Profile definitions - PROFDEF

The Profile definition (PROFDEF) views display information about the interactions between transactions and terminals or logical units.

Supplied views

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Table 1. Views in the supplied **Profile definitions** (PROFDEF) view set
View	Notes
Profile definitions EYUSTARTPROFDEF.ADDTOGRP	Add one or more profile definitions to a resource group.
Profile definitions EYUSTARTPROFDEF.CREATE	Create a profile definition and add it to the data repository.
Profile definitions EYUSTARTPROFDEF.DETAILED	Detailed information about a selected profile definition.
Profile definitions EYUSTARTPROFDEF.INSTALL	Install a profile definition in an active system.
Profile definitions EYUSTARTPROFDEF.REMOVE	Remove a profile definition from the data repository.
Profile definitions EYUSTARTPROFDEF.TABULAR	Tabular information about all profile definitions for the current context.

Actions

Table 2. Actions available for PROFDEF views
Action	Description
ADDTOGRP	Add one or more profile definitions to a resource group.
CREATE	Create a profile definition and add it to the data repository.
CSDCOPY	Copy a CICS CSD resource definition.
CSDINSTALL	Install a CICS CSD resource definition into an active system.
INSTALL	Install a profile definition in an active system.
REMOVE	Remove a profile definition from the data repository.
UPDATE	Update a profile definition in the data repository.

