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4.8 Prorating Charges

In CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback, you can use prorating
to distribute charges from one cost center to other cost
centers based upon a set of predefined percentages.  Consider
using prorating when a unit of work (for example, job, IMS
transaction, or CICS transaction) is used by multiple areas.

Charges can be prorated when the journal file is created if
you know the distribution percentages in advance. This is
called journal file prorating.  Charges can be prorated at
the end of each month after the ledger file has been aged.
This is called ledger file prorating.  Ledger file prorating
can replace the original ledger file or can create a new
"special" ledger file.  Refer to Section 4.8.5 for a
discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each
method.

Charges for unit-level external files can be prorated by
either the journal or ledger file methods.  Charges for
complex-level external files can be prorated when they are
written to the Debit File.

The following sections explain how to prorate.  Review the
first four sections and fill out the worksheets.  Then use
the checklists in Section 4.8.5 to implement prorating.

 1 - Defining Prorating Charges
 2 - Specifying Prorating Options
 3 - Prorating to Cost Centers Other Than COSTCTR1
 4 - Prorating From More Than One Data Element
 5 - Implementing Prorating
 6 - Printing Prorate Tables