6. DATA SOURCES › 6.6 I/O Measurements and Device Activity › 6.6.4 Device Activity And Utilization › 6.6.4.5 Printer Device Activity

6.6.4.5 Printer Device Activity

The BATSPL file contains information about print activity at
the I/S facility.  The Device Name (DEVNAME) data element
contains the installation-defined logical device name for JES
output writers.  For local printers, this data element will
contain PRINTERx or PRTxx where xx is an installation-defined
printer number.  For remote printers, the DEVNAME data
element will contain Rnn.PRxx (.PUxx) where Rnn is the remote
terminal number and PRxx (PUxx) is the printer/punch number
at the remote.  When PSF processes the output and the device
is a 3820, DEVNAME will contain the VTAM logical unit name.

A simple SAS PROC FREQ on the DETAIL time-span of the BATSPL
file will show how the various printing devices at the I/S
facility are utilized:

                 DATA TEMP ;
                 SET &BATX..BATSPL01 ;
                 PRTLINES=SUM(SPLNLR+SPLPNLR) ;

                 PROC FREQ DATA=TEMP ;
                 TABLES SUBSYSID*DEVNAME ;
                 WEIGHT PRTLINES ;
                 TITLE1 "PRINTER UTILIZATION AT MY CORP";
                 RUN;

by producing a report something like this:

                       PRINTER UTILIZATION AT MY CORP
                        TABLE OF DEVNAME BY SUBSYSID

               FREQUENCY|
                PERCENT |
                ROW PCT |
                COL PCT |JES2    |PSF     |XWRT    |  TOTAL
               ---------+--------+--------+--------+
               PRT1     |      0 |      0 |  24121 |  24121
                        |   0.00 |   0.00 |   4.96 |   4.96
                        |   0.00 |   0.00 | 100.00 |
                        |   0.00 |   0.00 | 100.00 |
               ---------+--------+--------+--------+
               PRT3     |      0 | 230198 |      0 | 230198
                        |   0.00 |  47.33 |   0.00 |  47.33
                        |   0.00 | 100.00 |   0.00 |
                        |   0.00 | 100.00 |   0.00 |
               ---------+--------+--------+--------+
               R22.PR1  |  23739 |      0 |      0 |  23739
                        |   4.88 |   0.00 |   0.00 |   4.88
                        | 100.00 |   0.00 |   0.00 |
                        |  10.23 |   0.00 |   0.00 |
               ---------+--------+--------+--------+
               R38.PR1  | 208333 |      0 |      0 | 208333
                        |  42.83 |   0.00 |   0.00 |  42.83
                        | 100.00 |   0.00 |   0.00 |
                        |  89.77 |   0.00 |   0.00 |
               ---------+--------+--------+--------+
               TOTAL      232072   230198    24121   486391
                           47.71    47.33     4.96   100.00