Configuration Template Variable Rules

When you create multiple configuration files from the command line, observe the rules for using variables in the configuration template file.

• All variable statements in the configuration template consist of an ampersand (&), a user-defined variable name, and a period. For example:
  • &userid.
  • &netmap.
• The variable name is case-sensitive. For example, &userid and &USERID are considered two different variables.
• Variables can be used for any text field. You cannot use a variable for a numeric field.
• Be careful when specifying a variable as part of a file name. For example, assuming that the &userid. value is user1, c:\&userid.txt results in c:\user1txt, with no period separating user1 and txt. In this case, the variable definition should have two periods. For example, c:\&userid..txt, which results in c:\user1.txt.