Filtering objects

Use the Filter window to define a set of criteria for displaying a list of data sets or members of data sets in the Control Center. Once you set the filter for a data set, you must explicitly replace the filter with another filter to display additional data sets within the current subsystem connection. The Control Center will display only those objects meeting the specified filter criteria.

The result of the filter can display from 0 to all the data sets matching your criteria.


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

To define a filter:

  1. Open the Filter window.


  2. Specify the name of a data set in the Control Center that you want to filter. You must use all upper case letters. You can type a set of search criteria consisting of a mixture of characters and wildcards. The filter name you select is active during the life of the current subsystem connection, or until explicitly modified. The result of your search is the current list of data sets in the contents pane of the Control Center.

    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 that by which you want to limit the display.

  4. Click OK to use the named criteria and close the filter window. The result of filtering is a subset of the data sets that can be displayed.

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