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TBOX Power Tools
TSO/ISPF Commands and Utilities
Batch Utilities

TBOX Power Tools - A comprehensive collection of testing, development and operational power tools designed and written for the z/OS environment.
TBOX Power Tools significantly reduce the time and labor associated with Application Development and Operations Support. TBOX contains a variety of inexpensive, specialized z/OS software routines, ISPF dialogs, ISPF Macros, utilities and program subroutines designed to expedite and enhance software development and testing. These tools are particularly popular with Technical and Operational Support people charged with the responsibility for improving the Data Center Operations and Application Development technical environments. Download TBOX and populate your toolbox with the Power Tools you need.  


TBOX Power Tools - TSO/ISPF Commands, Dialogs and Utilities:

Browse Facility - The ISPF Browse program can be invoked from any ISPF menu, PARM is the dataset name on which to invoke ISPF Browse. This is an easy way to browse your reports from ISPF menu options.

Compilation Facility - The CF ISPF dialog prompts for program and type, submits appropriate JCL for OS/VS COBOL, COBOL-II, Assembler, Easytrieve-Plus, batch, CICS, DB2, CICS maps.

CB, CE and CV - These are point-and-shoot edit macros that invoke ISPF Browse, Edit or View respectively against the indicated dataset name within your edited JCL member.  NEW!

CLEAR edit macro - This is a simple ISPF edit macro that changes non-blanks to blanks in specified columns.

FINDER - This ISPF dialog quickly searches a large list of pre-defined libraries for a specific or wildcarded member name. Supports PDS and CA-Panvalet libraries.

JOB Accounting Validation - When a JOB is submitted, JAV validates the ACCOUNT field for a defined project ID. If it is invalid or omitted the user is prompted for a project ID. The user can key a '?' to select from a list of valid projects.

LCB command - This command can be issued from ISPF 3.4 to perform a LISTCAT ENT ALL and store the results in a browse dataset.

LCS command - This command can be issued from ISPF 3.4 to perform a LISTCAT ENT ALL and display the results on your screen.

MENU command - Provides a list of ISPF commands with descriptions.

Panvalet Compare Facility - ISPF dialog prompts for library dataset name and members to compare, then submits PCOMPARE JCL.

Panvalet Scan Facility - ISPF dialog prompts for library dsname and search string, then submits PAN#8 JCL.

Report Archival System - RAS uses the JES2 OFFLOAD facility to periodically offload reports to a GDG tape, then reads the tape and maintains a KSDS directory of its contents. ISPF dialogs permit the selection of a desired entry for restore a report to the queue. RAS includes a weekly merge cycle that provides the ability to specify retention criteria based on a masked jobname. You may delete reports after a single day or retain them permanently.

WHOHAS command - Show who is enqueued on a specific dataset.


TBOX Power Tools - Batch Utilities:

Console Commander - This facility issues console commands from a batch step via a SYSIN file.

Compare Pro - CA-Panvalet’s PCOMPARE utility only processes a single member. This utility enables you to invoke PCOMPARE against a list of members.

DSN Enqueued - Tests whether each listed dataset is currently in use (enqueued) by another task. The generated report shows the enqueue status and attributes (Owned or Shared).  NEW!

DSN Present - Tests the existence of a specified dataset and posts a high return code if the dataset is not cataloged. Use this within a batch job to conditionally control processing based on the existence of a dataset.

Expand COPY/INCLUDE Statements - Expands COPY and INCLUDE statements found within a program source member. Comments reflecting the expanded member are inserted before and after the point of expansion to document the processing. This utility is handy within a compile process to make it easier to see where included/copied members are found.

Match/Merge - A very easy to use “match/merge” utility. Simply specify two input sequential files and the position/length of their respective “key” fields. Match/Merge produces output files that show that records are present on both files, or only just one.

Member Extract utility - Extracts a member from a Panvalet, PDS or Librarian library for subsequent processing by other utilities.

PDS Member Delete - Delete member(s) from a PDS. It issues the proper enqueues to prevent library corruption.

PDS Member Store Utility - Store a member in a PDS with the ISPF directory details entry. It issues the proper enqueues to prevent library corruption.

Security Tester for Current User - Use this facility to validate your read, update or create access to datasets or other secured resources before actually attempting direct access. Answer the question “Do I have update access to this production load library?” without actually attempting the access.

Security Tester for Specified User - Use this facility to validate read, update or create access for any specified user to datasets or other secured resources. Answer the question “Does John Doe have update access to this production load library?”.

TCANCEL - Cancel all active TSO users. Use this in a process that needs exclusive use of TSO dataset or in preparation for an IPL.

TJR - Tests if a specific job is running. TJR posts a high return code if not running.  NEW!

Update PDS Directory - Updates the directory entries of one or more PDS members. Update the directory date, version, modification level and/or Userid based on what is specified in the execution PARM.