Why take this course?

After completing this course, you will be able to

• create and manage Sequential and Partitioned data sets.
• describe the various file organizations and catalogue facilities in MVS.
• access the help facility under MVS.
• use TSO commands within the ISPF facility.
• use the standard ISPF function keys.
• modify your ISPF profile to Customize ISPF screens and EDIT profiles information
• use primary commands and line prefix commands while editing or browsing data sets.

This hands-on course teaches you how to use the TSO/ISPF facility to effectively maintain application components in an MVS environment. Through extensive interactive exercises, you will roll up your sleeves and learn what you need to be able to understand and use the file system available on MVS, and use the TSO/ISPF facility to edit and maintain these files.

Who should attend?

Programmers, programmer analysts, and systems analysts who have minimal experience developing new applications, or maintaining existing applications, in the TSO/ISPF environment.

Any prerequisites?

You should have a basic understanding of computer hardware, software and MVS programming principles.