Managing data sets

Viewing and editing a data set

Use the following procedure to browse to, select, and edit any file on the IBM z/OS system that you are authorized to access.

To view and edit a data set

1. Open or create a workspace.
2. In the File Locator perspective, click Add Filter .
3. In the Add Data Set View dialog box, in the Filter field, enter a filter pattern for the data sets.
   The high-level qualifier cannot contain a wildcard. The wildcard * is supported for the last qualifier in the data set name or member name.
4. Click OK to search for all data sets and data set members (files) that satisfy your filter.The matching data sets and data set members are displayed in a hierarchical tree on the navigator pane. Details of the data sets and data set members are displayed in the results pane.
5. In the hierarchical tree, navigate to the data set that contains the files that you require.
6. To open and view the data set, perform one of the following actions in the results pane:
   • Double-click the file.
   • Select the file and click Open .
7. To edit the file, perform one of the following actions in the results pane:
   • Double-click the file.
   • Select the file and click Edit  .
8. In Scratchpad, view or edit the file, and save any changes.
9. If your data set is archived, respond to the displayed Restore Archive Data dialog box in either of the following ways:
   • Click Yes to restore the data set.
   • Click No to bypass restoring.
10. (BMC.DB2.SPE2304) To change the filter, perform the following actions:
    1. In the results pane, in the Data Set Filter field, enter the new filter.
       The high-level qualifier cannot contain a wildcard. The wildcard * is supported for the last qualifier in the data set name or member name.
    2. Click Run Filter .