3. CAPACITY PLANNING DATABASE › 3.4 Meta Files

3.4 Meta Files

 
This section describes how to operate the CA MICS Capacity
Planner to create user-defined meta capacity planning files.
Meta files are similar to resource element files in format,
however rather than using the data in the CA MICS database,
meta files use either a user's private Capacity Planning
database or the shared Capacity Planning database for its
input.  Extensions have been added to the Meta file facility
to resummarize CA MICS data elements. Furthermore, the user
can specify the SAS statements to derive new elements based
on the file being read or on the relationship among several
files.
 
Through the use of the Meta File Facility of the CA MICS
Capacity Planner you can create new capacity planning files
that can summarize existing files in the capacity planning
database or consolidate capacity planner files into unified
consistent database files.
 
The following sections describe the screens that control this
facility:
 
 1 - Usage Guidelines
 2 - Screen Operation
 3 - Meta File Case Studies