13. RESOURCE COMPONENT ANALYSIS › 13.2 Analysis using CAP Database files › 13.2.2 Usage Guidelines

13.2.2 Usage Guidelines

Usage of the Resource Component Analysis facility is easy and
the component operation is straightforward.  Since the
facility creates a default list of data elements for later
analysis, you can quickly execute a complete analysis with a
single panel and a few key strokes. Once the analysis has
completed, you can examine the output report produced,
quickly determine those components that have minimal effect
on the analysis element values, unselect those elements and
reexecute the component analysis again. This is frequently an
iterative process and can be executed as often as necessary
until the best list of component elements remains.  Once an
optimum set of component elements has been determined,
selected elements can be used as input to the workload
forecasting process, discussed in Chapter 14.