Example GDS Variable - Input to SIGNON/Change Password TP

The following is an example of a GDS variable that a system programmer can create as input to the SIGNON/Change password TP. In the figure, sub-field blocks 5-7, 8-10, 11-13, and 14-16 can appear in any order. Sub-field block 5-7 is optional.

Table 1. Example GDS Variable (SIGNON/Change password TP input)
Field Number	Length Byte(s)	Value	Description of Contents
1	2	`xxxx`	`xxxx` - The length of the entire GDS variable, including the length of this field.
2	2	X'1221'	The SIGNON/Change password GDS variable identifier.
3	2	`xxxx`	Length of field 3, plus the length of all the fields that follow this field in the GDS variable (length of nested data structure)
4	2	`FF01`	Request identifier indicating a request to sign a user on and change the user's password
5	1	`xx`	Length of fields 5-7
6	1	X'00'	Identifier for profile field
7	`x`	C'`profname`'	`profname` - user profile name
8	1	`xx`	Length of fields 8-10
9	1	X'01'	Identifier for user ID
10	`x`	C'`userid`'	`userid` - User ID for user issuing the allocate request
11	1	`xx`	Length of fields 11-13
12	1	X'02'	Identifier for old (expired) password
13	`x`	C'`oldpass`'	`oldpass` - User's old (expired) password
14	1	`xx`	Length of fields 14-16
15	1	X'06'	Identifier for new password (required field, only allowed with request identifier FF01)
16	`x`	C'`newpass`'	`newpass` - User's new password