Fields

Table 3. Fields in PROFDEF views
Field	Attribute name	Description
Outbound chaining control	CHAINCONTROL	Specifies whether the application program can control the outbound chaining of request units.
Last modification agent	CHANGEAGENT	The change agent identifier that made the last modification. CSDAPI - The resource was last changed by a CEDA transaction, by the programmable interface to DFHEDAP or by an EXEC CICS CSD command. CSDBATCH - The resource was last changed by a DFHCSDUP job. DREPAPI - Resource was last changed by a CICSPlex SM API command. N_A - Resource was created or last updated prior to CICS TS Version 4 Release 1 and support for resource signatures.
Last modification agent release	CHANGEAGREL	The CICS release level of the agent that made the last modification.
Last modification time	CHANGETIME	The local date and time when the definition was last changed.
Last modification user ID	CHANGEUSRID	The user ID that made the last modification.
Time created	CREATETIME	The local date and time when the definition was created.
CSD group	CSDGROUP	The name of the CSD group for this CICS resource definition. This field is ignored for BAS definitions.
Version	DEFVER	The version number of the BAS resource definition, from 1 to 15. This field is ignored for CICS CSD resource definitions.
Description code page	DESCCODEPAGE	The code page of the description field. This field is ignored for CICS CSD resource definitions.
Description	DESCRIPTION	A description of the profile definition.
Supported devices	DVSUPRT	The devices (terminals or logical units) that are to be supported: ALL - The profile can be used with any terminal or logical unit. NONVTAM - The profile can be used only with non-VTAM terminals. VTAM - The profile can be used only with logical units.
Facility model	FACILITYLIKE	The 1- to 4-character name of a terminal definition or an installed terminal definition (TERMDEF) to be used as a template by a bridge exit. When this transaction is run in a 3270 bridge environment, the principal facility will be built to have the same attributes as the terminal defined by this field. There is no default value for this attribute.
Pass function management header (FMH) to application	INBFMH	Specifies, for profiles used with logical units, whether a function management header (FMH) received from a logical unit is to be passed to the application program: ALL - All FMHs (except APPC FMHs and LU6.1 ATTACH and SYNCPOINT FMHs that are processed by CICS) are passed to the application program. This value is required for function shipping transactions such as CSMI, transactions which use distributed transaction processing, and for distributed program link requests. DIP - The batch data interchange program (DFHDIP) is to process inbound FMHs. BMS issues a batch data interchange receive request if a BMS receive request has been issued, and a batch data interchange receive request is issued instead of a terminal control receive request. EODS - An FMH is passed to the application program only if it indicates end of data set (EODS). NO - The FMHs are discarded.
Journal identifier	JOURNAL	Specifies whether automatic journaling of messages takes place, by giving the identifier of the journal. Options are: NO - No automatic journaling of messages is to take place. number - The journal identification to be used for automatic journaling. This can be any number in the range 01 through 99. This number is appended to the letters DFHJ to give a journal identification of the form DFHJnn and this maps to an MVS system logger general log stream.
Receive requires logical record	LOGREC	Specifies whether the design of the application requires that each EXEC CICS RECEIVE request is to be satisfied by a logical record.
Mode name	MODENAME	The name that identifies a group of sessions for use on an APPC connection. The name can be up to eight characters in length.
Message response requested	MSGINTEG	Specifies whether a definite response is to be requested with an output request to a logical unit.
Messages to be journaled	MSGJRNL	Specifies which messages are to be automatically journaled: NO - No message journaling is required. INPUT - Journaling is required for input messages. OUTPUT - Journaling is to be performed for output messages. INOUT - Journaling is to be performed for input and output messages.
Name	NAME	The name of the profile definition.
Node error program transaction class	NEPCLASS	The node error program transaction class: 0 - This results in a link to the default node error program module for VTAM devices, or is the default value for non-VTAM devices. value - The transaction class for the (nondefault) node error program module. The value can be in the range 1 through 255.
One write operation	ONEWTE	Specifies whether the transaction is permitted only one write operation or EXEC CICS SEND during its execution. YES has the effect of forcing the LAST option on the first write of the transaction. Any additional write requests are treated as errors, and the task is made ready for abnormal termination.
Printer compatability option	PRINTERCOMP	The level of compatibility required for the generation of data streams to support the printer compatibility option for the BMS SEND TEXT command. NO - Each line of output starts with a blank character, so that the format is equivalent to that on a 3270 display where an attribute byte precedes each line. YES - No blank character is inserted, so that forms-feed characters included as the first character of your data are honored and the full width of the printer is available for your data. If you use the BMS forms feed option, select YES.
Output message recovery	PROTECT	This is obsolete from CICS/MVS 2.1. For SNA logical units, specify YES or NO to indicate whether recovery for output messages is required. If the Protect value does not apply to this definition, specify N/A.
Read ahead queueing option	RAQ	Specifies whether the 'read ahead queuing' option is required: NO - The transaction obeys SNA protocols and only SEND and RECEIVE when in the correct mode. If it does not follow the protocol, it may be abended with code ATCV. YES - The transaction may not obey SNA protocols, and CICS queues incoming data on temporary storage until the data is specifically requested by the transaction. RAQ(YES) is provided only for compatibility with transactions that support both bisynchronous devices and logical units, and its use is not recommended.
Read time-out value	RTIMOUT	The time-out value: for the read time-out feature. The task that is timed out receives an AKCT, AZCT or AZIG abend. If a value is specified and you wish to let it default to NO, you must completely delete the value previously specified. to terminate an IIOP request processor task that has been waiting for a method request for longer than the RTIMOUT value. Values are: NO - The read time-out feature is not required. value - This is an interval (MMSS for minutes and seconds) after which the task is terminated if no input has been received from the terminal. The maximum value that can be specified is 70 minutes.
Screen size	SCRNSIZE	Specifies whether the DEFAULT or ALTERNATE buffer size for a 3270 display or printer is to be used. The SCRNSIZE value is ignored if the TYPETERM definition has ALTSCREEN(0,0) and DEFSCREEN(0,0). That is, the screen size is assumed from the related TERMMODEL attribute in the TYPETERM definition; the page size is taken from PAGESIZE, and the ALTPAGE value is ignored. The 3270 erase write (EW) command is inserted for output requests with the ERASE option.
Upper case translation	UCTRAN	Specifies whether terminal input is to be translated to uppercase before passing to programs for the transaction using this profile. (VTAM only.)
User data area 1	USERDATA1	Optional string of up to 8 characters that allows you to provide additional site-specific data related to the BAS resource definition. This field is ignored for CICS CSD resource definitions.
User data area 2	USERDATA2	Optional string of up to 8 characters that allows you to provide additional site-specific data related to the BAS resource definition. This field is ignored for CICS CSD resource definitions.
User data area 3	USERDATA3	Optional string of up to 8 characters that allows you to provide additional site-specific data related to the BAS resource definition. This field is ignored for CICS CSD resource definitions.