What Ways are There for an End User to Delete Reports from OM View

Products

• View

Issue/Introduction

A user inadvertently deleted a report via the View Sysout Selection List. How could this happen?

How many ways can an end user delete reports from View?

Environment

• View®
• OM View for z
• Output Management View® for z/OS

Cause

In this case, the SARINIT parm was set to SECURITY=INIT, with the SARSECUX exit being the only means of security being used. The SARSECUX exit was coded in such a way that everyone dropped to RC=0 and was able to delete reports. 

Resolution

There are two basic ways that reports can be deleted from CA View: 

•  A delete ("D" or "DD") can be issued in the View Sysout Selection List.
•  Use of the SARBCH /DELETE transaction, in a batch job. 

Regarding security, to stop everyone from being able to delete reports via the View Sysout Selection List, issue SARINIT parameter DELETE=NO.