why do we use file-aid wht r the adv of using file-aid thn in ispf
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Answer / laxmikanth
fileaid is a tool .using fileaid we can create data
set ,sort,compare two files etc........
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Answer / srinivasa yadav
FILE AID IS A NAVIGATION TOOL.
WHICH IS USED
1)TO BROWSE THE DATA.
2)TO EDIT THE DATA.
3)TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF RECORDS.
4)TO CREATE GDG BASE.
5)TO COPY ONE PDS TO OTHER PDS.
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Answer / amarnath reddy
File-aid is using browse or edit files structure with
specific layouts, see comp-3 data items etc.
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Answer / vimal
1)TO BROWSE THE DATA.
2)TO EDIT THE DATA.
3)TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF RECORDS.
4)TO CREATE GDG BASE.
5)TO COPY ONE PDS TO OTHER PDS WITH ANY NUMBER OF RECORDS(IN
ISPF WE CAN COPY ONLY LIMITED DATAS)
6)TO FIND THE DATAS USING ANY OF THE WORDS PRESENT IN THE
MEMBER.
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Answer / murali
1)TO BROWSE THE DATA.
2)TO EDIT THE DATA.
3)TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF RECORDS.
4)TO CREATE GDG BASE.
5)TO COPY ONE PDS TO OTHER PDS WITH ANY NUMBER OF RECORDS(IN
ISPF WE CAN COPY ONLY LIMITED DATAS)
6)TO FIND THE DATAS USING ANY OF THE WORDS PRESENT IN THE
MEMBER.
7)To Compare the datasets also it is useful
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Answer / muttaiah
The difference between file-aid & ISPF is
1. Comp-3, Comp variables can be displayed using File-aid
2. We can view data in a VSAM file, which is not possible
in ISPF
3. We can view data in GDG also..
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Answer / divya
hi every one file aid is nothing but a data managing solution.it is used to test the data and will be very helpful to developers while developing a new functionality with out hunting for genuine data. used to add data to the base registers.
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