Combination fields on the RACF database

The database templates also contain definitions called combination fields.

Combination fields do not describe a field of a profile. They contain the field numbers that identify the respective field definitions. You can use a combination as an alias to access multiple fields with one ICHEACTN or RACROUTE REQUEST=EXTRACT macro. For more information, see "Example 2: Adding a user ID to a data set access list", in Appendix A of z/OS Security Server RACF Macros and Interfaces.

In addition, you can use the combination field to provide aliases for individual fields.

The format of a combination field definition is different from a non-combination definition. Its format is as follows:

Field Name

Character data.

Field ID

Reference number.

Flag 1

The hex representation of the flag bits for this field. For combination fields, bit 1 is on. For a continuation of combination fields, bit 4 is also on.

Flag 2

The hex representation of the flag bits for this field. For combination fields, all bits are off.

Combination IDs

If nonzero, combination IDs represent the position of a non-combination field within the template segment. There can be up to 5 field IDs representing the template fields that comprise this combination field.

Type

Data type of each field. In this column, character is represented as 'Char', integer is represented as 'Int', and binary is represented as 'Bin'. 'Date' and 'Time' are also possible data types.

Comments

Comment field.