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What are ENTERGY FIELDS in ACF2? How to add, retrieve and modify them - from an admin console and also by using ACFSVC macro?

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Can you provide more details on 'ENTERGY FIELDS'? Are 'ENTERGY FIELDS' user defined logonid fields?
User defined fields can be displayed or modified with the TSO ACF command processor, the ACF2 ISPF panels, as well as the ACFSVC macro. Please provide more details so we can better answer your questions. Thanks.

regards,

Michael Blaha

ACF2 Support

Thank you Michael. I am giving an example below for you to get a clear picture:

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change SM345 corpid(6789)

     sm345                                                                              SM345         SARASWATHY MAGI

     ACCESS                           ACC-CNT(0)  ACC-DATE......

     PASSWORD                     KERB-VIO(0)    KERBCURV()  ......

                                               PSWD-TOD....

     TSO                                   DFT-PFX(SM345)

     STATISTICS                      SEC-VIO(0).....

     RESTRICTIONS               PREFIX....

     ENTERGY FIELDS           CORPID(6789)

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This is how the ENTERGY FIELDS are coming up. This is must be a user defined field as I dont see any standard documentation about the same in ACF2 manuals. If it is a user defined field, which field in LOGONID Record should I access through ACFSVC? How are these user defined fields defined? Please let me know.

Do these features change from one version of ACF2 to another version of ACF2? If so what are the changes?

Thank you,

Regards,

Saraswathy.

Saraswathy,

Yes the 'ENTERGY FIELDS' CORPID(6789) is a site user defined field. The user defined
field is defined using the ACF2 field definition @CFDE macros and added to the logonid
record by modifying the USERLID section of the LIDREC DSECT to reflect the used defined
@CFDE entries. Both the @CFDE entries and the USERLID section of the LIDREC DSECT are
part of the ACF2 ACFFDR.

The user defined fileds are carried forward from version to version by reassembling the
CA ACF2 Field Definition Record (ACFFDR) by running the FDRJXB job. Sites need to check
the UM99901 SERMOD and verify that the line numbers specified in the UM99901 USERMOD
update the relevant member at the correct location before running the FDRJXB job.

The code that utilizes the ACFSVC would access the user defined fields using the
USERLID section of the LIDREC DSECT.

Details on user defined fields and the ACFFDR can be found in the ACF2 documentation
as follows.

Section 'Specify Logonid Record Fields' link:

https://docops.ca.com/ca-acf2-for-z-os/16-0/en/administrating/administer-records/logonid-records/specify-logonid-record-fields

Section 'CA ACF2 Field Definition Records (ACFFDR)' link:

https://docops.ca.com/ca-acf2-for-z-os/16-0/en/installing-and-implementing/implement-ca-acf2/post-installation-considerations/ca-acf2-field-definition-records-acffdr

Please let us know if you have further questions. Thanks.

regards,
Michael Blaha
ACF2 Support