrated data sets are never recalled; VSAM data sets and load libraries are listed as not searched; data sets RACF refuses are listed with z/OSMF's message.
- At most
neuralInverse.mainframe.search.maxMembers(1000) member reads per search,neuralInverse.mainframe.search.maxConcurrentRequests(4) at once.
Compare With...
Compare With... on a member, data set or z/OS UNIX file compares it, in the editor's read-only diff, with:
- another member or data set, or the same member in another library;
- a local file or a z/OS UNIX file;
- the version before your last save from this window (kept in memory only);
- the other of two selected members.
The diff is laid out by record format, so fixed-length padding never counts. Toggle Ignore Sequence Columns in Compare (setting neuralInverse.mainframe.compare.ignoreSequenceColumns, off by default) leaves the sequence columns out.
All reads go through z/OSMF.
To compare records field by field through a copybook, use the Record Viewer's compare: see File Manager functions.