7.3.2.5 OPEN Statements

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7.3.2.5 OPEN Statements


Certain batch jobs do not have turnaround measures applied to
them.  An example is the IMS Control Region run as a batch
job.  SMF records data for it as it would for any batch job,
but standard and deadline turnaround definitions clearly do
not apply.  It is important not to report such activity with
normal batch activity.  The purpose of open JOBGROUPs is to
separate such activity from normal batch work.  JOBTURTM (Job
Turnaround Time) is set to missing for jobs assigned an open
job group.

Open JOBGROUPs are defined to CA MICS with OPEN statements
that follow the DEADLINE (if present) statements in
prefix.MICS.PARMS(JOBGROUP).  OPEN statements provide a
JOBGROUP number, service factor, and descriptive name for
each OPEN job group.

As with most CA MICS PARMS members, the format of statements
is free-form, but positional.  Blank statements are allowed.
Comments are coded by beginning the statement with an
asterisk (*).  You should modify the sample JOBGROUP member
supplied with the CA MICS.PARMS library distributed with the
CA MICS system rather than code it from scratch. An OPEN
statement has the following format:

    OPEN nnn sf 'descriptive text'

where:

nnn =        the number of this JOBGROUP (180-195).  Numbers
             must be specified in order from lowest to
             highest, but gaps should be left for future
             expansion.

sf =         the service factor, which allows priority
             accounting by CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback.
             It allows a discount or surcharge factor to be
             specified for particular JOBGROUPs to reflect
             the level of service requested by the user.  The
             service factor is only applied if the service
             request is met or exceeded.  The allowable range
             of values for the service factor is 0.1 through
             99.9.

             For more information on the service factor,
             refer to the CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback
             Guide.  This parameter must be specified even if
             CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback is not
             installed.

'descriptive text' = a 1- to 30-character title that
             describes this JOBGROUP.  This title must be
             enclosed in single quotes.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INSTALLATION PREPARATION WORKSHEET: Open Job Group Definition | | | | PARMS Library Member is JOBGROUP | |Reference: Section 7.3.2.5 CA MICS Batch and Operations Analyzer Guide | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | OPEN SERVICE | | JOBGROUP NUMBER FACTOR JOBGROUP DESCRIPTIVE TITLE | | | | OPEN ___ ___ '______________________________' | | | | OPEN ___ ___ '______________________________' | | | | OPEN ___ ___ '______________________________' | | | | OPEN ___ ___ '______________________________' | | | | OPEN ___ ___ '______________________________' | | | | OPEN ___ ___ '______________________________' | | | | OPEN ___ ___ '______________________________' | | | | OPEN ___ ___ '______________________________' | | | | OPEN ___ ___ '______________________________' | | | | OPEN ___ ___ '______________________________' | | | | OPEN ___ ___ '______________________________' | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ....5...10...15...20...25...30...35...40...45...50...55...60...65...70.. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+


 Figure 7-9.  OPEN Statement Worksheet for JOBGROUP