PLOG - Logging of Dynamic Parameters

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# PLOG - Logging of Dynamic Parameters

This Natural profile parameter enables you to print a list of all profile parameters that were specified dynamically at the start of the session.

Possible settings | `ON` | In batch mode: At session start, a list of the dynamically specified profile parameters and their settings is written to the output data set `CMPLOG`. (If `CMPLOG` is not available, the list is written to the standard output data set `CMPRINT`.) In online mode under TSO: At session start, a list of the dynamically specified profile parameters and their settings is written to the output data set `CMPLOG`. (If `CMPLOG` is not available, the list is sent to the terminal.) In online mode under CICS: At session start, a list of the dynamically specified profile parameters and their settings is sent to the terminal.
`OFF` | No list of dynamic profile parameters is written.
Default setting | `OFF` |
Dynamic specification | yes | Notes: When specified dynamically, the `PLOG` parameter applies to all subsequent dynamic profile parameters until the next `PLOG` specification. This allows you to exclude individual parameters from being printed, for example, if their settings contain passwords or other sensitive information that should not be printed. All dynamic parameters which are specified between a `PLOG=OFF` specification and a subsequent `PLOG=ON` specification are not printed. If the dynamic parameter string starts with `PLOG=ON`, the parameters coming from a `PROFILE` specified in the Natural Parameter module are also printed, although they are evaluated before the dynamic parameter string.
Specification within session | no |

Notes:

1. This Natural profile parameter only applies in batch mode, under TSO and under CICS.
2. Printing a list of all profile parameters that were specified dynamically at the start of the session may be useful to ascertain which dynamic profile parameters were actually used, particularly if profile parameters such as `PROFILE` or `SYS` are specified, which in turn "contain" other profile parameters (for a `PROFILE` or `SYS` parameter, the entire string of profile parameters activated by it is listed).