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Functional Description

The Interface to CA Roscoe translates CA Roscoe sign-off records to CA JARS level-7 history records. The interface is made up of two programs:

The input to the interface is a Roscoe journal file or an SMF file with Roscoe user records from which sign-off records are selected. An input control statement is read by the Roscoe Interface program to determine what type of data is being input. The output is a CA JARS level-7 history file for subsequent input to the Report Writer. The Report Writer processes Roscoe summary records in a way similar to that for TSO sessions.

This interface can also be used to generate EXTDATA records. EXTDATA records can be used for reporting with CA EARL and CA Easytrieve. The layout and format of the EXTDATA records are described in the chapter "EXTDATA Reporting" in the User Guide.

In addition, the EXTDATA records can be used in conjunction with CA PMA Chargeback to create billing and chargeback systems for Roscoe resource utilization.