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1.2 Customizing CA MICS to Meet Your Needs

Each CA MICS file and element can be customized during
installation and configuration to efficiently meet your
site's unique needs.  For example, if you use JES2, it would
be confusing as well as inefficient to retain JES3 elements
in your CA MICS files. Although each element is described in
detail in the data dictionary, you will not have to research
elements you do not need if you customize the elements to
your site.

CA MICS "account routines" can also be used for customizing.
Data that can be attributed to a business function or owner,
such as a batch job or a CICS transaction, generally uses a
CA MICS account routine at the component level.  These
account routines consist of codes that map an input record
field to a business structure. These codes are referred to as
"account codes" on your CA MICS output.

Note: The RMF component is focused on performance and
capacity data for the overall control of hardware and the
operating system (System Control Program) so it does not
contain data that is mapped to your unique organizational or
business groupings.

You can define up to nine account code levels. For example,
the first or highest level might be Division, the second
Location, the third Department, the fourth Function, the
fifth Project, and so on.  Account codes are used to
summarize data during CA MICS database summarization at
higher timespans, so understanding what they represent is
important for effective reporting.

Element customization and account routines are just two
examples of how CA MICS can be uniquely configured at each
data center for reporting efficiency. There are many other
customizing options your site may employ.

Data describing your unique configuration is automatically
used by the reporting facilities.  This allows you to
navigate easily through the data without knowing its physical
location. In addition, you will be using data structures that
have been customized to your site's implementation and
component mix and applied to all databases in your CA MICS
complex.