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6.5.2.1 Rate Simulation

CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback provides rate simulation to
reduce the manual effort required to determine the magnitude
of rate changes.  This facility has no provisions for
calculating optimal rates, but can calculate the effect of a
proposed rate change.

The rate simulation facility recalculates charges by
multiplying the existing quantities from generation 0 of the
ACTAUDIT DAY1 file by the new rates you supply.  Since the
ACTAUDIT file is built from the journal files, no new
billable elements (COMPCODE statements) may be input to the
simulation process.  Also, the effect of using the SELECT,
EXCLUDE, SYSID, SUBSYSID, and COSTCTR statements as input to
the simulation depends on the way these statements are
specified in the rate table that creates the journal files
used as a basis for the simulation.

For example, if a given work unit is excluded from charging
via the EXCLUDE statement when the ACTAUDIT files are
created, removing it from the EXCLUDE list for the simulation
will have no effect because no data for that work unit is
present on the ACTAUDIT file.  Similarly, if a site has four
systems, but only three of them are specified via SYSID
statements (no SYSID *ALL statement was present), coding a
SYSID  *ALL statement for the simulation will not take into
account the effects of the system that was initially
excluded.  Conversely, because the prerequisite data is
present on the ACTAUDIT file, if a SYSID *ALL statement is
specified when the ACTAUDIT files are created, each system
can be charged separately in the simulation by supplying the
appropriate SYSID and COMPCODE statements.

The following steps are required to perform a rate
simulation:

o Enter the Rate Simulation parameters.  Refer to the online
  tutorial for the Rate Simulation panel (MWF;4;2;4;5;2;1)
  for help coding the parameters.

  NOTE:  The rates in the Current Rate column must match the
  rates in the Audit file or the simulated rates will not be
  used.

o Submit prefix.MICS.CNTL(ACTRTSIM).  You are automatically
  placed into ISPF Edit when the rate simulation parameter is
  entered or modified.  You can modify the JCL to use an
  ACTAUDIT file other than the default DAY1 file.

This  procedure   produces   the  reports  discussed  in  the
following sections:

 1 - Effective/Simulated Rate Comparison Report
 2 - Rate Simulation Cost Center Effects Report
 3 - Rate Simulation Revenue Area Effects Report
 4 - Rate Simulation Billing Element Effects Report