PDS Members

In the Mainframe Navigation view, the PDS members are shown when you expand a partitioned dataset.

This document covers the following topics:


Filtering PDS Members

Before displaying PDS members, you can define a filter so that only those members are shown which correspond to your filter criteria.

Start of instruction setTo define a filter

  1. In the Mainframe Navigation view, select the appropriate dataset in the Datasets folder.

  2. Invoke the context menu and choose Filter.

    Or:
    Press F3.

    A dialog box appears.

    Filter members

  3. Enter the filter criteria.

    Option Description
    Member name The members that are to be shown. You can use a combination of strings and wildcards (* and _) to display the members matching the member name pattern.
    Scan for When you specify a character string, only the members containing this string will be shown.
  4. Choose the OK button.

Adding a New PDS Member

You can add a new PDS member to a z/OS dataset.

Start of instruction setTo add a new PDS member

  1. In the Mainframe Navigation view, select the appropriate dataset in the Datasets folder.

  2. Invoke the context menu and choose New.

    Or:
    Press CTRL+N.

    An empty editor window appears for the new member.

  3. Enter the data for the new member.

    See also Commands for Editing an Object.

  4. Save the new member using the standard Eclipse functionality (for example, press CTRL+S).

    A dialog box appears.

  5. Enter the following information:

    Option Description
    Member A name for the new member.
    Password System password if dataset is protected.

    Note:
    It is recommended that you do not change any other values and keep the current location for the new member.

  6. Choose the OK button.

Submitting a PDS Member

You can submit a PDS member to the operating system.

Start of instruction setTo submit a PDS member

  1. Select a member in the Mainframe Navigation view.

  2. Invoke the context menu and choose Submit.

    Or:
    Press CTRL+U.

    A dialog box appears, confirming that the member has been submitted.

Displaying the Properties of a PDS Member

You can display information about a PDS member. Different types of information are shown for normal PDS members and for PDS members of a load library.

Start of instruction setTo display the properties of a PDS member

  1. Select a member in the Mainframe Navigation view.

  2. Invoke the context menu and choose Properties.

    Or:
    Press ALT+ENTER.

    A properties dialog box appears.

The following topics are covered below:

Normal PDS Member

The properties dialog box for a normal PDS member provides the following information on the Server page:

Tab Option Description
Member Version Version number of the member.
Creation date Date in format YYYY-MM-DD when the member was created.
Last modification Date in format YYYY-MM-DD when the member was last modified.
User ID User who last modified the member.
Initial Initial size of this version.
Size Number of lines in the member.
Dataset Device type The specified volume or the generic identifier from which a volume is to be selected (for example, 3380).
Organization For example:
PO PDS
PS Sequential dataset
DA Direct access
Record format For example:
FB Fixed block
VB Variable block
FBA Fixed block, ANSI control characters
Record length Record length in bytes.
Block size Block size in bytes.

PDS Member of a Load Library

The properties dialog box for a PDS member of a load library provides the following information on the Server page:

Tab Option Description
Member Length Member's length in bytes.
Hex Member's length in bytes in hexadecimal format.
Attribute The member's attributes in keyword format. The relevant keywords are separated by one blank. For possible values, see the description of the MODULE-ATTRIBUTES field in the LIB-DIRECTORY view in the Entire System Server User's Guide.
Entry point Entry point of the load module.
Linkage date Date of linkage/zap in format YYYY-MM-DD.
Linkage editor Name of linkage/zap editor.
Version Version of linkage/zap editor.
ZAPS Displays the number of applied zaps.
Unresolved Displays the number of unresolved external references.
Dataset Provides the same information as the properties dialog box for a normal PDS member. See the above table.