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.
The following sections contain more overview information
about CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option:
1 - Reporting and Inquiry Functions
2 - Using the Online Panels
3 - Overview of Tailoring CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback
Option
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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