Searching a remote z/OS system

You can search through a z/OS® system for files or files that contain a search string.

1. Open the Search window by doing one of the following:
   1. Click the Search button in the toolbar.
   2. Press Ctrl+H.
   3. Select Search > Search from the menu bar.
   4. In the Remote Systems view or z/OS Projects view, right-click the file or container you want to search and then select Search form the pop-up menu.
2. Click the Remote z/OS Search tab.
3. Specify the search scope by following these steps:
   1. Click the Browse button. The Select Search Scope window opens.
   2. Select the remote system or container you want to search and click OK.
   Note: The Search button is not activated until a search scope is specified.
4. In the Search string field, enter the text you want to search for in the files in your search scope. To perform a file name search, leave this field blank (or simply enter * in the field). To search within a file (you are using a file as your search scope), you must specify a search string in this field.
5. Optional: To perform a case-sensitive or bidirectional search, select one of the following check boxes next to the Search string field:
   • Case sensitive finds only strings that match the case in which you enter the search string.
   • Visual Format allows you to enter bidirectional search strings in visual order (allows you to type a search string right to left).
   Note: Remote z/OS search does not support regular expression searches.
   
6. Click the Data set name, Member name, or Data set name/member name button and enter the file names you want to search.
7. Optional: Select the following check boxes:
   • Include migrated to search through migrated data sets.
   • Include offline volumes to search through MVS™ volumes that are offline.
   • Include additional qualifiers to search outside of your defined filters (but within your defined high-level qualifiers).
   • Run in background to continue to use the workbench while the search is executing. A progress indicator opens in the status bar of the workbench as you continue working.
8. Optional: Set a value in the Search results limit field for the maximum number of files for the search query to return.
9. Click Search.