Starting ZDT/IMS
How you start ZDT/IMS depends on how it is installed on your system. Typically, ZDT/IMS is installed as an option on one of your ISPF menus, for example:
Menu Utilities Compilers Options Status Help ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── z/OS Primary Option Menu 0 Settings Terminal and user parameters User ID . : HFMUSER 1 View Display source data or listings Time. . . : 13:50 2 Edit Create or change source data Terminal. : 3278 3 Utilities Perform utility functions Screen. . : 1 4 Foreground Interactive language processing Language. : ENGLISH 5 Batch Submit job for language processing Appl ID . : ISR 6 Command Enter TSO or Workstation commands TSO logon : ISPF 7 Dialog Test Perform dialog testing TSO prefix: HFMUSER 9 IBM Products IBM program development products System ID : FMD2 10 SCLM SW Configuration Library Manager MVS acct. : USER 11 Workplace ISPF Object/Action Workplace Release . : ISPF 5.0 12 z/OS System z/OS system programmer applications 13 z/OS User z/OS user applications 14 IBMGSA IBMGSA Development and Service Apps S SDSF Spool Display and Search Facility Z Z Data Tools Z Data Tools ZI ZDT/IMS Z Data Tools/IMS Option ===> ZI F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F7=Backward F8=Forward F9=Swap F10=Actions F12=Cancel
To start ZDT/IMS:
- Select the ZDT/IMS option from the
z/OS Primary Option Menu.
When you start ZDT/IMS, the Primary Option Menu is shown, with a summary of the current version information displayed in a pop-up message box.
Figure 2. Primary Option menu with version information Process Options Help ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ZDT/IMS Primary Option Menu 0 Settings Set processing options User ID . : HFMUSER 1 Browse Browse data System ID : FMD2 2 Edit Edit data Appl ID . : HFM1 3 Utilities Perform utility functions Version . : 1.1.2 4 Templates Template/view/criteria set utilities Terminal. : 3278 X Exit Terminate ZDT/IMS Screen. . : 1 Date. . . : 2021/01/14 Time. . . : 11:24 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │HCL Z Data Tools Version 1 Release 1 Modification 2 │ │19OP1220 IMS Component │ │Licensed Materials - Property of IBM* and HCL** │ │(C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2001, 2017 - All Rights Reserved. │ │(C) Copyright HCL Technologies Ltd. 2017, 2023 - All Rights Reserved. │ │* Trademark of International Business Machines │ │** Trademark of HCL Technologies Limited │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Command ===> F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F4=CRetriev F7=Backward F8=Forward F9=Swap F10=Actions F12=Cancel
- Press Enter to close the version window.
If ZDT/IMS is not an option on one of your ISPF menus, ask your system administrator to explain the startup process used at your site.
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