JOBACID

Valid on z/OS.

JOBACID identifies the field on every batch job card from which the ACID is derived when the source of the submission cannot be identified and if no USER= field is present on the job card.

If a value for the USER= parameter is coded on the jobcard, this value will override any JOBACID option unless the USER= acid is undefined.

This control option uses all entry methods.

This control option has the following format:

JOBACID(field,position [,Start ])

The following tables details operands to use with the JOBACID control option:

Field Prefix	Field Name	Operand	Position Name and Meaning
A	Accounting	Digit from 1‑8	Parameter within the field becomes the ACID, optionally starting in the nth position within that field.
U	Undefined	Digit from 1‑7	Disable JOBACID processing. Both numeric values are ignored. No JOBACID default is derived, but other default processing such as DEFACID in the batch facility or the UNDEFIND entry point of TSSINSTX will still be used.
J	Job Name	Digit from 1‑8	First n characters become the ACID.
R	Reader Name	Digit from 1‑8	First n characters become the ACID.

All batch jobs must be identified with an ACID and password in the FAIL mode, unless default ACIDS are assigned. The security administrator can use the JOBACID control option to indicate which field on the JOB card should be used as the ACID.

The default is:

JOBACID(A,1)

It indicates that the first parameter of the Accounting field should be used as the ACID:

//EXAMPLEA  JOB (ADMIN,ADM100)

The ADMIN parameter is used as the ACID.

Sub-accounting

For installations that use sub‑accounting, CA Top Secret will treat the slash '/' and dash '‑'as delimiters of an accounting number that is used as an ACID.

Examples: JOBACID control option

When JOBACID(A,1) is used, the ACID is ADM200 in the following account specifications:

ADM200-SMYTHE

ADM200/JUN82

This example sets USER=CST:

//EXAMPLEB JOB 123,'CST-5NG'

In this example JOBACID(J,5) indicates that the first five characters of the job name are used as the USER=ACTRC:

//ACTRCV7 JOB 12B,'SMITH,ACTRCV7'

Note: USER is restricted to a maximum of seven characters by z/OS and JCL rules.