ETID - Adabas User Identification

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# ETID - Adabas User Identification

This Natural profile parameter is used as an identifier for Adabas-related information; for example, for identification of data stored as a result of an `END TRANSACTION` statement.

Possible settings | 1 - 8 characters | The setting is used as the user ID setting in an Adabas open call.
`OFF` | Natural does not issue any Adabas open and close commands at the beginning of the Natural session. If, however, any `ETID` and/or `OPRB` specifications are present in Natural Security, these specifications are used in the subsequent open issued by Natural Security. This parameter setting is provided for use in conjunction with Natural Security to prevent Natural batch jobs that are sent at the same time from causing duplicate user ID settings in an Adabas open call during the initialization phase.
`' '` (blank) | If the `ETID` parameter is set to blanks, Natural does not issue any Adabas open and close commands; the `OPRB` parameter (if specified) and any `ETID` and `OPRB` specifications in Natural Security are ignored. In this case, you are recommended to set the Natural profile parameter `DBCLOSE` to `ON` to enforce a close command at session end. Otherwise, the user is not logged off from Adabas and the Adabas user queue element is not deleted. This may cause an overflow situation in the Adabas user queue.
Default setting | `*INIT-USER` |
Dynamic specification | yes |
Specification within session | no |

Notes:

1. If the `ETID` setting is not the same as the setting of the Natural system variable `*INIT-USER`, Natural issues an Adabas open with the specified `ETID` setting (and `OPRB` setting, if specified) at the beginning of the Natural session; this open remains in effect until the end of the Natural session; any `ETID` and `OPRB` specifications in Natural Security are ignored.
2. If the `ETID` setting is the same as the setting of `*INIT-USER`, or if the `ETID` parameter is not specified, Natural issues an Adabas open with the `*INIT-USER` setting as `ETID` (and the `OPRB` setting, if specified) at the beginning of the Natural session. If any Natural Security logon (initial logon or any subsequent logon) would change the currently valid `ETID` or `OPRB` setting (due to the library-/user-specific `ETID` and `OPRB` specifications in Natural Security), Natural Security issues a new open with the new `ETID` and `OPRB` settings. If the settings would remain the same after a logon, Natural Security does not issue a new open.
3. `ETID` and `*INIT-USER` can be modified by user exit `NATUEX1` during session startup. See NATUEX1 - User Exit for Authorization Control in the Operations documentation.
4. For further `ETID` options available with `ETID=OFF` which can be set in Natural Security, see Library and User Preset Values in the Natural Security documentation.