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Filter Modes

CA Vtape supports the following two filter modes:

In Basic mode, only one wildcard character is supported for data set names, a filter parmlib member is not implemented, and filter modifications are accomplished using the CA Vtape ISPF Interface.

Note: If you are running with Basic Mode, see the section Migrating from Basic to Enhanced Filters.

In Enhanced mode, multiple wildcard characters are supported, allowing greater flexibility when defining Data Set Name Filter List entries. A filter parmlib member is used to implement Enhanced mode and filter modifications are accomplished using TSO edit and the SVTn REFRESH=FILTERS command.

Note: We recommend you use Enhanced mode.

To avoid confusion, Enhanced mode deactivates the ISPF Interface Main Menu options 4 and 5.