Controls the order in which access to ESM-managed profiles is checked for a user.
This parameter is applicable to the PROFILE control statement (see PROFILE statement).
Specify a numeric value in the range 0-9999. All profiles with an ESMLEVEL of 0 will be checked in ascending alphabetical order, followed by all profiles with an ESMLEVEL of 1, then 2 and so on. The first 18 profile names to which a user has access will be assigned in the sequence in which they were checked. So, if USERA has ESM authority to access the following profiles:
PROFILE PROFA ESMLEVEL 3
PROFILE PROFB ESMLEVEL 2
PROFILE PROFC ESMLEVEL 2
PROFILE PROFD ESMLEVEL 1
PROFILE PROFE ESMLEVEL 0
PROFILE PROFF
Then the profiles would be assigned to USERA in the following sequence:
PROFE
PROFF
PROFD
PROFB
PROFC
PROFA
Users who do not have ESM authority for any of the profiles will be assigned the supplied DEFPROFILE value from the configuration.
See also ESMPRFCLNM.