Re: Task authorization by company

Dan,

A predicament to be sure.  The task/menu authorization is not as flexible as
I would like sometimes and your specific case highlights this.

Personally, I would try to stay away from creating a new application (PA)
because of the AFI ramifications.  Most companies I deal with update General
Ledger through AFI for all/most Inventory movements.  AFI does not know
about application 'PA' without modification and a new version of FI502.

I would look at two options.  Firstly, instead of a new application, create
new Inventory Movement tasks and a new Menu within the 'IN' application.
You should then be able to take authorization away from the Menu Option
itself .  I think this should work but haven't tried it (actually, you may
not need to define new task codes).  Secondly you could use the
pre-processing option on the task definition and write your own simple
authority checking program.  You could use the Inventory parameter file
INP15 to hold the user/company authority.  This pre-processing program could
simply set a flag in the LDA to say if authorized or not.  Then, of course,
IN009 and IN079 would need a modification to check the flag and return a
message if the user is not authorized.

As I say, I am not on an AS/400 right now so I can't confirm that these
options will work.  Good luck.

Regards,

Mark.

----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Thomas <DThomas@lpw-mdi.com>
To: <JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 2:17 PM
Subject: Task authorization by company


> We have a need for users to be authorized only in certain companies for
some
> tasks like inventory maintenance and inventory adjustments.  JBA allows
> authorization by user/task and user/company/module.  The tasks we want
> restricted in certain companies are part of module for which these same
> users need to be able to do other tasks for all tasks.  Our solution was
to
> create a new module ('PA' for physical adjustments) and make copies of
those
> tasks into this new module.  We'll then authorize users to module 'PA'
only
> for those companies where is needed.  We de-authorize all users for the
> original tasks.  By the way, we use JBA System 21 Explorer.  I would love
to
> hear from anyone that has had a better solution to this requirement: To
> allow a given user to be authorized to physical inventory adjustments in
> Company A and not in Company B, while being able to do other inventory
> functions (reports and inquiries) in both companies.
>
> Dan Thomas
> Sr. VP Information Systems
> Medical Distribution, Inc.
> 4500 Progress Blvd
> Louisville, KY  40218-5058
> Phone (502) 454-9013 ext 120
> email  DThomas@lpw-mdi.com
>
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