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How User Definitions Are Merged

When you extract user records, Batch uses the same process to determine the values of the user options fields as when the user signs on to CA TPX. When a user signs on, the values for fields such as the menu key, jump key, and other user option fields are determined by merging the values for these fields from the system, profile, and user levels.

CA TPX merges the values for the user parameters in the following order:

1. At the system level, the product gets the system default values from the SMRT and STXT tables. These values apply to all users.
2. At the profile level, the product gets the profile default values from the profiles assigned to the user. If more than one profile is assigned to the user, values from the first appropriate profile are used. Some values are defined at both the system level and profile level. If a profile value is different than the system value, the profile value overrides the system value.
3. At the user level, the product gets the user values assigned to the user by a user administrator or by the user during self-maintenance. If a user value is different than a value set at the profile or system level, the user value overrides the other values.

Batch uses this same process to construct a user definition. Therefore, any user option values in an extract file or report are the result of merging the system defaults, profile overrides, and user overrides for each field.