Overview of the MSU Cost Editor

The MSU Cost Editor lets you edit your IBM Workload License Charges (WLCs) so that

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can use actual costs when building your cost models. You can create and manage multiple cost tables.

Notes

When you create multiple cost tables, one of them must be set as the active cost table. When first setting up Cost Management, the SPRDFIL cost table is automatically set as the active cost table.

Only the active cost table is referenced to build your cost models. For more information, see Managing-multiple-cost-tables.

If you want to change which cost table is active, see Setting-a-cost-table-as-active.

The active cost table always opens when you launch the MSU Cost Editor. However, if you are setting up Cost Management for the first time, a default cost table created by the installation process displays. The name of this cost table is SPRDFIL and it is automatically set as the active cost table. When setting up your first cost table, you should edit the coefficients in SPRDFIL.

After you have completed the editing, you can:

Make a clone of the SPRDFIL cost table
Give the cloned Cost Table a new name
Set the cloned Cost Table as active
For more information, see Managing-multiple-cost-tables.

For any cost table that you want to edit, use the MSU Cost Editor to insert the cost coefficients from your IBM License Agreement. As indicated in the sample in the following figure, the MSU Cost Editor lists all of the MLC products on a system and enables you to account for every provision in your contract with IBM.

The MSU Cost Editor legends are as follows:

#	Description	Details
1	Pencil icon	Indicates that the cost coefficient tables for the product have been edited Warning Note If an MLC product's cost coefficients are not edited, but the product features cost coefficients are edited then the pencil icon displays by the Product name column.
2	Expand icon	Display or hide product features by clicking the icon
3	Cost Table name	Unique name that identifies the cost table Warning Note A check mark icon indicates that this is the active cost table.
4	Open Cost Table	Accesses a dialog box in which you can select an existing cost table for editing or viewing
5	Type	The license type used by the products on your system. Warning Note Cost Management supports only Monthly License Charge (MLC) products at this time.
6	Add Cost Table	Accesses a dialog box in which you can create a new cost table or a clone of an existing cost table You can create multiple cost tables to manage changes to your MLC product cost arrangements.
7	Group	The IBM software family of the product (CICS, Db2, IMS, MQ, ZOS, or OTH)
8	Delete Cost Table	Accesses a dialog box in which you can select and delete cost tables The following Cost Tables cannot be deleted: The active Cost Table Any Cost Table referenced by the cost model of a historical month
9	Product Family	The IBM product family of the product
10	Product ID	Product's identification designation
11	Modify Cost Coefficients	Accesses a dialog box where you can modify the cost coefficients for a Group or a Pricing Metric type by a specific percentage
12	Product Name	Name of the product
13	CMP Base Factor Estimator	Accesses a dialog box where you can calculate an estimate of the CMP Base Values (MLC Base, MSU Base, and Base Factor) for all Products and Product Features active in a selected month and the two previous months For more information, see Estimating-the-CMP-Base-values.
14	Feature ID	Feature's identification designation
15	Feature Name	Name of the feature
16	NO89 Req.	Indicates whether a Model Builder Task is required to include the MLC product's cost data in the cost models The requirements are as follows: YES – Indicates a Model Builder Task command must be defined before cost information can be included in the cost model NO – Indicates a Model Builder Task command is not required For more information about how to define this command, see NO89-command.
17	Edit	Link that provides access to the cost coefficient tables for a particular product Clicking on the link accesses the cost coefficient table where you can assign cost coefficients to the MSU ranges defined by IBM. You can edit a separate cost table for every Pricing Metric Type that applies to the MLC product. For more information, see Using-the-MSU-Cost-Editor. When you click , a tooltip displays the Copy, paste, and Clear options. For more information, see Copying-pricing-metrics.
18	Cost Coefficients	Contains the Edit link for editing the cost coefficient tables and provides a list of pricing metric types that have had their cost tables edited Warning Note The absence of a list of pricing metrics indicates that no pricing metrics have been edited for this product.
19	Single Version Charge	Enables you to designate that two versions of the same MLC product accrue charges based on Single Version Charging (SVC) Warning Note When certain conditions are met during the migration to newer versions of IBM Middleware or an IBM Operating System, IBM provides Single Version Pricing (SVC) for a limited period. For more information see, Specifying-Single-Version-Charging-for-specific-MLC-products.
20	Pricing Metric Override	Enables you to designate a different pricing metric type for any MLC product to override the default pricing metric type defined for the CPC For more information, see Overriding-the-pricing-metric-type and Using-the-Manage-CPC-Configurations-tool.

Adjusting the MSU Cost Editor data display

To change the data display in the MSU Cost Editor, perform the following steps:

Sort the data in a column alphabetically, in either ascending or descending order, by clicking the column header.
Adjust the column widths by hovering over the header's column lines, and then clicking and dragging them to the desired size.

Overview of the MSU Cost Editor

Adjusting the MSU Cost Editor data display

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