TLM ACCOUNTING Statement (Optional)

The ACCOUNTING statement controls whether tape data set accounting will be invoked at the DETAIL or DAYS timespan level.
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The ACCOUNTING statement has the following format:
ACCOUNTING timespan
Timespan
DETAIL or DAYS.
The default is:
ACCOUNTING DAYS

Using ACCOUNTING DAYS

The ACCOUNTING DAYS parameter causes the TLM component to account for tape data sets at the DAYS summarization level. At the DAYS summarization level, tape data set name, VOLSER, and other detailed information is not available. Instead, each observation represents the total tape/megabyte hours used by a group of tape data sets, aggregated together, using the sequence/summary keys for the TMCTMD file at the DAYS timespan.
DAYS allows reasonable flexibility in qualification pricing in the accounting routine. For example, assume the sequence/ summary elements at the DAYS level are as follows:
SYSID TLMACT1 TLMACT2 VOLGROUP YEAR MONTH DAY
All data sets that have these values are summarized into one observation.
SYSID='TLM1' TLMACT1='MKT' TLMACT2='DP12' VOLGROUP='STANDARD' YEAR=08; MONTH=07; DAY=24;
Accounting qualification techniques and algorithms allow for pricing of tape data set space by applying rates based on the actual values in these control or sequence elements in the above example.
Note:
VOLSER and DSNAME are absent from the list. If you need exception level pricing based on either VOLSER or DSNAME (or any other character data element not in the SORT key of the DAYS timespan), code ACCOUNTING DETAIL instead of ACCOUNTING DAYS.

Using ACCOUNTING DETAIL

DETAIL
This parameter causes the TLM component to account for each tape data set at the DETAIL timespan. Each data set is examined by the accounting cost algorithms, and all data elements carried at the DETAIL timespan are available for inspection by the accounting code.
VOLSER
This parameter could be added to the example above, and a special rate could be applied to some DSNAMEs if they appear on a given VOLSER.
The choice between DETAIL and DAYS on this parameter should be negotiated with those responsible for
MICS Accounting and Chargeback
. Because there will naturally be more observations at the DETAIL timespan than at the DAYS level, using DETAIL will increase the space required for cycles of the accounting journal files.