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Use External Security to Determine Applications on TPX Menu

You can use external security to determine the applications that will appear on the TPX Menu for a given user.

• A profile must be built in CA TPX for each application (one application per profile). It is possible to put more than one application in a single profile, but you would then have to permit them as a group.
• A profile marked "Profile Should Be First" must be created for each set of menu parameters (menu key, tag key, print key, and so on). Applications would not be defined in this profile. All users would be given access to the appropriate profile for menu parameters.
• In the Performance Parameters panel (TEN0101) under System Options, the Load Profiles at Startup field must be set to Y (see the Performance Parameters section of the chapter "Specifying System Options" in the Administration Guide).
• A resource class (such as VTAMAPPL) must be defined in external security. Each profile name in CA TPX must be defined as a resource in this class. You must identify this resource class to CA TPX on panel TEN0090 in the Resource Class field. Additionally, the Profile Selection field must be set to PROF (see the Security Parameters section of the chapter "Specifying System Options" in the Administration Guide). Note that the field Default Dynamic User Profile on the System Features panel (TEN0105) is ignored.

Profiles in security will be built that contain permission for the application signon (facility) and permission for the menu name (resource). Users will be given permission to the profile that will, in a single step, give them access to the application and add the menu entry to their menu. Note that this permission is required today for each user and application; if defined properly, no additional administration is needed. Applications and their associated menu items can be grouped in security under a single security profile or nested profiles, as appropriate.

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