Finding out what custom field information RACF has about you

Your user profile might contain installation-defined information about you. The security administrator can define custom fields unique to your installation, and specify for each field the type of data in the field, the length of the data, the output heading for the field in LISTUSER or LISTGRP output, the keyword name used for the field on TSO/E commands, and help text for the field. The custom field information is kept in the CSDATA segment of user and group profiles.

Note: The RACF® security administrator controls whether you can view all or some of the details of your custom field information.

To see the custom field information contained in your user profile, issue the LISTUSER command as follows:

LISTUSER your-userid CSDATA NORACF

The output you see depends on the fields that the security administrator has defined and authorized you to view. For example, assume that the security administrator has defined the following custom fields for your installation:

A flag field with the output heading "ACTIVE" that indicates whether or not an employee is active.
A numeric field with the output heading "EMPLOYEE SERIAL" containing an employee's serial number.
A character field with the output heading "HOME ADDRESS" containing an employee's home address.
A character field with the output heading "HOME PHONE" containing an employee's home telephone number

You might see output similar to the following sample:

Figure 1. LISTUSER output: sample custom field information

USER=DJONES

CSDATA INFORMATION
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ACTIVE= YES
EMPLOYEE SERIAL= 0000256400
HOME ADDRESS= 14 Main Street, Anywhere, IL 01234
HOME PHONE= 555-555-5555