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1.5.9 Selecting Files for MICF Analysis

Once you have built some capacity planning files, you can use
the CA MICS Information Center Facility (MICF) to generate
other reports or graphics.  Using MICF, you can create ad hoc
reports, analyses, or graphs based on information stored in
your capacity planning database or the shared capacity
planning database.

To access MICF, select option 2, CA MICS Information Center
Facility (MICF), from the CA MICS Workstation Facility (MWF).
Select option 2, Database Inquiries on the MICF main menu.

To create a new inquiry, use the insert line command (that
is, type an I in the Cmd column).  Fill in the fields
for inquiry name, title, author, catalog group name and
title.

You are creating a structured inquiry, so select option 2,
Structured Inquiry.

To select the capacity planning file you want to use as input
to this analysis, select option 7, Data Manipulation, and
then option 6, Save File Facilities. On the Saved File
Facilities main screen, select option 3, Capacity Planning
File Selection.

The Capacity Planning File Selection screen enables you to
locate and retrieve information from the capacity planning
database.

Type the name of the file you want to use as input to the
inquiry in the Input File field (or use the scrollable,
bottom half of the screen to locate the file name and select
it.)

Type the File Type of the file (that is, actuals, forecast,
or worksheet). The file type default is Actuals. (For a full
description of the different file types, see Chapter 3 of
this guide.)

Now that you've selected your file, MICF will automatically
set up the necessary SAS and JCL to allocate and read that
file into the inquiry you are building.

At this point, you can use any of the MICF functions to
manipulate the data in this file.  For more information on
MICF, see the CA MICS MICF User Guide.