ACT Defining Central Site Specifications

Central site users must provide the names of the data sets that contain the transmitted accounting files from each remote sit
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Central site users must provide the names of the data sets that contain the transmitted accounting files from each remote sit
The following sections describe how to specify data set names for a central site.

Central Site Worksheet

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Date: ____/____/____ Administrator: ____________________________________________ | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ CENTRAL SITE WORKSHEET Remote Site ID Data Set Name -------------- ------------------ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ _________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The following parameters appear on the Central Site worksheet:
Remote Site ID
Description: The identifier for the remote site.
Default: None
Values: Character, length 1 to 8
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ote:
 The value for this field is chosen by the central site. It is for descriptive purposes only.
Data Set Name
Description: The name of the data set that will contain the information transmitted from the remote site.
Default: None
Values: Character, length 44
N
ote:
 The data set name must be a valid OS data set name and the specified data set must be cataloged. In addition, it is your responsibility to ensure that the following items are implemented to support multi-site accounting:
  • Run an unload job at each remote site.
  • Transmit the data set from each remote site to the central site.
  • Catalog the OS data sets from each remote site into the central site catalog.

Central Site Example

The following Central Site example assumes that accounting is being run in two remote sites, EAST and WEST. Central site invoicing is to be done. The information transmitted from the remote sites will be retained locally in the cataloged data sets named MICS.remotesiteid.ACT.TRANSMIT.
The central site may choose the data set names. No standard
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convention is enforced. These data set names become part of the generated JCL used to gather all of your remote site data sets.
_____________________________________________________________ +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Date: __/__/__ Administrator: ________________ | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Remote Site ID Data Set Name -------- ------------------------------------------ EAST MICS.EAST.ACT.TRANSMIT WEST MICS.WEST.ACT.TRANSMIT _____________________________________________________________