1. OVERVIEW › 1.2 Major Features

1.2 Major Features

The major features of the CA MICS TSO Analyzer can be grouped
into the following categories:

o  Report facilities

o  Use of TSO/MON data

o  General product flexibility

o  Interface capabilities


Report Facilities

The TSO Analyzer provides the following reports:

o  Exception Analyzer Reports allow you to define, capture,
   and report on conditions that deviate from the expected
   norm or from installation objectives so that you can
   determine whether those deviations require special
   attention.

o  Management Reports are run on a daily, weekly, and/or
   monthly basis as part of the standard CA MICS processing.
   These reports summarize the activities of the I/S
   organization.  They are designed to assist with tracking
   TSO service and performance, monitoring resource usage,
   and planning for future resource requirements.

o  Standard Analysis Reports provide concise information in
   the form of graphs, tables, charts, or plots.  A number of
   reports on TSO activity, such as a listing of the top 20
   TSO resource consumers, can be used for exploring service-
   level problems, analyzing performance and availability, or
   examining throughput issues.  Typically, standard analysis
   reports are run on an as-needed basis.

o  Ad Hoc Reporting Facilities allow you to access
   information in the CA MICS database either interactively
   or in batch via the CA MICS Information Center Facility
   (MICF), a panel-oriented productivity tool.


Use of TSO/MON Data

Another feature of the TSO Analyzer is its comprehensive use
of TSO/MON data.  The TSO Analyzer:

o  Consolidates data from multiple systems into an
   information database and then provides a common access
   method for reporting on TSO activity

o  Interprets encoded values in the TSO/MON input data so
   that information is immediately usable in a logical form,
   without further conversion and/or translation

o  Allows you to classify information by cost center, and to
   link individual TSO activities with the responsible cost
   center or organizational unit

o  Derives, groups, and computes response measures provided
   by TSO/MON, including response distributions

o  Supports the TSO/MON detail command recording facility,
   thus allowing in-depth analysis of selected TSO commands
   in terms of service levels and resource utilization

o  Supports the TSO/MON interval accounting facility, which
   allows you to reduce data lost due to system outages and
   allows you to identify resource consumption at a more
   detailed level than is otherwise possible

o  Consolidates data:

   -  Consolidates usage and resource consumption data, at
      both the system and user levels

   -  Consolidates terminal activity and internal response
      measurement data

   -  Consolidates data set access event data, thus allowing
      analysis of ISPF data set access at the individual TSO
      user level


General Product Flexibility

The TSO Analyzer also offers a number of flexibility features
such as the following:

o  Usage guidelines for the application of TSO management
   information

o  A wide range of standard exits to allow you to tailor the
   product to your specific needs

o  Calculation and derivation of useful measurement
   statistics that are not directly available from TSO/MON,
   so that you can further characterize TSO response,
   service, and utilization

o  A Data Encyclopedia that describes the information found
   in the CA MICS TSO Information Area files and explains how
   that information was derived


Interface Capabilities

The TSO Analyzer integrates into the CA MICS database the
TSO activity and utilization data collected by TSO/MON, thus
providing an interface with a number of other CA MICS
products including:

o  CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback - The data provided to
   CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback supports accounting for
   consumed resources as well as for individual TSO
   transactions.

o  CA MICS Capacity Planner - The TSO Analyzer maintains a
   database of both detailed and summarized TSO usage and
   performance data.  The CA MICS Capacity Planner can use
   the information to make growth/trend projections at the
   system, application and user level.

o  CA MICS MVS Performance Manager - The TSO Analyzer
   provides data for MVS systems tuning.  The CA MICS MVS
   Performance Manager's workload characterization tools and
   methodology can be used to analyze the TSO workload
   information.

CA MICS database files are summarized in the same manner
across all products.  Therefore, you can combine TSO
information with information from other data sources.
Combining data from multiple data sources allows you to
compare and correlate TSO information with both system and
application- specific data such as that from RMF, CICS, IMS,
batch, etc.