Use the MVS Files page to set preferences
for the MVS Files subsystem in the Remote
Systems view.
Procedure
To set preferences for MVS Files:
- To open the MVS Files preference page,
click Window > Preferences, then expand the Remote
Systems and z/OS sections and click MVS
Files.
- Use the MVS Files page to set the
following preferences:
- Large Partitioned Data Set
- The options in this area determine how large partitioned data
sets are handled in the Remote Systems view.
- Show warning message on expansion
- Select this check box to display a warning message when expanding
large partitioned data sets, which can take a long time.
- Maximum number of members expanded without warning
- If you select the Show warning message on expansion option,
use this field to set the number of members to allow before the warning
is displayed. The default value is 5000.
- Show warning message on adding to subproject
- Select this check box to display a warning message when adding
large partitioned data sets to a subproject.
- Maximum number of members added to subproject without
warning
- If you select the Show warning message on adding to
subproject option, use this field to set the number of
members to allow before the warning is displayed. The default value
is 50.
- Maximum results for Find Member
- Specify the maximum number of search results to return with the Find
Member action. The default value is 1000 members.
- Generation Data Set Label
- There are two options for displaying generation data sets:
- Absolute generation and version numbers (Relative generation
number): Shows the absolute generation and version numbers
followed by the relative generation number, such as G0005V00(-1).
- Relative generation number (Absolute generation and
version numbers): Shows the relative generation number
followed by the absolute generation and version number, such as -1(G0005V00).
- Sort Order for Data Sets
- The options in this area determine the order of data sets in the Remote
Systems view and the z/OS Projects or Enterprise
Projects view:
- By type: Select this option to list partitioned
data sets followed by sequential data sets.
- By name: Select this option to list all
data sets in alphabetical order, regardless of data set type.
- Default expansion page size for filters and data sets
- Specify the number of data sets or data set members to show in
the Remote Systems view when you expand a filter
or partitioned data set. All other entries remain hidden until you
take an action to bring them into view. You can override this number
for a particular filter or data set. The default value is 50.
- Show warning message on deleting alias
- Select this check box to display a warning message when you delete
a data set alias.
- Process member aliases on module copy
- Select this check box to enable the primary load module and all
its aliases to be copied together.
- Show members with non-standard name
- Select this check box to enable the Remote Systems view
to display members with lowercase names or names containing non-standard
character sets. This option is disabled by default.
- Enable editing of files with control codes:
- Select this check box to allow MVS™ text
files that contain control codes to be opened in edit mode. When
this check box is selected, UTF-8 is used as the default local code
page mapping for new connections. Connections that already exist
are not affected.