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PROFILE foreground/background processing differences

z/OS TSO/E Command Reference
SA32-0975-00

The following differences should be noted for foreground/background processing:
  • Changes made while processing in the foreground are saved from session to session.
  • Changes made while processing in the background remain in effect for the duration of the background session, and are not saved after the background session. Your foreground profile is not altered by background processing.

See Table 1 for a guide to the initialization of the terminal monitor program (TMP) in batch processing. The heading "RACF/Non-RACF Job Without User ID" means RACF® without user ID, without a UADS entry for the user ID, or without RACF.

Table 1. UPT/PSCB initialization table in the background
TMP initialization in the background
User profile table (UPT) Protected step control block (PSCB)
  RACF job with USER ID RACF/Non-RACF job without USER ID   RACF job with USER ID RACF/Non-RACF job without USER ID
USERFLD * ZERO PSCBUSER job user ID

NULL (blanks)
(1) NO JCL

EDIT
RECOV

*$ NO RECOVER PSCBGPNM NULL NULL (blanks)
PROMPT *$ NO PROMPT OPERATOR * NOOPER
MSGID * MSGID ACCOUNT *

ACCOUNT
(1) NO  ACCOUNT

INTERCOM * NO INTERCOM JCL * JCL
PAUSE * NO PAUSE MOUNT * NO MOUNT
ATTN/LD * NOT ATTN ATTN/LD * NOT ATTN
MODEMSG * NO MODEMSG

EDIT
RECOV

* NO RECOVER
WTPMSG * NO WTPMSG HOLDCLASS * NULL (zero)
CHAR DEL *$ ZERO

SUBMIT
CLASS

* NULL (zero)
LINE DEL *$ ZERO SUBMIT MSGCLASS * NULL (zero)
PREFIX

1 *
2 job user ID

NULL (blanks)
(1) ***

SYSOUT CLASS * NULL (zero)
PLANGUAGE **

**
(1) ENU (English)

SYSOUT
DEST

* NULL (blanks)
SLANGUAGE **

**
(1) ENU (English)

CHAR DEL * NULL (zero)
      LINE DEL * NULL (zero)
     

REGION
SIZE

*/2 NULL (zero)
VARSTORAGE *$

LOW

     
*
The value is taken from UADS entry profile. If the UADS prefix is empty, the system uses the job user ID.
*$
You can modify most of the preceding defaults in the background by issuing the PROFILE command with the appropriate operand/keyword. You cannot use the PROFILE command to modify the attributes in the background.
**
This depends on how your installation defines languages.
***
The value is set equal to the userid associated with this address space unless that userid is greater than seven characters in length. In that case, there is no prefix. The search order for the userid is ACEEUSRI, ASXBUSER, no prefix.
*
The value is taken from the UADS entry profile.
(1) Setting as a result of using TSO/E Environment Service (IKJTSOEV)

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