File-AID/MVS is designed to be accessed from an ISPF menu such as the ISPF/PDF PRIMARY OPTION MENU shown in the following figure. The option code is usually F. A special logon PROC or allocation CLIST may be required at your site in order to define the File-AID libraries to your TSO session. Your site may choose its own logon method and ISPF menu for access to File-AID.
----------------------- ISPF/PDF PRIMARY OPTION MENU ------------------------ OPTION ===> F USERID - XXXXXXX 0 ISPF PARMS - Specify terminal and user parameters TIME - 15:06 1 BROWSE - Display source data or output listings TERMINAL - 3278 2 EDIT - Create or change source data PF KEYS - 24 3 UTILITIES - Perform utility functions 4 FOREGROUND - Invoke language processors in foreground 5 BATCH - Submit job for language processing 6 COMMAND - Enter TSO Command, CLIST, or REXX exec 7 DIALOG TEST - Perform dialog testing 8 LM UTILITIES- Perform library administrator utility functions 9 IBM PRODUCTS- Additional IBM program development products 10 SCLM - Software Configuration and Library Manager C CHANGES - Display summary of changes for this release F File-AID - File-AID data management system P PRODUCTS - BMC AMI Products S SDSF - System Display and Search Facility U USER - User Dialogs T TUTORIAL - Display information about ISPF/PDF X EXIT - Terminate ISPF using log and list defaults