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Workspace zSecure
Categories zSecure Admin
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 11, 2023

Improvements to zSecure =RA panels for searching the RACF CSDATA segment

In the four zSecure =RA submenus where it is possible to select 'additional selection criteria' on Segment Presence, add the following options on the custom data segment panel:

- The ability to specify whether multiple search options should be AND/ORed together, similar to the additional selection criteria panel for attributes (currently all selections on the CSDATA panel are ANDed together by default)

- The ability to search on whether a field is missing or defined/exists

There are zSecure users in our shop who do not have the technical expertise to write a CARLa script who try to use the zSecure panels to search custom data fields where they need these advanced features.

Idea priority Medium