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$HOST-ID Function

The $HOST-ID function returns the value of the user's identity as provided to the host environment (CICS or batch). It may have a different value from that of $USER-ID or $USER-NAME according to the way sign-on was performed.

This function has the following format

$HOST-ID

The function returns an 8-byte character string, and is read-only.