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Forecast Element Panel

The Forecast Element panel presents future usage of a charge element by charges or by units for all forecasted periods. For comparison purposes, the panel also displays the charges or units for existing periods.

Note:

• You can distinguish periods from the CCCMOD tablefrom those in the CCCTAB table by the * symbol to the left of the Prd column (see A. below).
• The Amount column shows the total charges or units for each period. The amount can be in units (U), thousands (K), millions (M), billions (B), or trillions (T). The S column displays the factor used for each forecasted period (see B. below).
• The first value of the scale represents the smallest charge. The last value of the scale represents the largest charge plus ten percent (see C. below).

The following panel displays both forecast and actual data.

  USERID                     CA PMA Chargeback                MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS
  __    Acctdefs   Cbdefs   Query   Data   Period   Options   Exit   Help
  +-- CBOFCTD ---------------- Forecast Element ----------------------------+
  |      Panel  Exit  Help                                                  |
  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  |  View Element MBJ CPU-CHARGE       in CHARGES                           |
  |                                                                         |
  |               More: - + ____  Row 0001 of 0003                          |
  | A. Prd Amount                                                     S  B. |
  | * 003 *                                                    3.65789 U    |
  |   002 ****************************                         22.2562      |
  |   001 *********************************************        34.0892      |
  |                                                                         |
  |                                                                         |
  |                                                                         |
  |                                                                         |
  |       |         |         |         |         |         |               |
  | C.   3.65789   10.4259   17.1939   23.9619   30.7299   37.4981          |
  |                                                                         |
  |   F7=Bkwd   F8=Fwd   F11=Qualifiers                                     |
  +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
  Command ===> ____________________________________________________________
  F1=Help  F3=Exit  F4=Prompt  F9=Command  F10=Action Bar  F12=Cancel  PA1=Susp

A description of the Forecast Element panel follows.

Access

The Forecast Element panel appears when one of these events occurs:

• You enter P for Plot in the C column next to an element, on the Forecast Elements List panel shown in Forecast Elements List Panel.
• You return from the Forecast Qualifiers List, or the Forecast Qualifier panels.

  -----------------
  |Forecast Elem. |___________
  |  List Panel   |          |
  |>P             |          v
  -----------------   ----------------
                      |   Forecast   |
                      |   Element    |
                      |    Panel     |
                      ----------------
                             ▲
                             |
                     -----------------
                     | Forecast Qual.|
                     |  List Panel   |
                   __|>F3            |
                   | -----------------
                   |    Qualifier   |
                   |>F3             |
                   ------------------
  

Scrolling

F7 and F8 let you scroll backward and forward through the Forecast Element panel. You can also use the scroll bar, as explained on Sample List Panel, to move through the panel.

Input

The following Forecast Element panel field is available for input:

in

Acceptable entries are:

• Units
• Charges

Pathway

F11

(Qualifiers) Gives you a listing of the Qualifiers associated with the charge element displayed on the Forecast Element panel. CA PMA Chargeback displays qualifiers by period number.