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CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option is a revenue management and resource consumption control system designed to meet the accountability requirements of information systems (IS) organizations. With data processing generally accepted as an indispensable part of business operations, organizations today hold IS management teams responsible for making sound business decisions in response to technical situations. This responsibility places an increasing demand on the IS team to ensure effective use of information technology investments and to characterize performance and capacity issues in financial terms. The ability to quantify, in monetary terms, the value of individual services supplied to users of various information systems and facilities is of major importance to IS management. The standard features of CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option give you maximum flexibility to meet the chargeback requirements of your installation, to respond to technological change, and to establish the basis for certain aspects of enterprise financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting. In addition, because its reports provide concise accounting information in monetary terms that everyone can understand, CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option promotes improved financial communication and awareness for everyone from users to top- level management. CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option is part of the CA MICS IS Management Support System (see Figure 1-1). CA MICS is a comprehensive, flexible application system that applies standard management practices to the IS organization. It provides integrated applications analogous to the integrated financial applications that are now indispensable to enterprise financial management. CA MICS is comprised of Data Integration Applications and Management Support Applications (one of which is CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option). Data Integration Applications validate, interpret, consolidate, and format data from diverse sources and locations and store the subsequent information in the CA MICS database. Management Support Applications process the information in the CA MICS database in support of IS application areas such as capacity planning, accounting and chargeback, performance management, and system reliability analysis. Underlying the CA MICS database is the CA MICS Platform. The CA MICS Platform enables the entire CA MICS system to work together. It consists of four interrelated facilities: o Access and retrieval facilities allow applications to access, analyze, and use information contained in the CA MICS database o Data management facilities provide the data management functions for the CA MICS database and administrative functions for the system o Development and extension facilities provide tools for expanding and customizing the system o Reference facilities enhance expertise through in-depth documentation with online and printed access One of the major strengths of CA MICS is its ability to integrate data from diverse sources into a single CA MICS database. Since the data processed by CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option is taken from a unified CA MICS database, you can combine the necessary data with any other data that CA MICS stores regardless of its original source. +-----------------------------------------------+ | MANAGEMENT SUPPORT APPLICATIONS | +-----------------------------------------------+ +--------------+ +----------+ +---------------+ | | | | | | | DATA | | CA MICS | | DATA | | INTEGRATION | | DATABASE | | INTEGRATION | | APPLICATIONS | | | | APPLICATIONS | | | | | | | +--------------+ +----------+ +---------------+ +-----------------------------------------------+ | CA MICS PLATFORM | +-----------------------------------------------+ Figure 1-1. The CA MICS IS Management Support System OTHER GUIDES YOU NEED If you are responsible for setting product parameters and running CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option, or just want to learn more about using the product, look at the CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option User Guide. You can view it in CA MICS Document Access. If you want to learn more about Enterprise IS Financial Reporting after reading Section 1.1 of this guide, see the Getting Started with Enterprise IS Financial Reporting Guide and Chapter 6 of the CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option User Guide. If you are installing CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option in a CA MICS complex or unit, see the PIOM. Chapter 2 in the CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option User Guide directs you to the appropriate place in the PIOM. The PIOM is available in CA MICS Document Access or ask your CA MICS administrator.
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