6. DATA SOURCES › 6.6 Basic Network Accounting › 6.6.2 Identification of Sessions for Differential Billing › 6.6.2.1 Network Service Group Definitions (NETGROUP)

6.6.2.1 Network Service Group Definitions (NETGROUP)

The CA MICS Network Analyzer supports the data element
NETGROUP in each of the six files available for accounting:

o  NCP Network Accounting (SNTNAC) File
o  CA NetSpy Terminal (SNTNSS) File
o  NPM User Activity (SNTPSU) File
o  NLDM Session Accounting (NVSNSA) File
o  NLDM Session Connectivity (NVSNSC) File
o  NLDM Response Time (NVSRTM) File

NETGROUP is used to classify a network session according to
its service requirements or its configuration
characteristics.  The classifications permit differential
billing based on service requirements or configuration.  For
example, an enterprise may want to charge a premium for
sessions which receive a high transmission priority.
Sessions with a transmission priority greater than 0 could be
charged at the rate of 125% of the normal charge for
character traffic.  All other sessions would be charged at
the standard billable rate (that is, 100%).

Defining network service groups is a two-step process.
First, each network group is identified by a network group
number (an identifying number in the range 1-256), a service
factor (a value that identifies the rate at which session
charges will be assessed), and a description.  This
information is recorded in prefix.MICS.PARMS(NETGROUP),
described in Section 7.3.6 of this guide.  Then a routine is
coded to set NETGROUP in the appropriate files so it can be
used for network accounting.  This routine, called NETGPRT
(also a member of prefix.MICS.PARMS), is discussed in Section
7.3.7 of this guide.