Main Menu and the Operational Control options within RC/Update

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• RC/Update for DB2 for z/OS

Issue/Introduction

When entering the RC/Update for Db2 for z/OS (RCU) Main Menu, only the Operation Control options are displayed on the screen.
Why aren't the other options and objects displayed?

RUPM 20.0   ------------- RC/Update Main Menu ------------ yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
COMMAND ===>

Option      => B                     Object  => T           Mode  => O ONLINE
Item Name   => table               > Creator => creator   > Where => N
--------------------------------------------------------------------- authid
Location    => LOCAL              DB2 SSID => ssid       DB2 Version: 121M500

 
 Operation Control      
   L  - Log Display     
   P  - Profile         
   BP - Batch Processor 
   IS - Interactive SQL 
   TU - Tutorial

Resolution

The Operation Control options will be the only options displayed if the other options have not been granted to the current authid.
This task can be completed by accessing Product Authorizations off the products main menu or, by simply typing an A at the command line on the products main menu.

Once on the Product Authorizations panel, specify the TO ID that needs the access to the options that will be allowed.

Tab down to RC/Update, place and E(xplode) on the CMD line and press enter.

The following will be displayed:

___ RC/Update
___   Product Auths
___   Auth. Options

Drill down farther so place a Y next to ____ Auth. Options and press enter.

This will display the following screen:

RUPRCUAO 20.0   --------- RC/Update Authorization -------- yyyy/mmm/dd hh:mm:ss
COMMAND ===>
N
For User ID ===> PUBLIC
----------------------  Use Of RC/Update Subcomponents  ----------------------
RC/EDIT       ===>     N    RC/SQL   ===>     Y    RC/DATA COMPARE  ===>  N
RC/BROWSE     ===>     Y    RC/COPY  ===>     Y

Object Options                  DB2    RC
                       Create  Alter  Alter  Drop  Template
Storage Group   ===>     Y       Y      Y      Y      Y
Data Base       ===>     Y       Y      Y      Y      Y
Table Space     ===>     Y       Y      Y      Y      Y
Table           ===>     Y       Y      Y      Y      Y
Referential     ===>     Y       Y      Y      Y      Y
Index           ===>     Y       Y      Y      Y      Y
View/Join       ===>     Y       Y      Y      Y      Y
Synonym/Alias   ===>     Y       Y             Y      Y
Trigger         ===>     Y       Y      Y      Y      Y
Sequence        ===>     Y       Y      Y      Y      Y
Procedure       ===>     Y       Y      Y      Y      Y
User Function   ===>     Y       Y      Y      Y      Y
Role            ===>     Y       Y      Y      Y      Y
Trusted Context ===>     Y       Y      Y      Y      Y
******************************* BOTTOM OF DATA ********************************
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--------------------  RC/Update Administrative Privileges  -------------------
System Defaults Privileges              Drop/Recovery Table Privileges
System Administrator ===>      N        Restrict Delete Function ===>     Y
Personal Defaults    ===>      Y        Model Service Privilege  ===>     N

This gives the RC/Update administrator the ability to determine what access is allowed for a given ID.

In this example PUBLIC could be used as the default user ID. The ID would allow browsing of data but, not the option of edit or data compare:

RC/EDIT       ===>     N    RC/SQL   ===>     Y    RC/DATA COMPARE  ===>  N    
RC/BROWSE     ===>     Y    RC/COPY  ===>     Y   

The online help for these two fields states:

Field:  RC/EDIT

Description:  This component enables the user to edit table data.

Field:  RC/DATA COMPARE

Description:  This component allows the user to compare data from
two tables.

Going back to the RC/Update Main Menu, it would now display when using the set current sqlid PUBLIC:

RUPM 20.0   ------------- RC/Update Main Menu ------------ yyyy/mmm/dd hh:mm:ss
COMMAND ===>

Option      => B                     Object  => T           Mode  => O ONLINE
Item Name   => table               > Creator => creator   > Where => N
--------------------------------------------------------------------- authid
Location    => LOCAL              DB2 SSID => ssid       DB2 Version: 121M500

    Object Options             Objects  (for use with Object Options)
      A  - Alter                 SG - Storage Group     T  - Table
      C  - Create                DB - Data Base         I  - Index
      D  - Drop                  TS - Table Space       V  - View
      T  - Template              TG - Trigger           S  - Synonym
      R  - Drop Recovery         SQ - Sequence          A  - Alias
                                 PR - Procedure         J  - Join/Edit
                                 UF - User Function     RI - Ref.Integrity
                                 RL - Role              TC - Trusted Context

     Operation Control          Table Data Options                              
       L  - Log Display           B  - Browse            FB - Fast Browse       
       P  - Profile               CO - Copy                                     
       BP - Batch Processor       RB - RI Browse                                
       IS - Interactive SQL                                
       TU - Tutorial     

You will notice under Table Data Options, the two options that were set to N on the RC/Update Authorization screen are not displayed on the RC/Update Main Menu.
These options are as follows:

  E  - Edit
  FE - Fast Edit                                                                             
  DC - Data Compare

Edit and Fast Edit are both controlled by the RC/EDIT === > N

Field:  RC/EDIT

Description:  This component enables the user to edit table data.