Autocomplete feature on mainframe

Autocomplete feature on mainframe

Sometimes we feel if we have an autotype feature on mainframe, we would

have saved us a lot of keystrokes.

We do have this feature and we can enable by following these simple steps

Step1: Start

Step2: 3.4

; ; ; ;

Step3: enter KEYS command

Step4: Set any PF key to AUTOTYPE and exit. Please see the below screen shot for reference

Now type any Dataset partially and press the PFkey assigned in step above

Note: This will not work with GDD's and VSAM files