Parameters function

The Parameters function allows you to display and modify the settings of a variety of parameters at any time during a File-AID session. These parameters are used throughout File-AID.

Default values are originally set when the product is installed. You can modify the values for your own user ID without affecting the values of other users. To do this you simply overtype the parameter value with a new value. Changes are in effect until you modify the parameter again. Changes are saved from session to session.

The following figure provides access to the File-AID parameter default settings that you can modify. To access the Parameter Selection Menu, select option 0 from the File-AID Primary Option Menu or enter the appropriate jump command (for example, =0) from any File-AID screen. See Selecting-screens for more information. You can also access the Parameter Selection Menu with the F0 recursive command. See Recursive Commands for more information.

Parameter Selection Menu

File-AID has divided the parameters into groups as listed on the Parameter Selection Menu. Select the option group by entering its number in the OPTION field:

0 ISPF

View/change settings of ISPF parameter options and File-AID’s PF keys.

1 SYSTEM

View/change Browse and Edit function defaults, specify work file allocations, set VSAM intermediate name, and enable the jump function.

2 SELECTION

View/change settings of selection criteria options, processing direction, and unformatted selection defaults.

3 PRINT

View/change settings of print parameter defaults.

4 PROCESSING

View/change record processing options and partitioned dataset processing defaults.

5 AUDIT

View/change audit file allocation parameters.

6 zFS

Set z/OS UNIX File System (zFS) Home Directory (zFS in previous releases was called HFS).