Managing utility profiles
A utility profile is a file that contains customized specifications for the syntax of a utility.
Using utility profiles saves you time and helps avoid user errors because you avoid having to specify the syntax each time that you generate a job. Using utility profiles is not required; however, we strongly recommend it.
Catalog Manager creates the following types of utility profiles:
- Site profiles, which apply to all users
User profiles, which are available to the users who create them
Minimal setup is required to enable you to use utility profiles:
- Allocate a data set in which to save the utility profiles by using the following criteria:
- Record format = VB (variable blocked)
- Record length = 255
- Specify the data set in Catalog Manager options, as follows:
- Specify the site profile data set in the TDSN installation option of the Catalog Manager installation options. The default value of the TDSN option is blank. The data set can be either sequential or partitioned. If the data set is partitioned, ensure that you include the member name in the data set. For more information, see Catalog-Manager-installation-options.
- Specify the user profile data set on the Datasets panel. For more information, see Setting-data-set-options.
We recommend that you save all utility profiles in members of the same data set.
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| For more information, view the Quick Course Setting Up User Utility Profiles. |
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