Specifies whether the application session is a dropped session.
This common session parameter is applicable to these control statements: SYSTEM (see SYSTEM statement), PROFILE (see PROFILE statement), USER (see USER statement), TERMINAL (see TERMINAL statement), and APPL (see APPL statement).
If DROP_SESSION is set to Yes it will prevent you from:
The IBM Session Manager session variable s_dropsess may be used to refer to the value of DROP_SESSION for an application session; for details, see the Panels, Scripts and Variables manual. However, after the user exit E22 point all DROP_SESSION YES|ON sessions will have been dropped and therefore no longer available to access.
If an E22 exit is active the DROP_SESSION parameter will be set regardless of the configuration settings, therefore if you want to conceal any sessions to which the user has access then set the CONCEAL common session parameter to YES. See 'Defining security' in the Installation and Customization manual and SECURITY.