Overview of File Manager® IMS editor tools

In addition to the basic edit functionality, the File Manager® IMS editor provides a set of tools to improve productivity. These tools are available in the File Manager® IMS editor window.

Navigation Commands
Moves the current cached window up
Moves the current cached window down
View Segment Hierarchy

Navigation Commands

File Manager® IMS editor provides you below valid navigation commands

Valid Navigation Commands

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Moves the current cached window up Moves the current cached window up

The File Manager® IMS editor only caches a subset of records locally for display. The number of cached records are controlled in the File Manager® preference page. This allows efficient transfer of data from the mainframe to your desktop machine, particularly when you are working with a resource containing a large number of records.

This action moves the cached records backward. That is, it retrieves records that precede the first record cached in the current cache window. This action is equivalent to issuing the UP nn command, in that it positions the editor's cursor backward by the specified number of records (nn).

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Moves the current cached window up Moves the current cached window down

The File Manager® IMS editor only caches a subset of records locally for display. The number of cached records are controlled in the File Manager® preference page. This allows efficient transfer of data from the mainframe to your desktop machine, particularly when you are working with a resource containing a large number of records.

This action moves the cached records forward. That is, it retrieves records which follow the last record cached in the current cache window. This action is equivalent to issuing the DOWN nn command, in that it positions the editor's cursor forward by the specified number of records (nn).

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View Segment Hierarchy and change key positions View Segment Hierarchy and change key positions

This action allows the user to position on an IMS segment within the IMS database.

The Database position is specified using the Database Positioning dialog which is shown in the picture below. On this dialog, select the segment and its parents in the hierarchy that you wish to position on, fill in the Segment key values, and File Manager® IMS will position on the IMS segment.

Database Positioning dialog

View Segment Hierarchy and change key positions

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