VISTA Plus for MPE Administrator's Guide
Chapter 7
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Report Keys
When security is assigned to a report, security masks are linked to a report key. A report key
defines a unique report within the system and consists of a report name and the creator of a report
(session,user and account names). Report keys allow different security masks to be assigned to
reports with the same name but created by different batch jobs or by different users. This capability
can be used to prevent users in one account from viewing reports that have the same report name
but were created for users in another account.
When report keys are created in the Report Maintenance window, wild cards can be specified with
session, user and account names to reduce management of report records. This allows you to assign
the same security mask to all reports created in the same account or by a specific user. This feature
also reduces the time spent maintaining report records.
Example Report Keys:
Report AP5100 created by job AP5100,BATCH.AP
Report Name :AP5100
Job Name :AP5100
User Name :BATCH
Account Name :AP
Report AP5100 created by user BATCH.AP. Job name is ignored.
Report Name :AP5100
Job Name :@
User Name :BATCH
Account Name :AP
Report AP5100 created within account AP. Job and user names are ignored.
Report Name :AP5100
Job Name :@
User Name :@
Account Name :AP
Report AP5100. Job, user and account names are ignored.
Report Name :AP5100
Job Name :@
User Name :@
Account Name :@
All reports created by job AP5100,BATCH.AP.
Report Name :@
Job Name :AP5100
User Name :BATCH
Account Name :AP
Wild cards can be used in any of the fields, as shown above. However, the report name field cannot
contain embedded wild cards (such as RPT@100).