Configuring default property values

You configure default property values for a remote system by creating a set of configuration files on that system.

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You can configure default property values to define site-specific defaults for particular properties. When a user connects to a system for the first time, Developer for z/OS® determines whether a default values file exists on the system. If so, the default values are stored in the workspace so that whenever users create a property group for that system, the defaults from the default values file are used. For properties that do not have default values in the default values file, the default Developer for z/OS property values are used. If the default values file on the system is updated after the default values are transferred to the workspace, users are prompted to replace the defaults in the workspace with the ones from the system. If no default property values are configured for a remote system, the system uses default values that are included with Developer for z/OS.

To configure default property values on a remote system, you must define a default values file that defines property values that are available to users when they connect to the system for the first time.

When a user connects to a system for the first time, the Developer for z/OS product determines whether a default values file exists on the system. If so, the default values are stored in the workspace so that whenever users create a property group for that system, the defaults from the default values file are used. For properties that do not have default values in the default values file, the default Developer for z/OS property values are used. If the default values file on the system is updated after the default values are transferred to the workspace, users are prompted to replace the defaults in the workspace with the ones from the system. The default values file is defaultvalues.xml and contains the following tags. It must be encoded in UTF-8. For the default values schema, see the related topics.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<DEFAULT-VALUES>
  <CATEGORY-INSTANCE>
    <CATEGORY>category name</CATEGORY>
    <PROPERTY>
      <NAME>property name</NAME>
      <VALUE>property value</VALUE>
    </PROPERTY>
  </CATEGORY-INSTANCE>
</DEFAULT-VALUES>

<CATEGORY-INSTANCE>: Specify one <CATEGORY-INSTANCE> tag for each property category for which you want to define default values. This tag can contain one <CATEGORY> tag and one or more <PROPERTY> tags.
<CATEGORY>: Specify the name of a property category for which you want to define default values. For a list of valid category names, see the related links.
<PROPERTY>: Specify one or more property <NAME> and <VALUE> pairs to include for the category. For a list of valid property names, see the related links.