Summary of changes

October 2026, changes for V17R1M0

This edition of the document provides information applicable to Z Data Tools Version 17 Release 1 Modification Level 0. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous release:

Updated the following topics to document support for specifying an IMSGROUP as the IMS subsystem name in BMP mode. ZDT/IMS connects to the first active IMS subsystem associated with the specified IMSGROUP.
- IMS subsystem settings (option 0.6), Batch Browse Entry panel, Batch Edit Entry panel, Browse Entry panel, Edit Entry panel, Extract Entry panel, Load Entry panel, Print Entry panel, and Subsystem Settings Menu panel.
Added new Z Data Tools IMS Messages. See topic Z Data Tools IMS Messages.
Added new topic SHOWPLI primary command to document how to display information about the PL/I compiler currently being used by Z Data Tools.
Added a new feature to the Z Data Tools User's Guide and Reference that allows users to use the SHOWPLI command to identify the PL/I compiler currently used by Z Data Tools. See topic Checking which PL/I compiler you are using.

June 2026, changes for V16R1M4

This edition of the document provides information applicable to Z Data Tools Version 16 Release 1 Modification Level 4. It contains minor changes and clarifications to the information in the previous version.

February 2026, changes for V16R1M3

This edition of the document provides information applicable to Z Data Tools Version 16 Release 1 Modification Level 3. It contains minor changes and clarifications to the information in the previous version.

November 2025, changes for V16R1M2

This edition of the document provides information applicable to Z Data Tools Version 16 Release 1 Modification Level 2. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous release:

Regular expressions are now supported in all View and Edit sessions when specifying a search string for FIND and CHANGE primary commands. For more information on specifying regular expression strings, see:
- FIND primary command
- CHANGE primary command (Edit only)

June 2025, changes for V16R1M1

This edition of the document provides information applicable to Z Data Tools Version 16 Release 1 Modification Level 1. It contains minor changes and clarifications to the information in the previous version.

March 2025, V16R1M0 First Edition

This edition of the document provides information applicable to Z Data Tools Version 16 Release 1 Modification Level 0.