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7.6.2 Performance Group/Period Workload Tracking


Univariate Model Forecasting was used to develop a forecast
of transaction arrival rates by performance groups/periods
that were identified in the case study discussed in Section
3.3.3.2.  Refer to Figure 3-56 to consider the historical
observations for Workload 01 (denoted by WKL01).

There is a significant decrease in the transaction arrival
rate for the workload in the week of September 11th.  The
week contains a one-day holiday, thus you can reasonably
expect a decrease in the volume of the workloads for the
week.  Therefore, a linear model was proposed for the
workload and deleted the observation for the week of
September 11th.  Figure 7-19 shows the control parameters
that were supplied to produce the model.

/------------------------  Univariate Model Forecasting  -----------------------\
|Command ===>                                                                   |
|                                                                               |
|Composing CA MICS Inquiry:  PRFUVM - Univariate Modeling Inquiry               |
|                                                                               |
|Report title ===> Univariate Modeling Inquiry                                  |
|                                                                               |
|Selection criteria:                                                            |
|                   Input file ===> PRF - Performance Group Example             |
|                   Start date ===> _________ (ddmonyyyy)                       |
|                        SYSID ===> TSO1                                        |
|                         Zone ===> 1________                                   |
|                   No. months ===> ____      (1-9999)                          |
|                Save forecast ===> YES       (YES/NO/AGE)                      |
|        Specify CAPAPU Values ===> N         (Y/N)                             |
|Forecast data element         ===> WKL01                                       |
|Forecast length (months)      ===> 4         (1-9999)                          |
|Confidence limits (percent)   ===> 95        (70/90/95)                        |
|                                                                               |
|Time element terms: Linear    ===> YES       (YES/NO)                          |
|                    Quadratic ===> ___       (YES/NO)                          |
|                    Cubic     ===> ___       (YES/NO)                          |
|Specify extended options      ===> Y         (Y/N)                             |
\------------------------------------------------------------------------------/

 Figure 7-19.  Univariate Model Forecasting Control Parameters (Screen 1 of 2)

/--------------------  Delete Historical Data Observations  --------------------\
|Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> CSR  |
|                                                                               |
|Inquiry Step:  Univariate Model Forecasting                                    |
|                                                                               |
|Line Cmds:  I Insert  D Delete  R Repeat  M Move  C Copy                       |
|                                                                               |
|Cmd   ---------  Dates to be dropped (specify in ddmonyy format)  ----------   |
| -    -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------   |
| _    11SEP98  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______   |
| _    _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______   |
| _    _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______   |
| _    _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______   |
| _    _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______   |
| _    _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______   |
| _    _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______   |
| _    _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______   |
| _    _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______   |
| _    _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______   |
| _    _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______   |
| _    _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______   |
| _    _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______   |
| _    _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______  _______   |
\------------------------------------------------------------------------------/

 Figure 7-19.  Univariate Model Forecasting Control Parameters (Screen 2 of 2)

Figure 7-20 shows the Residual Analysis Report for the model.
As you can see, all of the predicted values are within 5 to
7% of the actual values except for the observation recorded
for the 11th of September. Since this week was not included
in the development of the model, the residual value for this
week does not exist.

CA MICS Capacity Planner UNIVARIATE MODELING RESIDUAL ANALYSIS UNIVARIATE FORECAST OF: WKL01 BASED ON TIME ELEMENTS: LINEAR TRANSFORMED PREDICTED RESIDUAL -------------PLOT OF RESIDUALS------------- CONFIDENCE DATE WKL01 WKL01 WKL01 WKL01 -2334 0.0 +2334 LIMITS +/- ------- ---------- ------------ ---------- ---------- ------------------------------------------- ---------- 24JUL98 11102.50 11102.50 10688.77 413.73 | 0+++ | 986.87 31JUL98 11026.70 11026.70 10763.89 262.81 | 0++ | 812.25 07AUG98 11232.20 11232.20 10839.02 393.18 | 0+++ | 667.92 14AUG98 10096.80 10096.80 10914.14 -817.34 | -------0 | 577.08 21AUG98 10604.80 10604.80 10989.26 -384.46 | ---0 | 566.08 28AUG98 10192.30 10192.30 11064.38 -872.08 | -------0 | 639.08 04SEP98 11505.60 11505.60 11139.50 366.10 | 0+++ | 772.61 11SEP98 8881.00 . 11214.62 . | 0 | 941.25 18SEP98 11927.80 11927.80 11289.74 638.06 | 0+++++ | 1129.39 26SEP98 . . 11364.86 . | 0 | 1328.77 03OCT98 . . 11439.98 . | 0 | 1535.01 10OCT98 . . 11515.11 . | 0 | 1745.69 17OCT98 . . 11590.23 . | 0 | 1959.37


 Figure 7-20.  Univariate Forecast of Performance Group/Period Workloads