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Account Code Conventions

CA JARS provides a flexibility that lets you define your own accounting convention for reporting purposes. The standard method of allocating computer usage back to various users starts with the creation of accounting or project codes within an organization. These codes often take on varied meanings such as:

• account and subaccount numbers
• employee identification
• application codes (payroll, accounts payable, etc.)
• type of run (production, test, rerun, etc.)
• program class (compile, link-edit, tape-copy, etc.)

CA JARS assumes you have implemented the necessary SMF or JES exits that validate accounting data.

An added concern for those installations processing under both DOS/VSE and z/OS is to ensure that the job accounting conventions set up for the two systems coincide. Reports reflecting total utilization of a computer under two systems are more meaningful if the data are under the same conventions (whether it be codes in the Jobname or User Information fields).