The Business Element Forecasting software employs a methodology that uses business factors derived from sources outside of the data processing installation to forecast capacity requirements. This differs from the other forecasting methods implemented in the CA MICS Capacity Planner because the future requirements are not estimated from historical patterns of computer resource consumption. Instead, you assume that the demand for computer services is directly related to the amount of activity occurring in other departments or divisions of the organization. The methodology provides tools for determining if such a relationship exists, and for forecasting from this relationship. Chapter 3 discusses the structure of business element history files and the structure of resource element history files. It also presents the structure and content of the forecast files which contain forecasts resulting from Business Element Forecasting. Note: SAS/STAT is a prerequisite for using Business Element Forecasting.
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