Overview

As an administrator, you can use the VCI table to ensure that individual users always find the same default values when calling Adabas Audit Data Retrieval, for example, that certain fields in the List/Report Selection panel are populated with default values.

Use option C.1 to maintain the user definitions in the VCI table.

Requirements

When a user works under VDF or under _beta view, the VCI table is always processed.

When a user works under TSO, Adabas Audit Data Retrieval must be called with the initialization exit in order to process the VCI table. For more information, refer to the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval Installation and System Guide.

VCI table

The VCI table has one record for each Adabas Audit Data Retrieval user. This record contains the settings to be used for this user.

The fields of the record include the following:

• Selection criteria for the selection of lists

  (same as option 1 (BROWSE) plus the option of blocking fields or making fields required)

• Browse options

  (same as option 2 (OPTIONS) of the Browse User Profile menu)

• Selected fields of the user profile (same as option P.2 and P.3)

Records in the VCI table can be created manually or automatically.

User definition STANDARD

When you use the VCI table, you should create a user definition under the user ID STANDARD to define the settings that are to be used for new users of Adabas Audit Data Retrieval.

Adabas Audit Data Retrieval uses the definition for the user STANDARD as a template when creating new records in the VCI table.

Processing the VCI table

When a user calls Adabas Audit Data Retrieval, it checks whether there is a record for this user in the VCI table.

If Yes:

The ISPF variables of the user profile are redefined according to the values of this user's definition in the VCI table. If a VCI-field is empty, the corresponding ISPF variable is not redefined. If the ISPF variable contains a value, this value is preserved.

If No:

A new record is created for this user and then the ISPF variables of the user profile are redefined according to the values of the newly created definition. The following applies when creating a new record: The values for the new record are taken from the definition of the user STANDARD. If there is no record for the user STANDARD, some values for the new record are taken from the system options and most of the fields remain blank.

Note on _beta view

Adabas Audit Data Retrieval always reads the VCI table when a _beta view user logs on.

If the VCI table does not have a record for this user, Adabas Audit Data Retrieval uses the record that has been defined as standard user for this system in _beta view.

If the VCI table does not have a record for the specified standard user, logon is rejected.