Format of field definitions

The RACF® database templates contain a definition for each field in the profile.

Each field definition contains information about the field in the following format:

Field name (character data)	Field ID	Flag 1

Field Name		Character data.
Field ID		Reference number.
Flag 1 field		The bits have the following meanings when they are turned on:
	Bit 0:	The field is a member of a repeat group.
	Bit 1:	The definition describes a combination field.
	Bit 2:	The field is a flag byte.
	Bit 3:	The field contains the count of members in the repeat group following this field.
	Bit 4:	The definition describes a combination field continued in next entry.
	Bit 5:	The field (for example, PASSWORD) is masked.
	Bit 6:	The field is sorted in ascending order.
	Bit 7:	The field is a statistical field. A value is always stored for this field, even when it is equal to the defined null value for the field.
Flag 2		The bits have the following meanings when they are turned on:
	Bit 0:	Changes to this field affect security and cause ACEEs to be purged from VLF.
	Bit 1:	The field is padded on the left with binary zeros when values shorter than the field length are retrieved.
	Bit 2:	This field represents a 3-byte date field.
	Bit 3:	This field is an Application Identity Mapping alias name.
	Bit 4:	This field is not to be unloaded by the Database Unload utility (IRRDBU00).
	Bit 5:	The alias name in this field is EBCDIC.
	Bits 6–7:	Reserved for IBM's use.
Field Length		Field length on return from ICHEINTY or RACROUTE REQUEST=EXTRACT (0 is variable length).
Default Value		Field default. If the field is not present in the profile, this byte is propagated throughout the returned field as the default value.
Type		Data type of each field. In this column, character is represented as 'Char', integer is represented as 'Int', and binary is represented as 'Bin'. 'Date' and 'Time' are also possible data types. The type of a combination field that represents a single field is the same as that single field. There is no "type" associated with a combination field which represents multiple fields.