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Monthly Summary Reports

This section explains the different functions of the MLC Monthly Summary Report and the TFP Monthly Summary Report.

The MLC and TFP Monthly Summary Reports display rows that list each MLC product or TFP solution, and columns that display monthly cost data. Use the hyperlinks provided on the report to drill down on specific data to see more detail, and access interactive charts.

MLC Monthly Summary Report

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The top of each report identifies:

Usage Month—The month the MSU utilization occurred
Billing Month—The month that IBM invoices for payment
Monthly MLC Total or CMP Total—The total MLC, or CMP charges for the month

By clicking More, you can access additional information that includes:

Whether sysplex, CMP, or MVM pricing are in effect
The cost table used when generating the report
Additional cost factors that apply to the report
A list of commands for zNALC, Exclude LPARs, NO89, and EXCLUDE89
The Combined Cost reduction value (if applicable)

By clicking Export to CSV and the Save to PDF, you can save the report data on your local computer as either a CSV file or as a PDF file.

The following figure shows a sample MLC Monthly Summary Report:

The following table describes the data that each column of the report contains:

Column header	Description
Product	MLC product that qualifies for sub-capacity pricing The product ID is indicated in parentheses under the MLC product name.
CPC Name (PricingPlex Name)	Name of the CPCs on which this MLC product was active during some intervals of the reporting period The PricingPlex name (if one exists), is indicated in parentheses under the CPC name.
R4HA MSU Utilization	Preview chart of the aggregated R4HA MSU Utilization of the LPARs running the product The red dot on the chart represents the high or peak value.
R4HA First Peak Cost	Monthly license cost determined by the First Peak R4HA value
% of Total Cost	Percentage of the total monthly cost contributed by the product Expanding the product will show the the percentage of cost contributed by each CPC. Note In an MLC Product Name row, the percentage indicates this product's contribution to the Total Monthly cost. In a CPC row, the percentage indicates this CPC's contribution to the total Monthly Cost.
Average Cost/MSU	Total product cost on a particular CPC divided by the R4HA First Peak value
Incremental Cost/MSU	Cost of one additional MSU for this product on this CPC Note Cost tables are not linear, so the cost of an additional MSU depends on the current First Peak R4HA value.
R4HA First peak (MSU)	R4HA value in MSUs at the first peak To the right of the R4HA value, the number in brackets indicates the number of occurrences of the same value during the reporting period.
Combined MSU Reduction	Total number of combined MSUs for the MLC product family The value represents the total combined MSU reduction that resulted from either Mobile transactions or zCAP activity. Note The MLC Monthly Summary Report only contains Combined MSU reduction values if the month's cost model has been built using mobile transaction data or zCAP activity. The product administrator is responsible for ensuring that your Model Builder Tasks have MWP and zCAP support, and for maintaining accuracy in the cost models by importing the mobile transaction data after the completion of each month. For more information, see Adding-Workload-Reduction-CSV-files-to-Model-Builder-Tasks.
R4HA First Peak	Date and time the first peak occurred
R4HA Second Peak (MSU)	R4HA value in MSUs at the second peak To the right of the R4HA value, the number in brackets indicates the number of occurrences of the same value during the reporting period. Note The R4HA Second Peak value and Date/Time value do not affect MLC but do provide useful information. For example, if the first peak has only one occurrence and the second peak is significantly smaller than the first peak, either an abnormal situation occurred or you have an opportunity to decrease the cost.
R4HA Second Peak	Date and time the second peak occurred

Note

The MLC Monthly Summary report might contain data for Country Multiplex Pricing (CMP), Multi-Version Measurement Pricing (MVM), Mobile Workload Pricing (MWP), or zSystems Collocated Application Pricing (zCAP). For more information, see:

In the CPC column, a callout indicates that an adjustment has been made to the cost calculation for the data in that row. Click on the callout to display the adjustment message window.

Data hyperlinks

In some columns, the data also serves as a hyperlink that lets you drill down to details about specific CPCs and MLC products.

Note

Data that serves as a hyperlink is blue in color and when you hover over it, the mouse arrow changes to.

