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Summary of changes
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These topics provide information needed to plan for, customize, maintain, and diagnose problems with HCL Z Data Tools.
Customizing Z Data Tools
Customizing Z Data Tools Db2® Component
Customizing Z Data Tools IMS™ Component
Customizing Z Data Tools CICS® Component
- Preparing to access CICS resources from Z Data Tools
- Customizing the operating environment for ZDT/CICS
- Customizing ZDT/CICS
  - Customizing the batch procedure
  - Modifying and submitting HFMCINST
  - Modifying and submitting HFM3INST and HFM3PRFD
  - Modifying and submitting HFM3PRDU
    If you need to update the parameters for a CICS® region after HFM3INST has been run to create the profile data set, use the job HFM3PRDU.
  - Changing the default options
    - HFM3POPI
      - PROF
      - QRDR
      - TRANVU
      - MSGL
      - CONN
      - START
      - TRAN
      - PORT
      - HOST
- Customizing the ZDT/CICS security environment
- CICS® security and ZDT/CICS
- Customizing the Z Data Tools audit facility for CICS® component
- Customizing ZDT/CICS for national languages
  You can customize ZDT/CICS for national languages other than English.
- Verifying the customization of ZDT/CICS
  After you have completed the initial installation and customization of ZDT/CICS, you can perform the following steps to verify your customization. You might need to refer to the Z Data Tools User’s Guide and Reference for CICS.
Z Data Tools on VS Code
HCL Z Data Tools is a host component that supports various interfaces such as Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio Code IDEs.
Z Data Tools on Eclipse
Z Data Tools plug-in for Eclipse, when used with an Eclipse-based platform such as IBM® Explorer for z/OS® or IBM Developer for z/OS, provides easy access through a graphical user interface (GUI) on the workstation to HCL Z Data Tools.
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

PROF

[ { PROF=profile_name | PROF = HFMPROF } ]

PROF: Specifies the 1-8 character file name used to define the profile data set to CICS®. The default is HFMPROF.