1. OVERVIEW › 1.3 Reporting and Inquiry Facilities
1.3 Reporting and Inquiry Facilities
The CA MICS Batch and Operations Analyzer standard reports
and online inquiries provide concise, comprehensive
information to help you manage both the batch and operations
environments.
The Analyzer provides management reports, standard analysis
reports, and exception reports that you can use as delivered
or tailor to your specific requirements. In addition, you
may use MICF and the standard SAS Language interface to
create on-demand reports.
Each type of report and reporting facility is described
below.
MANAGEMENT REPORTS
The management reports that are distributed with the Batch
and Operations Analyzer provide a concise, graphical, or
tabular representation of the data center's processing
objectives and how well they have been met.
You define the objectives through a series of parameters;
then produce the reports during normal daily, weekly, or
monthly CA MICS processing. You can activate or deactivate
the reports for any given timespan (daily, weekly, or
monthly).
You can produce the following management reports for batch
activity:
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Management
Report Function
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Batch Job Quantifies the number of batch job initia-
Initiation tions over a period of time. The user
establishes a management objective for the
number of jobs initiated and the report
produces vertical bars, by time period,
indicate how closely the system is
performing to the objective. The report
also indicates whether jobs are meeting
user-defined turnaround objectives.
Batch Job Quantifies batch service received for all
Turnaround jobs. The user establishes a management
Received objective for the percentage of jobs that
should be meeting their user-defined
turnaround specification. Vertical bars, by
time period, indicate how closely the system
is performing to the objective.
Batch Job Group Provides the same information as the Batch
Turnaround Job Turnaround Received Report, except that
Received a separate report is produced for each user-
defined job grouping. Job groups allow the
user to break down the batch workload into
segments for finer analysis.
Batch Resource Quantifies batch resource consumption for
Consumption all jobs. The user establishes a management
objective for the number of service units
that should be consumed by batch work during
a given period of time. Vertical bars, by
time period, indicate how closely the system
is performing to the objective.
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STANDARD ANALYSIS REPORTS
Standard analysis reports are produced on an as-needed basis
and provide concise batch and operating system information in
the form of reports, graphs, charts, and plots. Generally,
these reports are used as part of regular management
practices and when in-depth analysis is required.
You can produce the following standard analysis reports for
batch and operations activity:
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Standard Analysis
Report Function
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System Availability Identifies and quantifies the system
IPLs and provides a distribution of IPLs
by reason code. The report is an
effective way to monitor system
downtime.
Configuration Trace Provides a concise configuration his-
tory, from equipment configuration at
the time of IPL to the current time.
The report identifies any configuration
activity that may have caused serious
performance or availability problems.
System Incident Provides a precise report that traces
critical operational system events such
as IPLs, parameter changes, time of day
resets, and any other important
conditions. By analyzing this report,
you can verify that important system
parameters are in effect and have been
specified correctly.
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Standard analysis reports include a series of predefined MICF
inquiries. These inquiries, like the reports described
above, are designed to be run on an as-needed basis. You can
also use them as templates for designing your own inquiries.
The predefined MICF inquiries described in the following
chart are delivered with the CA MICS Batch and Operations
Analyzer.
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Inquiry Name Function
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Daily Top 20 Batch Produces a table, in descending fre-
Resource Consumers quency, of the batch jobs that used the
highest number of service units on the
previous day. The report identifies
jobs that are utilizing resources
inefficiently and/or inappropriately.
Daily Job Abends Provides a frequency distribution of the
via Exit Cancels number of jobs that abnormally ter-
minated because of cancellation, due to
factors such as using too much CPU time
or printing more lines of output than
are allowed by the system. Such jobs
represent wasted resources since they
typically have to be rerun.
Daily Job Abend Produces a table of job termination
Analysis codes summarized by the first three
characters of the job name. For
example, the report can be used to learn
the number of jobs beginning with M00
that terminated with a 322 abend (too
much CPU time) the previous day. You
can modify the inquiry to report by
characteristics other than the job name
prefix.
Daily JCL Errors Produces a table showing jobs that were
terminated due to JCL errors the
previous day. This inquiry is particu-
larly useful when looking for failing
production JCL. The reader timestamp
and JES job number are provided to help
identify jobs that need JCL attention.
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Inquiry Name Function
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Operational and Provides a summary of the resources
User Program Abends wasted (execution and CPU time) due to
operational abends such as 322 and D37
abends or user program abends (OCx
abends). The report can point out
specific areas needing attention.
