BIBC Member ID Card

System

By Lizette Burger

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BIBC REQUIREMENTS

In the interest of all employers and employees, Council has instituted a system to provide all employees with a B.I.B.C. PHOTO REGISTRATION/IDENTITY CARD.

One of the benefits of such a card is that the employer can, for security purposes, insist that all employees on a particular site carry such a card.

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Description

A Plastic credit-type card with a magnetic strip containing the member’s personal information:– Member Number, Initials & Surname &

ID Number– The front of the card will display the

logo of the BIBC and a colour picture of the member and the above mentioned personal information.

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BIS vs. 3rd Party Software

Our concern was to find technology that would be able to interact with our BIS applications.– Number Five Software: Card5

This Card Software is a professional design and printing software for credit type plastic cards.

The main objective was that all information, updates etc. must be managed through the current databases and programs available on the BIS Server.

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Data Source

The data source specifies the default data directory in which the ODBC driver searches for data files you want to access.

We selected Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) using the UnisDB32 driver.

You can install the above driver by running the SETUP application from the ODBC folder on the BIS 10.1 installation CD.

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Creating BIS Database Table

Before you can register the ODBC Database table you must create your BIS table’s layout, fields and format.

You will need this report, drawer letter and cabinet number for the OTBL registration.

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BIS Data Source Configuration

Sign on to a BIS session Run OTBL Select Create New Table Registration

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OTBL

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Edit: Table

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Edit Columns To hide a column set visibility option to

“No” and click Update Column Change data type of numbers to

characters to avoid alignment problems etc.

Once done click Edit Complete. If you would like this table to be

available to other departments, answer Yes on the propagate Question to identify the other departments.

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ODBC Configuration

Access Administrative Tools through the Start Menu\Settings\Control Panel:

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ODBC Configuration…

Double Click Administrative Tools

Double Click Data Sources

On the ODBC Data Source Administrator select the System DSN tab.– Click the ADD… button– From the Create New Data Source

Window select the UnisDB32 driver and click Finish

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Unisys Database Driver Setup

The Data source Name is the BIS Table name Resource Name: Your BIS Site Letter BIS Login in User Id and department number

separated with a comma. The BIS Server Name or IP Address

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Card5 Software

From the Software application Select connect to Database

On the ODBC Data Source menu select the Source file with your BIS Table Source name

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Data Source File

Once you have selected your source file it will allow you to modify the table

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BIS Connection to Data Source

As soon as the connection has been established BIS will prompt the user for a sign on and password

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BIS Connection to Data Source

Update the fields to pick the information from the ODBC Source

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The Member IDCard