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:
-
Open the Filter window.
- 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.
- In the Maximum data sets displayed field, specify a number of data sets that
by which you want to limit the display.
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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