Setting up languages for users

You can specify a primary language and a secondary language to be used for displaying translated information. The primary and secondary languages you specify need to be defined to the MVS™ message service. If the primary language is not available or not supported by the user's terminal and a secondary language has been specified, information is displayed in the secondary language. If both the primary and secondary languages fail, the default of U.S. English is used.

Languages can be specified in one of the following ways:

If your installation has RACF®, you can use RACF commands to set up languages for users. Installations can set up language segments for individual users with the RACF ADDUSER or ALTUSER command. Users authorized to use the RACF ALTUSER command can establish or change a language segment for themselves. If a user has a language segment, the languages will be saved from session to session.
Your installation can also use the SETROPTS command to establish a default language for all users on the system. For more information about using the SETROPTS command, see .
Your installation can use the logon installation exit IKJEFLD1 to set up language values for users. For more information about this exit, see Writing a logon pre-prompt exit (IKJEFLD/IKJEFLD1).
An individual user can use the TSO/E PROFILE command to set up or change languages. For more information about this command, see .