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Filters

CA File Master Plus supports cataloged and uncataloged filters.

Cataloged Filters

Cataloged filters are defined using Option 5 (Define and Update Selection Criteria) from the CA File Master Plus Main Menu. Define filtering using criteria such as record counts, keys, selection limit, search limit, and filter condition. The cataloged selection criteria are saved to your selection criteria parm PDS. To use a cataloged filter, specify the member name of the cataloged filter in the selection criteria member field of the processing screen.

Uncataloged Filters

For simple filters that are not to be reused, specify the filter condition in the selection criteria field of the processing screen. The field-level help provides the syntax information you need to define an improvised filter.

You can perform many of the CA File Master Plus utility functions either online or in batch. Screens that you use to request these functions have an execution mode field at the bottom of the screen. The three choices for execution mode are as follows:

Note: To get the most value from CA File Master Plus, continue through the remaining pages of the Main Menu screen-level help. There are concepts explained in the next few pages that help you exploit the features of CA File Master Plus. Before using CA File Master Plus, select Option 0 and define the setup parameters and parameter data sets that you are using.

You must specify a filter or selection criteria when processing involves selected data records from a file or selected members from a library. The processing screens that support filters include the following:

Note: For more information about filters, see the chapter "Filters."