5. PROFILE AND TRENDING ANALYSIS › 5.5 Component Operation
5.5 Component Operation
The Component Operation Section describes the screen and
parameters that are used to control Profile and Trending
Analysis. The control parameters allow you to define the
Capacity Planning database file to be used as input, the
time periods, and the variables to be used in the forecasting
process. In addition, you may tailor the contents of the
reports produced.
To get to the Profile and Trending Analysis screen (shown in
Figure 5-4) on your terminal, you must follow a short set of
menus which are more fully described in Section 1.5 of this
guide. The Profile and Trending Analysis control screen
appears after you indicate that you want to insert a new
Profile and Trending Analysis inquiry into your catalog of
analysis inquiries. Two fields on this screen are filled
when you first see it: the inquiry name and the inquiry
description, separated by a dash. You entered these two
fields on the Insert Capacity Planning Analysis screen when
you requested that a new inquiry be added.
/----------------------- Profile and Trending Analysis --------- ROW 1 OF 63 \
|Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR |
|Enter a ? in any data entry field for more information on valid values. |
|Composing CA MICS Inquiry: - |
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|Report title ===> Adhoc Inquiry - Will Not Be Saved |
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|Selection criteria: |
| Input file ===> ___ - ______________________________ |
| Start date ===> _________ (ddmonyyyy) |
| SYSID ===> ____ |
| Zone ===> _________ |
| No. months ===> ____ (1-9999) |
| Specify CAPAPU Values ===> N (Y/N) |
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|Forecast length (weeks) ===> ____ (1-999) |
|Forecast type ===> _____ (LONG/SHORT) |
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| Name Page Col. Col. Heading 1 Col. Heading 2 Output Format |
| -------- - - -------------- -------------- --------------- |
| ___________ 1 1 ______________ ______________ _______________ |
| ___________ 1 2 ______________ ______________ _______________ |
| ___________ 1 3 ______________ ______________ _______________ |
| ___________ 1 4 ______________ ______________ _______________ |
| ___________ 1 5 ______________ ______________ _______________ |
| ___________ 1 6 ______________ ______________ _______________ |
| ___________ 1 7 ______________ ______________ _______________ |
| ___________ 2 1 ______________ ______________ _______________ |
| ___________ 2 2 ______________ ______________ _______________ |
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Figure 5-4. Profile and Trending Analysis Control Screen
Some of the parameters in Figure 5-4 are required, while
others are optional. The following is a discussion of the
various parameters as they appear in this figure.
Input file: The resource element or business element Capacity
Planning database file that contains the
historical observations to be used as input to
the analysis. If you are uncertain of the files
or file names available in your Capacity Planning
database, type a question mark (?) in the field
and a selection list will be displayed.
Start date: The start date for date range selection. If
Start date is specified, only historical
observations at least as recent as this value are
included in the analysis.
SYSID: The SYSID for which the report is to be produced.
If the Capacity Planning database file was
defined as having a composite SYSID, this value
is automatically supplied on the screen.
Zone: The Zone, Hour, or Dayname to be included in the
analysis, depending on whether you defined the
Capacity Planning database file at the Zone,
Hour, or Dayname summarization level. If you
defined the file as having a composite Zone,
Hour, or Dayname, this value is supplied
automatically on the screen. Note that the field
name will be changed automatically to Zone, Hour,
or Dayname once you specify the input file to
reflect the input file summarization level.
No. months: The maximum number of days, weeks, or months of
historical observations that will be included in
the analysis. Note that once you specify the
input file, the field name will change to reflect
the timespan of the input file. When used in
conjunction with the Start date parameter,
several options are available for date range
selection control:
o If you specify only Update start date, all
historical observations at least as recent as
the value specified for Update start date are
selected.
o If you specify both Update start date and
Number months/weeks/days, the date range for
data selection begins with the specified value
for Start date and extends for the specified
number of days, weeks, or months.
o If you specify only Number of months/weeks
/days, the date range for data selection
includes only the number of the most recent
months, weeks, or days.
o If you specify neither parameter, then all
historical observations are selected.
Note: If the file uses the secondary
summarization level of DAYNAME, then these dates
will be seven days apart; otherwise you will
receive one observation per day.
Specify Put a Y in this field to specify the CAPAPU
CAPAPU values to be included in the analysis. The CAPAPU
values: value is specified on the CAPAPU Selection Values
screen, shown in Figure 5-5. You may specify it
only if the Capacity Planning database file is
defined as containing at least one CAPAPU.
Report The 60-character title field for the profile and
title: trending reports. No double quotes (") or
semicolons (;) may appear within the body of the
title.
Forecast The length of forecast period in days, weeks, or
length months. Note that the field name changes once
dy/wk/mn.: you specify the input file to reflect the
timespan of the input file.
Forecast The growth rate (long-term or short-term) used to
type: estimate future values.
The lower portion of the control screen contains a scrollable
data entry display in which you may specify the data elements
to be included in the analysis and on the reports. One entry
is provided for each of seven columns on nine pages. Blank
entries represent blank columns. Trailing blank pages are
not printed. The following fields are available for each row
in the display area:
Name: The name of the data element to be included in
the analysis. If you are uncertain as to the
correct name of the data elements on the input
file, type a question mark (?) in this field and
a selection list of available data elements will
be presented.
Page: The page of the report on which the data element
appears. You cannot change this field.
Column: The column in which the data element appears. You
cannot change this field.
Col. The first and second lines of the column heading.
Heading 1 The maximum permissible length for the column
and Col. headings is 14 characters. No double quotes (")
Heading 2: or semicolons (;) may appear within the body of
the headings.
Output The output format that is used to print the
format: values for this data element in the reports. The
report field is 14 columns wide, so any value
that you enter here should specify a field width
of 14, or the values will not be right-justified.
If you specify a format value on the CA MICS File
and Data Element Selection screen when the Input
file is defined, this value is supplied
automatically as a default. If you do not specify
any value here, then the Profile and Trending
Analysis uses one of two default output formats.
For any data element name that ends in the
characters TM, a SAS format of TIME14.2 is used.
All other data elements default to a SAS format
of 14.2.
If you entered a Y in the Specify CAPAPU values field on the
Profile and Trending Analysis screen, the CAPAPU Selection
Values screen displays, as shown in Figure 5-5. On the
CAPAPU Selection Values screen, you may specify the CAPAPU
values (up to nine) to be included in the analysis. You may
specify CAPAPUs only if the Capacity Planning database file
is defined as containing the CAPAPU data elements. (Note
that Profile and Trending Analysis does not support wild
cards.)
/------------------------- CAPAPU Selection Values --------------------------\
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|Composing CA MICS Inquiry: ______ ________________________________ |
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| Rule ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----|
|CAPAPU ===> ________________________________________________________________|
|CAPAPU 2 ===> ________________________________________________________________|
|CAPAPU 3 ===> ________________________________________________________________|
|CAPAPU 4 ===> ________________________________________________________________|
|CAPAPU 5 ===> ________________________________________________________________|
|CAPAPU 6 ===> ________________________________________________________________|
|CAPAPU 7 ===> ________________________________________________________________|
|CAPAPU 8 ===> ________________________________________________________________|
|CAPAPU 9 ===> ________________________________________________________________|
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Figure 5-5. CAPAPU Selection Values Screen
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