Working with shift profiles

This section describes the Manage Shift Profiles option in the Administration Tools. The Manage Shift Profiles option divides the week into shifts. The shifts are used as input to BMC AMI Capacity Reporting analytic processing. The data that the Manage Shift Profiles tool collects is analyzed in relation to the business activity at your site. To describe your business activity, you need to divide the hours of a typical week into shifts that represent different levels of activity.

Important

You need to be a BMC AMI Capacity Reporting product administrator to access the Manage Shift Profiles option.

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Using

The following example show how the shifts might work for different types of activity:

  • For a retail store, business activity on weekends is probably different from weekday activity, and daytime activity is different from nighttime activity. In this case, a business week might contain four shifts:
    • Hours 1000-2000 on weekdays
    • Hours 0000-1000 and 2000-2400 on weekdays
    • Hours 1100-2200 on weekends
    • Hours 0000-1100 and 2200-2400 on weekends

Important

  • A week contains 168 hours (7x24=168).
  • Each hour of each day can belong to only one shift.
  • The shifts do not need to be equal in size or contiguous. However, all shifts together must cover the entire 168-hour week.

In the following example, the week has been divided into four distinct shifts:

Example
  • Weekdays (Monday through Friday) are different from weekends (Saturday and Sunday).
  • Each 8-hour shift on a given day is different from every other shift on that day.

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You can add System groups to create Shifts for certain SMFIDs or Sysplexes.
Fox example, production batch processing might take place on certain SMFIDs or Sysplexes during the overnight hours from 12 A.M. to 5 A.M. And, the online processing might take place on certain SMFIDs during the day from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. Using System groups, you can set up shifts for only those Systems that are specified for the System group. When you add a System group, the Shifts grid is cleared so you can enter the shifts for that System group.

The Add Shift Profile or Modify Shift Profile dialog box includes the following:

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The legends are as follows:


Field

Description

1

Profile Name

Name of the shift profile

If you are creating a DSN-specific profile, a suggested profile name is given which you can change.

2

Select Template / DSN: tmp

If you are using a default shift profile, the Select Template option is available to you. The Select Template list includes the product-provided shift profile templates and the shift profiles that you created and saved.

If you are using DSN generated shift profile, the DSN: tmp option is available. If you are creating a DSN-specific profile, a suggested profile name is provided, you can change the profile name. 

3

System Group 

List of system groups containing SMFIDs

Important

If you have access to z/VM data, this list will also include the z/VM system groups.

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You can select a System group from the suggested list or create a customized one using the Add option. The list and dropdown label display a warning icon and tooltip to indicate the System group is modified. 

In the Add System Group window:

  1. Enter a System name.
  2. Enter a SMFID, and click Add.
    The SMFID is added and displayed in the SMFIDs field.
  3. Click Accept to save the changes.

Important

If you select the default group (that is, selecting a BMC product-provided shift profile ), you can't specify SMFIDs.

4

SMFIDs

List of SMFIDs included in a selected System group

You can modify a System Group using the Modify option.

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You can delete a SMFID by clicking X next to it. 

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Important

If you have selected a default shift profile, all unallocated SMFIDs in your data are automatically included in it.

After making the changes, click Accept.

5

Shifts

List of Shifts 

You can create new shifts using Add option. You can also modify and delete a shift.

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6

Find

Find a shift from the grid and modify

7

Eraser

Erase a shift from the grid

8

Regenerate
<modified-count> groups

Regenerates all modified system groups in one go. This option activates when you modify SMFIDs in at least one group

The label indicates if multiple groups need regeneration and processes all modified groups.

The System Group dropdown displays modified System groups with an icon and tooltip.

9

Add Shift Profile/ Modify Shift Profile

Saves the created or modified shift profile 

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