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OfficeVision w/DB-2 and ChargeBack

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From: Jack McRae
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 00:00
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Here's the situation:  When using OfficeVison for CICS (OV/CICS) with a
DB-2 interface, we were required by IBM to use the AUTH parameter in the
RCT table.  This AUTH parm is set to a constant authorization-id
(authid).  It is this authid that DB-2 uses to allow OV/CICS to have
access to DB-2's databases.

Here's the problem:  Because the authid is a constant value, everybody
who uses OV/CICS appears to be the same user.  Hence, when we try to
charge-back the "real" user for his use of OV/CICS and DB-2, all we get is
the one user (which is the hard-coded userid in the AUTH parm).

Here's my question:  Has anyone any idea on how to charge the "real" user
of OV/CICS for his real usage (even though the authid is hard-coded)?
FYI...IBM doesn't have a solution for this.

TIA!

Regards, Jack.

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Date: 1995/08/03
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