Monthly Printed Provides a vertical bar chart of the
Output Trend number of lines printed by shift during
each of the previous six months. This
trend report can be used to monitor
printer capacity and estimate future
capacity.
Daily RJE Remote Provides a tabular listing of jobs that
Printer Tracking printed at a specified remote printer.
This report can be used to identify jobs
that use large number of print lines,
and the time of day they run so that, if
necessary, you can reschedule such jobs
to run during a less busy time of day.
Daily JES Remote Provides a horizontal bar chart of the
number of logical writer records
transmitted to remote JES workstations.
A bar is produced, in ascending order of
usage, for each JES route number within
shift. This report can be used to de-
termine whether work stations are being
used effectively, and whether additional
capacity will be needed as workloads
grow.
Daily Special Forms Produces a frequency distribution based
Used by Shift: on the number of times each form number
was used during a user-defined shift
(zone) for the preceding day. This
report can be used to identify
frequently used forms that could
possibly be converted to "form flash"
applications to save printing costs and
reduce operator interventions.
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Inquiry Name Function
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Daily Batch Users Produces a tabular listing of batch jobs
of SUPERZAP that used the utility. Because using
this utility can result in modules that
are incompatible with the source code
used to create them, this inquiry can be
used to help spot potential problems
caused by such incompatibilities.
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EXCEPTION ANALYZER REPORTS
The CA MICS Platform provides an Exception Analyzer that
works with CA MICS Data Integration Applications to provide
consolidated reporting of exception conditions across systems
and data sources.
An "exception" is any condition that deviates from the
expected norm, or any missed objective in system performance
or service. CA MICS Data Integration Applications detect
exceptions by testing daily data against user-defined
thresholds. Each application has an exception value analyzer
to help determine those thresholds. Each detected exception
is assigned a severity level and is associated with a
management area.
The CA MICS Batch and Operations Analyzer is delivered with
several exceptions tests, and you can easily add your own
tests. The exception reports produce increasing levels of
detail to address the needs of different audiences. When
combined with exceptions from other CA MICS applications,
they comprise a powerful diagnostic tool for your
organization.
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Exception
Report Function
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Exception Provides a concise, high-level summary of the
Management exceptions reported for the previous day.
Overview The report lists, in terms of severity, the
number of exceptions for each defined
management area. It gives upper management a
quick assessment of the operation's
stability.
Management Area Provides an hourly summary of exceptions
Exception encountered for a specific management area
(e.g., performance or availability), and the
number and severity of each exception type
that occurred during an hour. Typically,
first-level management personnel who are re-
sponsible for defined management areas use
this inquiry.
Severity Level Provides an hourly summary of exceptions
Exception encountered for a given severity level,
allowing quick assessment of the different
types of exceptions in each level. It gives
managers, performance analysts, and system
programmers an integrated picture of the
different problems that may have affected the
data center in a given hour.
Detail Provides a detailed list, in order of
Exception occurrence, of exceptions that have been
detected. This report is produced from the
CA MICS Information Center Facility (MICF).
You may selectively produce it online using
different selection criteria, including date
and time range, severity level, management
area, etc. You can use this report on an as-
needed basis to obtain the necessary
background detail for effective analysis of
the reported exceptions.
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AD HOC REPORTING FACILITIES
The specific information needed to manage a large I/S
organization varies from day to day. CA MICS addresses those
needs with interactive capabilities that allow fast response
to the most complex requests for information. The
interactive capabilities are:
o The CA MICS Information Center Facility (MICF) - MICF, a
panel-oriented productivity tool, allows you to access
information in the CA MICS database. When you define
input, selection criteria, and report options, MICF
fulfills your request by executing the program either in
batch or interactive mode. Then, according to your
specifications, MICF either prints the results of your
request, displays the results at your terminal, or
catalogs the results for later viewing.
o The Standard SAS Language Interface - An advanced
analysis language enhances your staff's analytical
capabilities and improves the sophistication of their
decision-making. The advanced analysis language used in
CA MICS is SAS, a powerful fourth-generation language
that provides easy data manipulation, statistical
analysis, and coding facilities for programmers who are
conducting extensive analysis or designing new reports
for I/S business applications. CA MICS uses the SAS
system both for data management and as an advanced
analysis language.
The CA MICS Workstation Facility (MWF) provides an online
environment in which the SAS system can be used
interactively or in batch mode.
