System Description

This guide serves as the primary reference for the systems programmer after CA JARS Resource Accounting has been installed. It is intended for the person responsible for implementing or extending the capabilities of this product through user exits. It also benefits the person(s) responsible for:

capacity planning
performance evaluation
developing a chargeback system

CA JARS is comprised of a number of components, or subsystems, working together as a whole. The primary inputs to the system are:

SMF data
interface data
control statements

The primary outputs are:

history records
EXTDATA records
reports

This section contains the following topics:

System Flow - CA JARS Subsystem

System Flowcharts for Writing Custom Exits

Program Summary Table