TFP Planning tool

1. Navigate to the TFP Planning tab> New Plan tab.

2. Configure the plan in the following fields:

   Field	Description
   What would you like to name your plan? (Required)	Enter a name for the TFP plan of up to 25 characters.
   Which TFP Configuration do you want to use? (Required)	From the displayed list, select a TFP configuration under Available Configurations on which you want to perform the growth projection based on historical data. The list displays only those TFP configurations that have not completed the 12-month cycle. You cannot select TFP configurations displayed under Unavailable Configurations because they consist of historical data that has completed the 12-month cycle and they are no longer valid for future projections.
   Which History Month do you want to use? (Required)	Click and select the year and month that you want to use as the source of the historical data to apply changes to the TFP configuration.
   Which DSN do you want to use? (Required)	From the list select a data source name (DSN) under Available DSNs. The DSNs used in Cost Management are ODBC data sources defined as System DSNs in the CDB Automator catalog. The DSNs are displayed in accordance with the available CPCs for the History Month that you have selected. Make sure that you select a DSN containing all the CPCs that you want to impact with your changes. For more information, see Which TFP Configuration do you want to use?. The DSNs that are no longer available in the CDB Automator catalog are displayed under Unavailable DSNs. Important You must select a DSN that contains all of the CPCs that you want to impact with your changes.  If the CPCs are in different DSNs then you may not be able to perform all of the available actions. If there is only one available DSN, it is automatically selected.
   Would you like to provide a plan description?	You can enter additional information that describes the purpose of creating this plan.

   The following figure displays the Creating a TFP Plan page:
   

3. Click Create Plan.
   The TFP Plan Summary page is displayed. For more information, see Using the TFP Plan Summary page.
   

You can use the TFP Plan Summary page to create a list of jobs with the filter bar and then perform operations on the jobs.

1. On the filter bar, in the TFP Plan Summary window:
   1. From the Solution Name filter, select a solution. The solutions listed are based on the configuration that you selected when you created the TFP plan.
   2. From all the other filters, select one or more of the available filter values.

   3. In the Job Name Pattern filter, specify one or more job name patterns using wildcards.
      For example, a Payroll job may start with P. You can enter P* to add the job and any other job names beginning with P to the filtered job list.
      To remove a job name pattern, click .

      Important

      • If you do not select any filter values from a filter list, all filter values are selected by default.
      • If you want to group the filter values into a single aggregated value, click Aggregate Selections.
2. Click Preview.
   The Job/STC Name list is displayed based on your selections in the filter bar. A maximum of 100 names is displayed. If more than 100 names are returned, the last item is *others*.
   

1. In the Job/STC Name column, click the dropdown button to display a list of uniquely named jobs that were returned with the preview. You can select one or more job names from the list to further filter the job names displayed on the page.

2. In the Operations section, you can perform the following operations. The operations affect all the jobs listed in the Job/STC Name column and those indicated by *others*.

   Operation	Description	Use case
   Delete Activity	Click to delete the selected job activity from the selected target months Important If Delete Activity is selected, Scale Activity By and Move Activity to Solution operations will be unavailable.	Click here.
   Scale Activity By	Enter a percentage value that is going to determine the scaled growth or decline of the jobs. You can increase or decrease the percentage by using the arrows. For example: Scaling jobs by 200 percent, doubles them. Scaling jobs by 100 percent, keeps them the same. Scaling jobs by 50 percent, halves them. Scaling jobs by 0 percent, effectively deletes them.	Click here.
   Move Activity to Solution	Click to display the list of available solutions and select the solution to which you want to move the activity. Click Target CPC to display the list of available CPCs and select the CPC to which you want to move the activity. Important The Move Activity to Solution operation is available only if the TFP configuration contains more than one solution. The source solution and the destination solution cannot be the same. You must assign a different destination solution.	Click here.

   Important

   • If you are performing the Delete Activity operation in a single plan, you cannot perform the Scale Activity By and Move Activity to Solution operations in the plan anymore. You have to create another plan with the same data and configuration to perform the Scale Activity By and/or Move Activity to Solution operations in the plan.
   • You can perform both the Scale Activity By and Move Activity to Solution operations simultaneously in a plan. For more information, see here.

3. Click Target Projected Months and select one or more months from the list of months available for the projected data.
4. Click Evaluate Plan.
5. In the Evaluation Complete dialog box, click Yes.
   The TFP Evaluation Summary Report is displayed.

The TFP Evaluation Summary Report provides detailed information, an expandable tabular report, and a graphical representation of the cost changes, projected costs, and MSU consumption. 

The following figure displays the TFP Evaluation Summary Report:

The following table describes the information displayed on the report:

The following UI features are also available in a tabular format:

The Total row shows the total value of the Projected 12-Month MSUs (After) and the Projected 12-Month Cost (After) data.
If your data contains a Dev Test Solution or any Unallocated LPARs, their MSU and cost values are not included in the Total row. The total MSU and total Cost values are derived from the reduced or increased values of the cost and MSU consumption.