Format profiles

Use the guidelines in this topic to implement profiles that control the formatting of various parts of the INSTDATA field.

You can define up to 10 different format profiles for each Format-Name to control 10 different parts of the INSTDATA of any profile. If the APPLDATA field of the preceding profile contains a nonblank value, zSecure Command Verifier tries to locate the format profiles. The sections of the INSTDATA are defined by the start and end variables in the format profiles.

The start to end range of the INSTDATA field as specified in one format profile can overlap with the field of other format profiles. In that case, the overlapping part must comply to both sets of format rules. Format profiles can contain multiple format rules. These rules must be specified as a list and separated by commas. The following is an example of such a combined format rule.
NB,NC,ALPHA,LISTX(EXPIRED)
This sample indicates that this portion of the installation data field must be specified (NB) and cannot be changed (NC). If the user is authorized to bypass the NoChange requirement, the field must be all alphabetic characters, and cannot be specified as the value EXPIRED.
  • C4R.class.INSTDATA.=FMT.format-name.POS(start:end)

    This profile is used to describe the format of a part of the INSTDATA. The part is specified by start and end. The start and end values must both be specified as three-digit numbers. The end value must be greater or equal than the start value, and must also be 255 or less. The start value must be 001 or greater. The access levels that are used for the format profile are given as follows.

    This profile is a discrete policy profile. It is possible to replace the class by a single generic asterisk. However, this generic profile is only used in complete absence of any matching format profile.
    NONE
    The set of format rules applies to this terminal user. The new INSTDATA must comply with all format rules.
    READ
    The set of format rules applies to this terminal user. When present, the NB format rule does not apply. All other format rules must be followed.
    UPDATE
    The set of format rules applies to this terminal user. When present, the NB and NC format rules do not apply. All other format rules must be followed.
    CONTROL
    The set of format rules does not apply to this terminal user.
    The APPLDATA describes the format rules that are applicable to the specific section of the INSTDATA.
    Set of format rules
    The format rules that describe allowable contents for this part of the INSTDATA. For a detailed description of the possible format rules, see the next section.