AUTOSELECT

Description

Enables a session to be automatically selected when the user logs on, based on a specified application name or session number.

This common end-user parameter is applicable to these control statements: SYSTEM (see SYSTEM statement), PROFILE (see PROFILE statement), USER (see USER statement), and TERMINAL (see TERMINAL statement).

Format

AUTOSELECT
   session-id
   applname

Default: AUTOSELECT 0

Usage

Causes the login request, Initscript or IBM Session Manager command associated with the defined application name or session number (range 1 to 9999) to be issued automatically as soon as the user accesses IBM Session Manager. If PF keys have been defined to access an application, the session number is the PF key number. If more than one session is using the specified applname then the first session will be selected.

Since the user is immediately connected to the relevant application without seeing the Menu screen, this facility is particularly useful in a situation when either a user has only a single application, or when the majority of a user's work is done in a single application.

If the specified session defines a IBM Session Manager command, the command is issued immediately after sign-on or reconnection.

AUTOSELECT=0 can be specified as a default on the SYSTEM statement and then defined specifically for a user using a PROFILE, USER or TERMINAL statement.

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