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Use the COST Command to Create Charge-Back Reports

To create charge-back reports, use the COST command with the TAB command.

For information about creating distributed cost reports, see the description of the COST command in the chapter “Commands.”

Example: COST Commands

The COST commands in the following example charge:

• One cent for every transaction
• 25 cents for every CPU second used
• 1/10 cent per file request
• 1/2 cent per file added

The TAB command uses these cost factors, creating a tabular report with a column showing the value of each variable for each transaction. The HDR1 and HDR2 operands assign those columns appropriate headings. The last variable, REPORT COST TOTAL, creates a column that shows the sum of the costs for each row in the report.

COST TRAN USE   .01
COST TRAN CPU   .25
TAB TRANID TRAN USE                                  AND,
           TRAN USE  COST HDR1(TRAN USE) HDR2(COST)  AND,
           TRAN CPU                                  AND,
           TRAN CPU  COST HDR1(TRAN CPU) HDR2(COST)  AND,
           REPORT COST TOTAL
END
RUN

A report like the following is generated:

  TRAN     TRAN   TRAN USE   TRAN   TRAN CPU   TOTAL
   ID       USE     COST      CPU     COST     COST
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
X25T         57     $0.57   0.132     $1.88    $2.45
CSNE         49     $0.49   0.010     $0.12    $0.61
TCP          46     $0.46   0.572     $6.57    $7.03
KCP          45     $0.45   7.581    $85.28   $85.73
PSPI         43     $0.43   0.097     $1.04    $1.47
POSS         37     $0.37   0.035     $0.32    $0.69
VGBC         13     $0.13   0.055     $0.18    $0.31
JJJ          10     $0.10   0.221     $0.55    $0.65
CSPQ         10     $0.10   0.113     $0.28    $0.38
CATD          9     $0.09   0.105     $0.24    $0.33
CSSN          8     $0.08   0.071     $0.14    $0.22
CSGM          8     $0.08   0.007     $0.01    $0.09
RAPL          4     $0.04   0.011     $0.01    $0.05
SPAM          3     $0.03   0.132     $0.10    $0.13
PINV          2     $0.02   1.486     $0.74    $0.76
PADI          2     $0.02   0.350     $0.17    $0.19
RAPP          2     $0.02   0.098     $0.05    $0.07
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
SUMMARY     348     $3.47  11.022   $ 97.68   $101.16
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- - ------