1. OVERVIEW › 1.3 Overview of Tailoring CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option

1.3 Overview of Tailoring CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option

This section tells you how to customize the CA MICS
Accounting and Chargeback Option. You use different
specifications to tailor the CA MICS Accounting and
Chargeback Option to meet the charging requirements of your
data center.  Some of the specifications are required for
accounting to take place; others are optional.

You enter the specifications using ISPF panels in the CA MICS
Workstation Facility (MWF).  The appropriate panels are
identified in Chapter 4, Customization.


REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS

You must specify the following:

o  Who is to be charged (the cost centers)?

o  What is to be charged for (the charging elements)?

o  The charging rate.

o  What cost center levels are to be invoiced?

o  The formats of the invoices.

o  The number of positions to round charges on invoices.

o  Whether to carry zero charges on invoices.

o  How much information to store in the journal run status
   log.

Note:  In many cases, you can use the default specifications
provided by the CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option.


OPTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS

You can specify the following optional information:

o  New or modified charging elements or invoice categories.

o  Names and addresses for cost centers that will receive
   invoices or supplemental reports.

o  Adjustments to charges including discounts and
   surcharges, differential charges, debits, and credits.

o  Invoice formats, discounts, and surcharges for individual
   cost centers, overriding the global specifications.

o  Charges for non-CA MICS data using external files.

o  An accounting calendar.

o  Prorated charges.

o  Zero balancing.

o  Accounting for multiple sites.

o  Journal file definitions.

o  Budgets.

o  Batch input of ISPF data using utility jobs.

o  Modifications to menus.

Review the following sections for an overview of the
specifications and determine those that you need to make.
Then follow the planning checklist in Section 2.1 to guide
you through planning the installation. (Worksheets and
detailed information are in Chapter 4.) Finally, follow the
installation checklist in Section 2.2 to make the actual
specifications on the ISPF panels.

 1 - Cost Center Specifications
 2 - Charging Element and Invoice Category Specifications
 3 - Rate Table Specifications
 4 - External File Specifications
 5 - Invoicing Specifications
 6 - Accounting Calendar Specifications
 7 - Journal Run Status Log Specifications
 8 - Prorating Specifications
 9 - Charging Adjustment Specifications
10 - Additional Charging Option Specifications
11 - Zero Balancing Specifications
12 - Multi-Site Accounting Specifications
13 - Journal File Eligibility Specifications
14 - Budget Specifications
15 - Batch Data Entry Utility Job Specifications
16 - Menu Modification Specifications
17 - Define Currency Type Money Format