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REFACTD
Open or retrieve from the current personal data set list.

REFACTL
Open or retrieve from the current personal library list.

REFOPEND
Show the list of personal data set lists.

REFOPENL
Show the list of personal data set lists.

REFLISTD
Show the REFLIST (reference list) personal data set list.

REFLISTL
Show the REFLIST (reference list) personal library list.

REFADDD
Add the most recently referenced data set to a personal list.

REFADDL
Add the most recently referenced library to a personal list.

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More on SDSF:

1. INPUT: Controls the display of SYSIN data sets on the Output Data Set panel. Can be used in S.DA, S.I, S.ST and S.O, but not on S.H.

Example 1: On the command line type INPUT ON
Includes SYSIN data sets on subsequent Output Data Set panels.

Example 2: On the command line type INPUT OFF
Specifies that SYSIN data sets should not be displayed. This is in effect until you issue INPUT ON.

# All the below mentioned commands will work on SDSF panels (S.DA, S.I, S.H, S.ST, S.O).

2. SET SCREEN: Displays a panel that allows setting the colors, highlighting, and intensities used on SDSF panels, and controls display of the action bar.

Example: On the command line type SET SCREEN
Displays a panel for changing screen characteristics.


3. SET DISPLAY: Controls the display of values for PREFIX, DEST, OWNER, SORT, and FILTER.

Example 1: On the command line type SET DISPLAY ?
Displays the current setting for SET DISPLAY.

Example 2: On the command line type SET DISPLAY ON
Displays the PREFIX, DEST, OWNER, SORT, and FILTER values just above the scrollable data.

Example 3: On the command line type SET DISPLAY OFF
Ends the display of PREFIX, DEST, OWNER, SORT, and FILTER values.


4. SET CURSOR: Controls how SDSF places the cursor on tabular panels.

Example 1: On the command line type SET CURSOR ?
Displays the current setting for SET CURSOR.

Example 2: On the command line type SET CURSOR ON
Causes the cursor to return to the NP column for the last row you worked with. The cursor is returned to the command line when the row is no longer visible, or when you press Enter without having first typed an action character or overtyped a field.

Example 3: On the command line type SET CURSOR OFF
Causes SDSF to always return the cursor to the command line when you finish working with a row.


5. SET CONFRIM: Controls whether SDSF requests confirmation of action characters on job-oriented tabular displays.

Example 1: On command line type SET CONFIRM ?
Displays the current setting on the command line.

Example 2: On command line type SET CONFIRM ON
Indicates that cancel, purge, and restart action characters will require confirmation on job-oriented tabular panels (DA, H, I, JDS, O, and ST).

Example 3: On command line type SET CONFIRM OFF
Indicates that no action character confirmation will be required.


6. SET ACTION: Controls the display of action characters on the tabular panels.

Example 1: On command line type SET ACTION ?
Displays the current setting on the command line or pop-up.

Example 2: On command line type SET ACTION ON or SET ACTION LONG
Displays the action characters and their descriptions on the tabular panels.

Example 3: On command line type SET ACTION SHORT
Displays the action characters without descriptions.

Example 4: On command line type SET ACTION OFF
Ends the display of action characters.


7. SET DATE: Selects a format for displaying dates on tabular panels and on the title line of the log panels, and for date parameters with SDSF functions.

Example 1: On command line type SET DATE ?
This will open up a window where in we can provide the DATE format and can also select the separator to be used in date.

Example 2: On command line type SET DATE MMDDYYYY
Sets the date format to ‘month.day.year’.

Example 3: On command line type SET DATE DDMMYYYY
Sets the date format to ‘day.month.year’.

Example 4: On command line type SET DATE YYYYMMDD
Sets the date format to ‘year.month.day’.


8. COLS:
1. Changes the title line message to indicate the number of the top line displayed and the columns displayed. (Title line can be restored with RESET)
2. On log and output dataset panels displays a scale (or columns) line. (Scale line can be turned off by RESET command)

Example 1: In any panel except log and output dataset panel, on command line type COLS
Changes the title line message to indicate the number of the top line displayed and the columns displayed.

Example 2: In output dataset panel, on command line type COLS
Displays a scale (or columns) line