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3.1.3.1 Report Format Descriptions

The Monthly Management Objective Reports are produced as a
standard process in the CA MICS Monthly Job Stream. Each
report is produced from the IMS System Activity Files for the
previous twelve months (MONTHS.IMSISY01-12) in the database's
MONTHS timespan.  The SAS CHART procedure is used to produce
the desired bar-chart reports.

The heading lines contain the installation name (e.g., XYZ
Manufacturing, Inc.), the frequency identification (e.g.,
MONTHLY IMS MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES), the objective being
reported (e.g., IMS SERVICE OF 95% OF ALL ACTIVITY WITHIN 15
SECONDS), and the computing system (e.g., SYSID code) on
which the IMS processing was measured for the month.

The charts illustrate time-zones within month along the
horizontal axis and the measurement being reported (e.g.,
availability), along the vertical axis.

The vertical axis charts the measure being reported and
defines the management objective for this category.  The
vertical axis is established through the SAS CHART AXIS
option that identifies the highest value to be represented
on the vertical axis.  The management objective is then
illustrated through the SAS CHART REF option and a dashed
line appears across the page to illustrate the management
objective.

Consider the charting of the objective for short service
(response time, Figure 3-13).  The title describes the
management objective as 95% within 5 seconds for short
activity.  The measure to be charted is the percentage of
short events satisfied within 5 seconds for each zone of each
month.  The vertical axis displays a maximum value of 100
(for 100%) and the vertical reference line is printed at the
95% level.  This reference line clearly depicts how the
objective was satisfied or missed for each zone of each
month.

The member MNIMSMBO in the sharedprefix.MICS.SOURCE library
contains the SAS statements for producing the five chart
reports.

The user-defined options are provided through a SAS MACRO
that is the member #IMSMOBJ stored in the same source
library.  The following are the definitions applicable to IMS
monthly management objective reporting.  The labels within
parenthesis are the MACRO names used to define the options
and are fully described in section 3.1.4.1, Report Options.

  o  Total IMS Service Definition (_IMSPTR and _IMSSTR)
  o  Short IMS Service Definition (_IMSPSR and _IMSSSR)
  o  Medium IMS Service Definition (_IMSPMR and _IMSSMR)
  o  Monthly Zone Availability Definition (_MUPHRS and
         _RUPHRS)
  o  Monthly Zone Maximum and Target Transactions
         (_IMSMCAX and _IMSMCRF)

The remainder of this section explains and illustrates each
of the standard Monthly IMS Management Objective Reports.