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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. You can apply CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option to the following primary areas: o Cost Allocation--You can measure the resources consumed by specific user groups or business functions and compute the dollar value of those resources so that you can allocate data processing costs appropriately. o Software and Hardware Acquisition--You can track revenues and expenses to evaluate the purchase of proposed hardware and software upgrades. Being aware of current revenues and expenses allows you to better analyze the affordability of additions and upgrades and, if necessary, adjust your acquisition plans. o Budgeting--You can manually enter budgets for each accounting month and then display any variances from budgeted amounts on the invoices. Management can use this information to monitor system usage from a monetary perspective. Budget projection reports also provide input for estimating future expenditures for IS services. o Capacity Planning and Performance--CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option puts performance and capacity issues in financial terms. You can assess the effects of improved throughput and latent system demand from the perspective of revenue increases or decreases brought about by system configuration changes. o Client Invoicing--CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option produces a consolidated invoice report that includes multi-site consolidation and quantifies a user's or user group's total expenditures. It gives cost center management an accurate accounting of the quantity of each individual billable item consumed during the accounting period, the rate of charge, and the corresponding charges incurred. o Enterprise IS Financial Reporting--Enterprise IS Financial Reporting is a comprehensive framework to help you analyze how enterprise investments in IS technology are being used. The information is organized in five management impact areas and is presented either as a mainframe report, such as an invoice, or on a workstation where you can look at the information in graphic and tabular form. ABOUT THIS GUIDE This guide is for the person responsible for: o Installing CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option o Setting appropriate parameters for your installation o Processing accounting data If you are not familiar with CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option and want to learn more about it, start by reading Chapter 1. Pay particular attention to Section 1.3 if you are responsible for installing CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option, specifying charges for data sources, and tailoring the product for your installation. Section 1.3 provides an overview of these tasks and refers you to Chapter 2 which has checklists to help you plan and carry them out. OTHER GUIDES YOU NEED If you are not familiar with the major features or key concepts used in CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option, you should review the material in Chapter 1 of the CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option Concepts and Overview Guide. You can view it in CA MICS Document Access. If you are installing CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option in a CA MICS complex or unit, consult the CA MICS PIOM. The planning checklist in Chapter 2 of this guide directs you to the appropriate place in the PIOM. You can view it in CA MICS Document Access. Your CA MICS administrator also has a copy. PRODUCT PREREQUISITES CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option runs in a CA MICS environment that operates under z/OS. To run Enterprise IS Financial Reporting on the workstation, see the additional requirements and instructions located in Section 6.6.
This section contains the following topics:
1.1 Reporting and Inquiry Functions
1.3 Overview of Tailoring CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option
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