How to add user defined fields in ACF2

Products

• ACF2 - z/OS
• ACF2
• ACF2 - MISC

Issue/Introduction

How to define 8-10 user defined fields, each 64 characters in length in ACF2?

Resolution

The USERLID or USERXLID section (each section is 192(DECIMAL), C0(HEX) BYTES, so a total of 384 180(hex) bytes) of the LIDREC DSECT can be used to include the new @CFDE fields in the logonid record.

First, you will need to figure out how much space is left to add user defined fields.

Depending on how much space is left in your configuration, here is a sample example to add 6 user defined fields 64 bytes in length. The two changes need to be made for USERLID and CFDE entry as shown below:

USERLID:

USERFLD1  DS    CL64      

USERFLD2  DS    CL64     

……

USERFLD6  DS    CL64      

 

@CFDE Entries:

@CFDE  FIELD1,USERFLD1,CHAR,ALTER=ACCOUNT,LIST=ALL,PRTN=1,          
               RRTN=1,GROUP=0                                          
@CFDE  FIELD2,USERFLD2,CHAR,ALTER=ACCOUNT,LIST=ALL,PRTN=1,           
              RRTN=1,GROUP=0         

 ….                
@CFDE  FIELD6,USERFLD6,CHAR,ALTER=ACCOUNT,LIST=ALL,PRTN=1,           
               RRTN=1,GROUP=0   

                                       

To implement the changes mentioned above, follow this KD article 212957: How to update the ACF2 ACFFDR using the recommended UM99901 USERMOD which explains the process to make these changes using USERMOD UM99901.

If you are running out of space, the other option is to define the user profile records in infostorage database. The procedure is described in Create Structured Infostorage Records.