Locating data sets

Use the Locate Data Sets window to define a set of criteria for finding a list of data sets in the Control Center. The Control Center will find only those data sets meeting the specified criteria.

The result of the locate can be from 0 to all the data sets matching your criteria.


Authorities and privileges for data sets originate in the MVS environment.

To locate a data set:

  1. Open the Locate Data Sets window.

  2. Specify the name of a data set in the Control Center that you want to find. You must use all upper case letters. You must specify a specific character as the first character of the search string. For example: *.DB2.DATA is not legal while W*.DB2.DATA is legal. You can type a set of search criteria consisting of a mixture of characters and wildcards.

    The name can contain:

    *
    Represents a qualifier (a segment of a data set name) or 1 or more characters. Example: Type GRS* to display all data sets with names beginning with the letters GRS.
    **
    Represents 0 or more qualifiers.
    %
    Represents 1 character. Example: Type G% to display all data sets with 2 characters beginning with the letter G.

  3. In the Maximum data sets displayed field, specify a number of data sets by which you want to limit the search.

  4. Click OK to use the named criteria and close the window.

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