You can, for example, define a property group with values required for debugging in your environment and apply that property group to your resources when you need to debug the programs in your project or subproject. If you need to change a specific property value, for example, the JCL job card and data set, you can change this property once in the property group and the change is propagated to all resources associated with that property group.
You can add, copy, delete, edit, import, and export property groups. The physical (that is, systems, files, and data sets) and logical (that is, projects and subprojects) resources on a system can be associated with a property group that can be overridden for specific situations. Property groups are independent of each other. That is, changing property values in one property group has no effect on the property values in other property groups.
Your site can create system property groups and default property values and make them available to users. When a connection is made to a system, Rational® Developer for System z® searches the system for system property group and default value files. If these files are found, then those property groups or default values are loaded and can be used. See Configuring property groups and default property values for instructions.
For more information on creating and using property groups, select one of the following topics: