| Keyword | Description | 
|---|---|
| Doctemplate(name) | Name of the Document Template record. Can be up to eight characters in length. Acceptable characters are A through Z, 0 through 9, $, @ and #. | 
| Group(groupname) | Names the group the connection definition belongs to. Mandatory. groupname can be up to eight characters in length. Acceptable characters are A through Z, 0 through 9, $, @ and #. Do not specify a group name starting with DFH, as Mainframe Subsystem Support (MSS) uses that prefix for system groups. | 
| Description(text) | Describes the bundle. Optional. text can be up to 60 characters in length, with no restrictions except that if you use a left parenthesis you must ensure that there is a matching right parenthesis. | 
| TEmplatename(name) | The name by which the template is known to application programs. | 
| File(name) | A CICS file that contains the template. | 
| Appendcrlf(YES|NO) | When YES, CICS deletes trailing spaces and appends a carriage return for each logical record of the template. | 
| TYpe (ASCII|EBCDIC|BINARY) | The format of the template contents: 
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| TSqueue(tsqueue) | A temporary storage queue containing the template. | 
| TDqueue(tdqueue) | A transient storage queue containing the template. | 
| Program(program) | The CICS program that contains the template. | 
| Exitpgm(program) | The exit program that generates this template. | 
| DDname(name) | The partitioned data set (PDS) containing the template. Default is DFHHTML. | 
| Membername(name) | A member in the PDS containing the template. | 
| Hfsfile(string) | Path to a z/OS UNIX System Services file containing the template. | 
Example
DEFINE DOCTEMPLATE(SAMPDOCT) GROUP(SAMPGRP)
DESCRIPTION(Sample MVS PDS TEMPLATE)
       TEMPLATENAME(MY TEMPLATE NAME) DDNAME(MYDDNAME)
       MEMBERNAME(MYMEMBER) APPENDCRLF(YES) TYPE(EBCDIC)