Defining Non-Critical Fields

To define which fields within a data file may be updated without tickets, set the For non-critical fields field to Y from either the Add Protection of Files screen (shown in Adding Protection to Files) or the Modify Protection of Files screen (shown in Modifying Protection for Files) for that file, then press Enter. The Define Non-Critical Fields screen appears.

​  ALEX⁄AUSYSID         ​    ​  Define Non-Critical Fields​                                                                                                               ​  Type choices, press Enter.​                                                         ​  1=Non-Critical Field. Any program or file-editor may change this field.​                                                                                         ​  Opt​  Key​  Field    ​  ​  Description​                                       ​  Attributes ​  ​ 1​  ​     ​  ASTEXT    ​  SYSTEM DESCRIPTION                                ​  A    50​     ​   ​  ​     ​  ASRLNB    ​  SERIAL NUMBER                                     ​  A     8​     ​   ​  ​     ​  ASYSNM    ​  SYSTEM NAME                                       ​  A     8​                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ​        Bottom​   ​  F3=Exit                     F12=Cancel                                          ​                                                                                  ​                                                                              ​   ​   ​

To mark any field as non-critical, enter"1" in the Opt column for that field, then press Enter. Any program will then be able to alter the field, whether or not it is in the whitelist or blacklist for that file.

To mark a field that had been marked as non-critical as being significant, remove the 1 from its Opt column.

The screen from which you accessed this screen reappears.