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Creating Data Files Based on User Name

To charge for resources based on user name:

1. Use the OpenVMS command ACCOUNTING with the /USER qualifier to create accounting files for the user names for which you want to vary resource prices.

   The commands in the following examples create three accounting files: one for users Romeo and Juliet, one for users Dickinson and J. Conrad, and the other for all the other user names.

   • This command selects records that match the user names Romeo and Juliet:

     $ ACCOUNTING  /BINARY /USER=(ROMEO,JULIET) /OUTPUT=LOVERS.DAT
     

   • This command selects records that match the user names Dickinson and J. Conrad:

     $ ACCOUNTING /BINARY /USER=(DICKINSON,JCONRAD) /OUTPUT=WRITERS.DAT
     

   • This command selects all the records except those that match the usernames Romeo, Juliet, Dickinson, and J. Conrad:

     $ ACCOUNTING /BINARY /USER=("-",ROMEO,JULIET,DICKINSON,JCONRAD) -  
     _$  /OUTPUT=OTHERS.DAT
     

2. Specify categories and resource prices in the price file for the three accounting files, as shown in the following price file segment.

   ! Lovers Prices
   LOVERS::BUFFEREDIO_PRICE = 0.0009
   LOVERS::CPUSEC_PRICE = 0.00999
   LOVERS::DIRECTIO_PRICE = 0.00049
    .
    .
    .
   ! Writers Prices
   WRITERS::BUFFEREDIO_PRICE = 0.00030
   WRITERS::CPUSEC_PRICE = 0.03000
   WRITERS::DIRECTIO_PRICE = 0.00080
    .
    .
    .
   ! Others Prices
   OTHERS::BUFFEREDIO_PRICE = 0.00010
   OTHERS::CPUSEC_PRICE = 0.01000
   OTHERS::DIRECTIO_PRICE = 0.00050
    .
    .
    .
   

3. Specify categories for each accounting file in the ADVISE CHARGE_BACK REPORT command line, as in the following example:

   $ ADVISE CHARGE_BACK REPORT LOVERS.DAT/CATEGORY=LOVERS,WRITERS.DAT -
   _$ /CATEGORY=WRITERS,OTHERS.DAT/CATEGORY=OTHERS CHARGE.DAT