Coding ETO descriptors

IMS uses ETO descriptors to dynamically build terminal structures and user structures.

The four types of ETO descriptors are:
  • Logon
  • User
  • MFS device
  • MSC
The basic format for all ETO descriptors is:
Column
Description
1
One of the following descriptor types:
L
Logon descriptor
U
User descriptor
D
MFS device descriptor
M
MSC descriptor
*
Comment line (ignored by IMS)
3-10
Name of the descriptor, using the following conventions:
  • Must be one to eight alphanumeric characters.
  • For logon and user descriptors, characters are limited to A-Z, #, $, and @.
  • For MSC descriptors, use the link name.
12-72
One or more keywords and their parameters, separated by blanks. Use commas to separate multiple parameters for a single keyword.
73-80
Optional sequence numbers (ignored by IMS).