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Customizing Z Data Tools
Customizing Z Data Tools for national languages
You can customize Z Data Tools for national languages other than English.

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These topics provide information needed to plan for, customize, maintain, and diagnose problems with HCL Z Data Tools.
Summary of changes
Customizing Z Data Tools
- Preparing to customize Z Data Tools
- Customizing the operating environment for Z Data Tools
- Customizing Z Data Tools
- Customizing the Z Data Tools security environment
  Z Data Tools provides security for system-oriented functions through RACF® (or an equivalent security product).
- Customizing Z Data Tools to write audit records to SMF
- Customizing the Z Data Tools audit facility for the Z Data Tools Base component
- Customizing Z Data Tools for national languages
  You can customize Z Data Tools for national languages other than English.
  - Changing the print and display translation tables for languages other than English
    If you plan to use Z Data Tools with a national language other than English, you might need to provide print and display tables specific to your language.
  - Translating the message text
    All Z Data Tools Base function messages are stored in the HFM0MENU source member.
  - Translating the panel text
    All Z Data Tools panels are provided in English.
  - Using the translated messages and panels
  - Customizing for the Japanese national language
- Customizing Z Data Tools Service Provider for z/OS® Connect
  Z Data Tools Service Provider for IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition enables client applications to access IBM Z data sources using z/OS Connect.
- Customizing Z Data Tools to use library management system libraries
- Customizing Z Data Tools to use the Optim™ Data Privacy Provider API
- Customizing Z Data Tools to use an I/O exit
- Customizing Z Data Tools to use a scrambling exit
- Verifying the customization of Z Data Tools
  After you have completed the initial installation and customization of Z Data Tools Base function, you can perform the following steps to verify your customization.
Customizing Z Data Tools Db2® Component
Customizing Z Data Tools IMS™ Component
Customizing Z Data Tools CICS® Component
Z Data Tools on VS Code
HCL Z Data Tools is a host component that supports a Microsoft Visual Studio Code IDE.
Preparing for Z Data Tools Remote Services
Customizing Z Common Components server
Z Data Tools options
ZDT/Db2 options
ZDT/IMS options
Z Data Tools options specified in PARMLIB members
The library management system exit
Z Data Tools audit records
Notices

Customizing Z Data Tools for national languages

You can customize Z Data Tools for national languages other than English.

If you are using Japanese and you have installed the Z Data Tools Japanese component, you might not need to perform any other customization for the Japanese national language. If you are using a language other than English or Japanese, you will need to perform all of the steps listed in Summary of steps for customizing Z Data Tools for a national language.

Table 1. Summary of steps for customizing Z Data Tools for a national language
Step	Description
__ 1	Set the LANGUAGE option for batch processing, if required. See Setting the default national language.
__ 2	Change the TERMTYPE option in HFM0POPT, if you are using a DBCS language. See TERMTYPE.
__ 3	Confirm that you have the correct terminal type set in ISPF (ISPF option 0).
__ 4	Create a print and display translation table for your language. See Changing the print and display translation tables for languages other than English.
__ 5	Translate the Z Data Tools message text to your language. See Translating the message text.
__ 6	Provide a version of HFM0MENU for your language. See Providing a multicultural version of HFM0MENU.
__ 7	Translate the Z Data Tools ISPF messages to your language. See Translating the ISPF messages text.
__ 8	Translate the Z Data Tools panels to your language. See Translating the panel text.