To execute the application program, you must define the following information for example:
the application properties
the UTM user IDs and data access control
the properties of clients and printers
the properties of partner applications (server applications)
the properties of services, i.e. of transaction codes and program units
message queues (user, TAC and temporary queues)
the structure of the application (subdivision into load modules for use with BLS, shared objects or DLLs)
reserved locations in UTM object tables for dynamic configuration
These properties combine to form the configuration, and are defined using the KDCDEF control statements. The KDCDEF control statements serve as input for the generation tool KDCDEF.
The KDCDEF control statements are listed in accordance with their function group starting in section "Creating the ROOT table source, the KDCFILE and UTM cluster files".
The KDCFILE administrative file is used to store all configuration information and thus all administrative data required to run the application.