Using wildcard notation

You can also use wildcard notation for multiple character replacement in a character string. The wildcard character is an asterisk (*). You can use the wildcard character as the last position of a character string, or by itself. If a character string contains an asterisk in a position other than the last, it is treated as a character; for example, if you specify a character string of CI*S, the third character in a matching character string must have an asterisk as the third character. An asterisk by itself indicates a match for all characters.

Examples of wildcard notation

For example, suppose your installation has a naming convention for your CICS® AORS and TORS. You can use the following wildcard notation in your CICS classification rules. Note that the subsystem instance of CI*S is not wildcard notation, a matching subsystem instance must be CI*S.

     -------Qualifier-------------            -------Class--------
    Type       Name     Start                Service     Report
                                   DEFAULTS: CICSSTC2    ________
 1  TN         TOR*      ___                 CICSSTC1_
 1  TN         AOR*      ___                 CICSSTC3_
 1  SI         CI*S      ___                 CICSTEST_

Important Note

Be careful when putting specific definitions below wildcards, which might cause an unwanted early match. In the example, the rule for TOR11 is useless, because a TOR11 transaction will match the TOR* rule before it.

    -------Qualifier-------------            -------Class--------
    Type       Name     Start                Service     Report
                                   DEFAULTS: CICSSTC2    ________
 1  TN         TOR*      ___                 CICSSTC1_
 1  TN         TOR11     ___                 CICSSTC4_