7. Writing Field-developed Applications › 7.2 Deciding What the Application Must Do › 7.2.2 Reports Needed › 7.2.2.2 Management Objective Reports

7.2.2.2 Management Objective Reports

Management objective reports provide a concise, graphic
representation of the installation's processing objectives
and how well they have been met.

Reports are produced by standard CA MICS operational jobs.
They are produced by information area within computer
system (SYSID).  In addition, you can produce reports that
aggregate systems.

Management objective reports show an installation's progress
against a management objective on a one-page bar chart
quantifying performance against management's pre-determined
objective.

In general, a management objective reporting items take two
forms:

    o measures, over time, of the efficiency of the subsystem
      being measured (throughput objectives)

    o conditions that contribute to improving or degrading
      throughput objectives

If your FDA is measuring the subsystem in throughput rates,
like units of things processed per minute or hour, objectives
are easy to set.  In the UNP example, the number of messages
processed per minute may be a good throughput measure on
which to base objectives.

In the UNP example, there is a relationship between the
percent of time the 3705 is busy and throughput.  Therefore,
also consider setting management objectives for items that
contribute to the improvement or degradation of throughput.