SMF GROUP Statements
Once you have specified how
MICS
is to calculate turnaround time, specify parameters that define the batch JOBGROUPs, their associated service objectives, and the descriptive names by which MICS
may refer to them.micsrm140
Once you have specified how
MICS
is to calculate turnaround time, specify parameters that define the batch JOBGROUPs, their associated service objectives, and the descriptive names by which MICS
may refer to them.Coding the GROUP Statement
The GROUP statement defines the JOBGROUP value for standard job groups (JOBGROUP = 1-149). As with most
MICS
PARMS members, the format of statements is free-form, but positional. Blank statements are not allowed. Comments are coded by beginning a statement with an asterisk (*). You should modify the sample JOBGROUP member's GROUP statement distributed with the product rather than code it from scratch. A GROUP statement has the following format:GROUP nnn mmmmmm sf 'descriptive text' or GROUP nnn mmmmmm:ss sf 'descriptive text'
where:
nnn
the identifying number of this standard JOBGROUP (1-149). The job groups must be specified sequentially in ascending order. They do not have to be contiguous, and should, in fact, be defined with open slots for future use. Jobs that have a conventional service requirement, such as ten-minute turnaround, must be assigned a job group from this range.
mmmmmm or mmmmmm:ss
the target turnaround time for jobs in this JOBGROUP, expressed in minutes or minutes and seconds (e.g., job group 1 target is ten-minute turnaround time). The target turnaround time must be greater than or equal to the turnaround time defined for the previous JOBGROUP.
To specify seconds (ss), a colon (:) is required to separate minutes (mmmmmmmm) and seconds.
For example, if the target time is ten minutes, a job in this group whose turnaround time is less than ten minutes has at least met the target. A turnaround time of less than ten minutes means that the target has been met or exceeded, depending on whether another job group has been defined with a lower target than ten minutes. (By the coding rules for the JOBGROUP member, the other definition would have to precede the ten-minute one.) If there is no such job group, the target has been met. If there is a job group defined with a lower target and if the service objective of THAT job group has been met or exceeded, the target for the job in question has been exceeded. Note that the jobs in the first job group can meet but never exceed their service objective, since there is no lower service objective.
In the following example, the comment within single quotes describes the turnaround values for which the target will have been considered MET.
GROUP 1 0:10 1 '0 <=turnaround-time <= 0:10' GROUP 2 0:30 1 '0:10 < turnaround-time <= 0:30' GROUP 3 1:30 1 '0:30 <=turnaround-time <= 1:30' GROUP 4 10 1 '1:30 < turnaround-time <= 10' GROUP 5 60 1 '10 < turnaround-time <= 60' GROUP 7 240 1 '60 < turnaround-time <= 240' GROUP 9 1440 1 '240 < turnaround-time <= 1440' GROUP 13 1440 'OTHER'
Job group 13 is for all jobs that exceed the longest turnaround target.
If seconds (ss) is specified, minutes (mmmmmmmm) can be zero (o).
'sf'
the service factor, which allows priority accounting by
MICS Accounting and Chargeback
. It allows a discount or surcharge factor to be specified for particular JOBGROUPs to reflect the level of service requested by the user. The service factor is only applied if the service request is met or exceeded. The allowable range of values for the service factor is 0.1 through 99.9.For more information on the service factor, see Using Accounting and Chargeback. This parameter must be specified even if
MICS Accounting and Chargeback
is not installed.'descriptive text'
a 1- to 30-character title that describes this JOBGROUP. The title must be enclosed in single quotes.
Note:
JOBTURTM is the name of the data element in the Batch User Job Activity File (BATJOB) that holds computed turnaround time. This value is set only for jobs assigned a standard job group number. JOBTURTM is set to a missing value for jobs assigned a deadline job group because MICS
is only concerned with the setting of the target missed/met/exceeded variables for deadline jobs.GROUP Statement Worksheet for JOBGROUP Member
+------------------------------------ --------------------------------------+ | INSTALLATION PREPARATION WORKSHEET: Standard JOBGROUP Definition | | | | PARMS Library Member is JOBGROUP | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | STANDARD TURNAROUND | | JOBGROUP TIME SERVICE | | NUMBER (MM or MM:SS) FACTOR JOBGROUP DESCRIPTIVE TITLE | | | | | | GROUP ___ _______ ____ '__________________________' | | | | GROUP ___ _______ ____ '__________________________' | | | | GROUP ___ _______ ____ '__________________________' | | | | GROUP ___ _______ ____ '__________________________' | | | | GROUP ___ _______ ____ '__________________________' | | | | GROUP ___ _______ ____ '__________________________' | | | | GROUP ___ _______ ____ '__________________________' | | | | GROUP ___ _______ ____ '__________________________' | | | | GROUP ___ _______ ____ '__________________________' | | | | GROUP ___ _______ ____ '__________________________' | | | | GROUP ___ _______ ____ '__________________________' | | | | GROUP ___ _______ ____ '__________________________' | | | | MM - MINUTES | | SS - SECONDS | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ....5...10...15...20...25...30...35...40...45...50...55...60...65...70... | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+