Including information in a key entry

An ICSF key entry contains an installation data field that an installation can use to further identify a key. The installation data field contains any information that an installation wants to supply about a key.

PCF records contain an installation data field. The conversion program places the information in the field into the installation data field of the converted entry in the output ICSF CKDS. You can use an override record to specify installation data information for the converted entry in the output ICSF CKDS. The installation data information supplied in the override record overrides any information from the PCF installation data field. If you do not use an override record, the conversion program places any installation data from the PCF entry into the leftmost 8 bytes of the ICSF entry.

These are examples of override records for including key information.

Example 1

This example shows an override record providing the conversion program with installation data information to place in the ICSF CKDS for any converted PCF entry with a certain key label.

   ATMKEY12                             CONVERTED FROM CUSP1.CKDS 10/01/98

When the conversion program converts an entry that is labeled ATMKEY12, it places CONVERTED FROM CUSP1.CKDS 10/01/98 in the installation data field for the converted entry.

Example 2

This example shows an override record providing the conversion program with installation data information to place in the ICSF CKDS for any converted PCF entry with a certain key label and key type.

   LOCAL890 LOCAL                       CONVERTED FROM PCF12.CKDS

When the conversion program converts an entry that is labeled LOCAL890 with a key type of LOCAL, it places CONVERTED FROM PCF12.CKDS in the installation data field for the converted entry.

Example 3

This example shows a global override record that provides the conversion program with installation data information to place in the ICSF CKDS for all converted entries.

                                        CONVERTED FROM PCF10.CKDS

When the conversion program converts the PCF CKDS, it places CONVERTED FROM PCF10.CKDS in the installation data field. The information is placed into every converted key entry. After you specify this global override record, you can use explicit override records to provide different information for specific entries in the PCF CKDS.