Does the UID need to be masked to the end

Products

• CA ACF2
• CA ACF2 - DB2 Option
• CA ACF2 for zVM
• CA ACF2 - z/OS
• CA ACF2 - MISC

Issue/Introduction

Do UID strings in rules need to be masked out to the end of the UID field?  For one rule on STC1SOTR and STC1SOTB, do I need to use UID(STC*SOT*) instead of UID(STC*SOT)?

Environment

Release:
Component: ACF2MS

Resolution

The UID string is automatically treated as a mask.  Any thing at the end of the coded UID field is considered a masked character.  UID TFINPAYNLTSTCLLAB would be a match to a rule that has UID(TFINPAY).  By omitting characters at the end, you can form a more general UID mask up to 24 total characters.
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