The following table lists the columns that contain hyperlinks and the details that you can access:

Column	Hyperlink	Description
Product	Product name	Displays the MLC Product Priced Features and their R4HA MSU Utilization data
CPC Name (PricingPlex Name)	Any CPC name in the column	Hyperlinks to CPC details that list all MLC products running on the CPC and their relevant R4HA MSU Utilization data Note Although these products are running on the same CPC, the R4HA charts and corresponding peak values can be different if the products are running on different LPARs or during different intervals.
R4HA MSU Utilization	Any preview chart in the column	Hyperlinks to LPAR details that list the LPARs on which the selected MLC product is running, and their relevant R4HA MSU Utilization data. Note For each LPAR, the hyperlink displays only the intervals in which the selected product was running.
% of total cost	Any percentage in the breakdown	Displays a bar chart that graphically represents cost distribution details
Combined MSU Reduction	Any combined MSU reduction value for a CPC	Links to CPC details that list the MSU Utilization level for the MLC product running on the CPC

Data display controls

The following table describes the MLC Monthly Summary Report icons that you can use to adjust the view and to access the MLC Monthly Reporting tool panel:

Icon	Description
or	Sorts a column's data in alphabetic or numeric order The arrow toggle controls whether the sort is in either ascending or descending order. Note If a column's data can be sorted, the column's header is highlighted when you hover the mouse over the header.
	Displays or hides the MLC Monthly Reporting tool section panel
	Adjusts the column width
or	Expands or collapses row data
or	Displays or hides additional information about the R4HA MSU utilization chart or the combined MSU reduction data

TFP Monthly Summary Report

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The top of each report identifies:

Usage Month—The month the MSU utilization occurred
TFP Total— The total TFP charges for the month

By clicking More, you can access additional information related to the TFP Monthly Summary Report.

By clicking Export to CSV and the Save to PDF, you can save the report data on your local computer as either a CSV file or as a PDF file.

The following figure shows a sample TFP Monthly Summary Report:

The following table describes the data that each column of the report contains:

Column header	Description
Solution	TFP solution name The Solution ID is indicated in parentheses below each solution name.
CPC Name	Name of the CPCs that have activity from this Solution
MSUs By Hour	Preview chart of the aggregated MSUs By Hour for the Solution or for individual CPCs that have activity from the Solution The red dot on the chart represents the high or peak value.
Total Cost	Total cost of a TFP Solution or proportional contribution to the Total Solution cost of individual CPCs
% of Total Cost	Percentage of total TFP Cost for the whole Enterprise of a Solution or of an individual CPC contribution
Total MSUs	Total number of MSUs utilized in a month
% of Total MSUs	Percentage of Total MSU consumption for the whole Enterprise
Cost Over Entitlement	Cost of each MSU when you exceed your entitlement limit
MSUs Over Entitlement	MSUs consumed above Entitlement for the current month

Data hyperlinks

In some columns, the data also serve as a hyperlink that lets you drill down to details about specific CPCs or TFP solutions.

Note

Data that serves as a hyperlink is blue in color and when you hover over it, the mouse arrow changes to.

The following table lists the columns that contain data hyperlinks and describes the details that you can access:

Column	Hyperlink	Description
MSUs By Hour	Any preview chart in the column	Hyperlinks to a list of all LPARs that you selected for the TFP product, and their relevant MSUs by Hour data.
% of Total Cost	Any preview chart in the column	Displays a bar chart with percentage of total TFP Cost for the whole Enterprise of a Solution or of an individual CPC contribution
% of Total MSUs	Any preview chart in the column	Displays a bar chart with percentage of Total MSU consumption for the whole Enterprise

Data display controls

The following table describes the TFP Monthly Summary Report icons that you can use to adjust the view and to access the TFP Monthly Reporting tool panel:

Icon	Description
	The solution is selected for Development and Test
or	Sorts a column's data in alphabetic or numeric order The arrow toggle controls whether the sort is in either ascending or descending order. Note If a column's data can be sorted, the column's header becomes highlighted when you hover the mouse over the header.
	Displays or hides the TFP Monthly Reporting tool section panel
	Adjusts the column width
or	Expands or collapses row data

Monthly Summary Reports

MLC Monthly Summary Report

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Data display controls

TFP Monthly Summary Report

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