Establishing naming conventions for IBM Z Workload Scheduler resources

The use of consistent naming conventions lets you group users and helps to reduce the number of RACF® resource names you need. Name standards are particularly important if you restrict access to IBM Z Workload Scheduler data by specifying subresources. Consider these resources when establishing naming conventions:
  • Application ID
  • Group definition ID
  • Owner ID
  • Authority Group ID
  • Calendar ID
  • Period name
  • Operation name
  • Workstation name
  • JCL-variable table ID
  • Special-resource name
Also consider which resources you use to restrict access. For example, you can protect application descriptions through the application ID, the owner ID, and the authority group ID.
Note: Some IBM Z Workload Scheduler fields that can be used for security verification permit characters not acceptable to RACF. For example, the characters for semicolon, comma, and blank cannot be specified in a RACF resource name regardless of the FIRST and OTHER specifications in the ICHERCDE MACRO, but are acceptable as part of an IBM Z Workload Scheduler owner ID.