IBM Security zSecure CARLa Auditing and Reporting Language

Chapter 1: Introduction and the CARLa Interface

• The information types that CARLa can process.
• Run CARLa programs using Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
• Three most commonly used CARLa keywords
• Write your own customized CARLa report

Chapter 2: CARLa SELECT and SORTLIST statements

• Produce customized RACF reports
• Specify the profiles that you want to report with SELECT statements
• Format reports with SORTLIST statements and output modifiers
• Add custom values to reports with user-defined fields

Chapter 3: Frequently Used CARLa functions

• Report about information that is stored in repeat groups
• Sub-filter the repeat group information with SUBSELECT statement
• Create ISPF reports with drill-down capability using a DISPLAY statement
• Combine information from multiple profiles and segments
• Use string processing in reports

Chapter 4: NEWLIST and SUMMARY options

• Combine multiple reports with the NEWLIST statement
• Add statistical information to reports
• Generate RACF commands with CARLa

Chapter 5: Advanced CARLa Functions

• Use profile or record pre-selection with PROFLIST function
• Use multiple input files to report about multiple systems or changes over time for the same system
• Write multiple-pass CARLa programs to solve complex problems

Chapter 6: Use CARLa in batch jobs

• Run CARLa programs with Job Control Language (JCL)
• E-mail reports that are generated by CARLa
• Generate Write To Operator (WTO) messages with CARLa
• Produce reports in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format

Chapter 7: SMF reporting with CARLa

• Produce reports about events that are logged in SMF records

Chapter 8: Other supported CARLa NEWLIST types

• Produce and customize trusted users report
• Report information from the Class Descriptor Table (CDT) with CARLa
• Report the global RACF options (SETROPTS) with CARLa
• Produce reports about the scope of a user's permissions
• Report custom CONSOLE class and DB2 region reports