The language segment holds information about the national language in which
the user receives messages. You can specify two languages, but CICS assigns
each user only one language. It assigns the primary language if it is specified
and CICS supports that language. If the primary language is not specified
or is not supported, CICS assigns the secondary language if it is specified
and CICS supports it.
Specify the user's preferred national languages in the LANGUAGE segment
of the RACF user profile, using the LANGUAGE parameter on the ADDUSER or ALTUSER
command:
- LANGUAGE
- Use this parameter to specify primary and secondary languages for CICS
users. CICS accepts and uses the languages you define in the segment, but
ignores the RACF system-wide defaults. This is because CICS has its own system
default for national languages, which you specify on the CICS system initialization
parameter, NATLANG.
- PRIMARY(primary_language)
- This parameter identifies the user's primary language, overriding
the system default. Depending on the national language feature you have installed,
you can specify this as one of the 3-character codes in National Language.
- SECONDARY(secondary_language)
- This parameter identifies the user's secondary language, overriding
the system default. You can specify this as one of the 3-character codes
listed in National Language.
For more information about national language, see National language and non-terminal transactions.