Work with Reporting Exceptions screen

Work with Reporting Exceptions is used to list, add, change, and remove programs to be skipped during Powertech Authority Broker reporting. Program names need to be defined to Authority Broker before a reporting function can identify them as items to ignore.

How to Get There

From the Authority Broker Configuration Menu, select option 10.

Options

1 (Add)

Add an exception. Valid for line one only.

4 (Delete)

Delete an exception entry.

Field Descriptions

The Filter from Rpt

Specifies whether the program is to be excluded from reports not.

The possible values are:

Y Yes the entry is active. Exclude the program from reports.
N No the entry is inactive. Include the program on reports.
Object name

Specifies the name of the object to be excluded. The name must conform to IBM's naming conventions.

Library

Specifies the name of the library the object resides in.

The possible values are:

Library—name The name of the library the object resides in. It must conform to IBM's naming conventions.
*PRODUCT Special value *PRODUCT specifies the program is an Authority Broker object.
NOTE: *PRODUCT library name indicates that the program can be found in the Powertech Authority Broker install library. When you first enter this screen, certain Authority Broker programs are already excluded from printing on the Event Reports by default.
Object type

Specifies the type of object being excluded from reports.

The possible values are:

*PGM The object is a program object.
*CMD The object is a command object.
User profile

Specifies the user profile associated to the program at run—time.

The possible values are:

user—profile The name of the user profile that used the program. It must conform to IBM's naming conventions.
*ALL Special value *ALL specifies user profile is to be ignored when determining if a report should exclude a program.

For all of the above options, the only verification Authority Broker performs, relative to the entry, is to ensure the name entered conforms to IBM’s naming conventions for libraries or user profiles, etc. It does not check for the existence of the object entered. This is to permit you to exclude object names that may no longer exist on the system.

Function Keys

F3 (Exit): Ends the current task and returns to the display from which the task was started. If changes have not been accepted prior to F3 being pressed, they will be lost.

F5 (Refresh): Restores the display to the values found in the database. Any changes will be lost.

F12 (Cancel): Returns to the previous menu or display. If changes have not been accepted prior to F12 being pressed, they will be lost.

F14 (Sort and Search): Sort and Search displays the Basic Reporting Exceptions Sort & Search screen, which allows selection of basic data sorting and searching criteria. This option is useful if you are searching for a specific program, but are unsure of the exact name or library location.

The above example shows an example of the Sort and Search screen filled out for a search of objects beginning with the letter "IS." The resulting output is sorted in the order defined by Object name.

In the above example, we selected our search results to be sorted by and in the following order:

  1. Object type
  2. Library name
  3. User profile
  4. Status

The Filter option specifies whether the program is to be excluded from the program or not. An entry can be either active or inactive. Enter an X next to each filter to be included in the search. If left blank, the filter is not be considered during the search.

Wild card character '%' is supported for Library name, Object name, and User profile. For example, an object name entry of IS% will list only programs with names from IS through IS99999999.

The Advanced Search (F11) option displays a screen (shown below) that allows more advanced selection for data sorting and searching criteria.