You can supply generic values for many of the parameters in your debugging profiles. To specify generic parameters, use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard character. You can use the wildcard character on its own, or at the end of a parameter. Leaving a parameter blank is equivalent to specifying an asterisk. For example:
When wildcards are used, a starting program may match more than one active profile. In this case, CICS® selects the profile that is the best match, using the following principles:
For example, considering transaction TRAA:
It is advisable to avoid complex use of wildcards in your debugging profiles, as it is not always obvious which of many profiles will be the best match for a given program instance. However, should you need to do so, you can use the information in Figure 157 to work out exactly which of several profiles will be the best match.
For each field in turn:
For each profile in turn, sum the values of M for all the fields (R).
The profile with the greatest value of R is the best match. If two or more matching profiles have the same greatest value of R, CICS chooses one of them, basing its selection on the sequence in which the profiles were created.