Different kinds of data can have different edit profiles. For example, you could set up one edit profile for COBOL programs, another edit profile for memos, and a third edit profile for test data. Your installation determines how many different edit profiles are available to you. Typically, 25 edit profiles are available.

If you attempt to create more edit profiles than defined by your installation, the least-used edit profile is deleted first. Locked edit profiles are not deleted unless all your edit profiles are locked. In that case, the least-used locked edit profile is deleted first. Again, if you continue to add edit profiles, all of the unlocked edit profiles are deleted before locked edit profiles.

You can control the use of profiles from the Edit Entry panel. If you leave the Profile Name field blank, the profile name defaults to the data set type, which is the last qualifier in the data set name. If you type a profile name, it overrides the data set type qualifier. In either case, if a profile of that name currently exists, it is used. If it does not exist, a new profile is defined. The initial contents of the new profile include the default mode settings, all-blank mask and tabs, and default bounds. To eliminate the profile lines from your panel, use the RESET command.

When editing a z/OS® UNIX file, if the file name has a suffix then the first 8 characters of the suffix are used to identify the edit profile (any lowercase characters in the suffix are converted to uppercase). If the file name does not have a suffix the profile name defaults to HFSPROF.