How to Create New Policy Objects

The process of creating a new policy object is the same for all types of policy objects, as follows:

Procedure

  1. From the Entry Type Selection panel, you select the desired policy object's entry type. For example, if you want to create a new Application object, enter option 6 or APL at the command line.
  2. SA z/OS displays the Entry Name Selection panel for the selected entry type. You can either select action NEW from the COMMANDS pull-down or enter the command new entry_type_name at the panel's command line. The entry type name is optional for this command.
  3. SA z/OS displays Define New Entry panel (an example for defining a new Application is shown in Figure 1) for the selected entry type, where you now specify the required information. See Entry Type Reference for more information about how to create new policy objects.
    Figure 1. Define New Entry Panel for an Application
       COMMANDS  HELP                                                               
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     AOFGDYN3                           Define New Entry                            
     Command ===>                                                                   
                                                                                    
     Define new entry of type Application                                           
                                                                                    
       Entry Name . . . . . . .                                                     
                                                                                    
       Subsystem Name . . . . .                                                     
       Object Type  . . . . . . INSTANCE     (CLASS INSTANCE)                       
       Category . . . . . . . .              (IBM-defined, user-defined or blank, 
                                              see help)                         
       Subcategory  . . . . . .              (IBM-defined, user-defined or blank, 
                                              see help)  
       Job Type . . . . . . . .              (MVS NONMVS TRANSIENT)                 
       Job Name . . . . . . . .                                                     
       Transient Rerun  . . . .              (YES NO)                               
       Scheduling Subsystem . .              (MSTR, JES Subsystem)                  
       JCL Procedure Name . . .                                                     
                                                                                    
       Short description  . . .                                                     
       Long description 1 . . .                                                     
       Long description 2 . . .                                                     
       Long description 3 . . .                                                     
       Long description 4 . . .                                                     
       Long description 5 . . .                                                     
  4. If you specify an entry name and press Enter, the subsystem name and job name are defaulted to the entry name, if possible. This is also true for all other entry types where the entry name can be used as a default for further qualifications.

What to do next

Throughout Entry Type Reference, if there is no extra information given about creating a particular policy object, it is created using a generic panel, as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Sample Generic Define New Entry Panel
   COMMANDS  HELP                                                               
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 AOFGDYN2                           Define New Entry                            
 Command ===>                                                                   
                                                                                
 Define new entry of type Timers                                                
                                                                                
   Entry Name . . . . . . .                                                     
                                                                                
   Short description  . . .                                                     
   Long description 1 . . .                                                     
   Long description 2 . . .                                                     
   Long description 3 . . .                                                     
   Long description 4 . . .                                                     
   Long description 5 . . .                                                     
For more details about the description fields, see DESCRIPTION Policy Item.