Introduction to FDRSRS

The FDRSRS ISPF dialog provides a fast and easy way of selecting, reporting, and performing services against data sets and volumes. FDRSRS uses FDREPORT to do most of the data gathering and formatting, but it makes the selection and display of the data easy to do. Various commands and functions can be executed against the data displayed. It can be used by all types of ISPF users, from DASD managers to end-users. FDRSRS is divided into a Data Set Application and a Volume Application.

SRS is superior to the data set and volume functions of ISMF and ISPF 3.4 in speed, flexibility, and ease of use.

Data sets

The Data Set Application selects data sets from a variety of sources, reports the requested data set attributes (VOLSER, DSORG, RECFM, BLKSIZE, and the rest, over 150 selectable attributes), and performs ABR and other services against the selected data sets. The sources that may be searched are system catalogs, VTOCs of online volumes, the ABR Archive Control File, the ABR Scratch Catalog, or an extract file created by FDREPORT or FDRSRS.

The Data Set Selection Criteria Panel displays rows of data set attributes and columns where the user may specify selection, reporting, summary, and sorting criteria. Additionally, each row has columns describing the attribute.

The Data Set List Panel displays rows containing the selected data sets and columns containing the requested (or defaulted) data set attributes. Additionally, each row contains a command column where the user may request ABR services (such as RECALL, REORG, COPY), ISPF services (such as EDIT, BROWSE), TSO commands (such as DELETE, LISTDS), CLISTs, and REXX execs. The format of the data set list can be easily modified. You can specify which data set attributes should be displayed and in what order (or let SRS pick the order). You can print a hard-copy of any data set list.

Volumes

The Volume Application selects online volumes and reports the requested volume attributes (over 50 selectable attributes).

The Volume Selection Criteria Panel displays rows of volume attributes and columns where the user may specify selection, reporting, summary, and sorting criteria. Additionally, each row has columns describing the volume attribute and its output length.

The Volume List Panel displays rows containing the selected volumes and columns containing the requested (or defaulted) volume attributes.

Saving lists

The selection, report, summary, and sort criteria specified may be saved on DASD as a member in the Selection Criteria set of libraries. To allow for further customization of the Selection Criteria, a user comments area is provided and each row contains a command column where commands may be issued to delete unwanted rows, repeat rows, or move rows before or after other rows. This allows users to save commonly used selection and reporting criteria for reuse. Storage Managers may also setup criteria for use by other users.

A Data Set or Volume List (the output of SRS) may be also saved on DASD for later use. When a list is saved, its associated Selection Criteria is also saved. A saved list may be refreshed in the future using its original Selection Criteria. Additionally, the Selection Criteria associated to a data set or volume list may be modified and processed in the future. The Data Set or Volume List is saved as a member in the List set of libraries.

Try It!

The following sections provide an overview of SRS with simple examples. The power of SRS can be appreciated only by experimenting with it. Context-sensitive help is available at every point within SRS. The panels you see may differ slightly from those printed here.

Sample Selection Criteria Panel

The SRS dialog is invoked by selecting option “S” in the ABR Primary Options Menu. For faster access, or if you wish to give users access to SRS without the other ABR dialogs, you may add the SRS option to the ISPF system command table. FDRSRS-ISPF-Fast-Paths-and-Commands discusses fastpaths for invoking the SRS dialog, bypassing some of the preliminary SRS panels.

For simplicity, the panel names and options shown in the rest of this section assume that option “A” on the ISPF main menu is used for accessing the ABR Primary Options menu. Therefore, you can get to the SRS Primary Menu by entering “S” on the ABR Primary Options Menu, or “A.S” on the ISPF Primary Options Menu.

SRS Primary Menu

FDRSRS – PRIMARY MENU – PANEL A.S

FDRSRS0 ----------------- FDRSRS - Primary Menu ------------------------------- OPTION ===> 1 SCROLL ===> CSR More: + 0 OPTIONS - Set Dialog Options and Defaults 1 SELECT - Data Set Selection Name ===> * (*, member name, or blanks) 2 DSLIST - Data Set List - display saved Name ===> * (*, member name, or blanks) 3 SELVOL - Volume Selection Name ===> DEFAULT (*, member name, or blanks) 4 VOLLIST - Volume List - display saved Name ===> * (*, member name, or blanks) OR Select one of the following services: _ ARCDEL - DELETE DATA SET ENTRY IN THE ARCHIVE FILE _ ARCHIVE - ARCHIVE DATA SET _ ARCMOD - MODIFY DATA SET ENTRY IN THE ARCHIVE FILE _ ARCRECAT - RECATALOG ARCHIVED DATA SET FOR AUTO-RECALL _ ARCRESET - RESET DATA SET ENTRY IN THE ARCHIVE FILE _ BACKAPPL - DATA SET APPLICATION BACKUP _ BACKUP - ADD BACKUP REQUEST TO REMOTE QUEUE _ COPY - COPY DATA SETS _ FDRREORG - FDRREORG DATA SET REORGANIZATION _ MOVE - MOVE DATA SETS _ REMOVEA - DELETE ARCHIVE RESTORE REQUEST FROM REMOTE QUEUE _ REMOVEB - DELETE BACKUP RESTORE REQUEST FROM REMOTE QUEUE _ REORG - COMPRESS PDS DATA SETS _ RESETARC - DELETE ARCHIVE REQUEST FROM REMOTE QUEUE _ RESETBKP - DELETE BACKUP REQUEST FROM REMOTE QUEUE _ RESTAPPL - RESTORE DATA SETS FROM APPLICATION BACKUP _ RESTARC - RESTORE DATA SETS FROM ARCHIVE _ RESTBKP - RESTORE DATA SETS FROM BACKUP _ SIMREORG - SIMULATE FDRREORG DATA SET REORGANIZATION

The SRS primary menu is used to select the SRS function desired. Option 0 allows each user to set options and defaults that affect his/her use of SRS. Options 1 and 2 select the data set application; options 3 and 4 select the volume application. The odd-numbered options actually select data sets or volumes; you can optionally retrieve a saved selection criteria. The even-numbered options retrieve a data set or volume list previously selected and saved.

The various name fields refer to members in SRS libraries of saved selection criteria and lists. The names of these libraries can be specified via option 0.2 or overridden by specifying blanks for the member name. The libraries can include private user SRS libraries and/or shared or installation-wide libraries.

The Selection Name field specifies the member name of a previously saved Selection Criteria, or one of the following special values:

• DEFAULT—This is the built-in selection criteria starter set containing all the available fields.
• blanks—Display a panel containing the names of the libraries that are used to read the Selection Criteria.
• *— Display a panel containing the names of the Selection Criteria that were previously saved. 

The List Name field specifies the member name of a previously saved List, or one of the following special values:

• blanks—Display a panel containing the names of the libraries that is used to read the list.
• *—Display a panel containing the names of the Lists that were previously saved.

The SRS primary menu also presents a list of FDR functions that can be invoked from SRS. Placing an “S” next to any one of them invokes the SRS dialog for that function. These are the same functions that can be selected from an SRS display of the results of a data set or volume report; in that case, SRS fills in fields on the following panels with information about the data set or volume selected. Since no search is done when these functions are invoked from this panel, the user may have to fill in additional information.