Overview of the MSU Cost Editor
The MSU Cost Editor lets you edit your IBM Workload License Charges (WLCs) so that Cost Analyzer can use actual costs when building your cost models. You can create and manage multiple cost tables.
The active cost table always opens when you launch the MSU Cost Editor. However, if you are setting up Cost Analyzer 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 Figure 1, 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.
Figure: Sample MSU Cost Editor
MSU Cost Editor legend
# | Description | Details |
|---|---|---|
1 | Reporting Locale Settings | Accesses a dialog where you can change the reporting locale For more information, see Changing-the-reporting-locale. |
2 | Pencil icon | Indicates that the cost coefficient tables for the product have been edited |
3 | Triangle icon | Lets you display or hide product features by clicking the icon |
4 | Cost Table name | Unique name that identifies the cost table |
5 | Open Cost Table button | Accesses a dialog where you can select an existing cost table for editing or viewing |
6 | Type | The license type used by the products on your system. |
7 | Group | The IBM software family of the product (CICS, DB2, IMS, MQ, ZOS, or OTH) |
8 | Product Family | The IBM product family of the product |
9 | Create Cost Table button | Accesses a dialog where you can create a new cost table or a clone of an existing cost table You can create multiple cost tables to manage any changes to your MLC product cost arrangements. |
10 | Product ID | The product's identification designation |
11 | Delete Cost Table button | Accesses a dialog where you can select and delete cost tables The following Cost Tables cannot be deleted:
|
12 | Product Name | The name of the product |
13 | Modify Cost Coefficients button | Accesses a dialog where you can modify the cost coefficients for a Group or a Pricing Metric type by a specific percentage |
14 | Feature ID | The feature's identification designation |
15 | CMP Base Factor Estimator button | Accesses a dialog 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. |
16 | Feature Name | The name of the feature |
17 | NO89 Req. | Indicates whether a Universal Information Exchange (UIE) command NO89 is required in order to include the MLC product's cost data in the cost models The requirements are as follows:
For more information about how to define this command, see NO89-command. |
18 | 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 hover over the Edit link, tooltip icons display to enable you to copy, paste, or clear the pricing metrics. For more information, see Copying-pricing-metrics. |
19 | 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 |
20 | Single Version Charge | Enables you to designate that two versions of the same MLC product accrue charges based on Single Version Charging (SVC) |
21 | 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-CPC-Configuration-Editor. |
22 | Update indicator | Indicates whether the cost table is up to date The Update indicator is only available if this feature has been enabled by the Administrator. For more information, contact customer support. |
Adjusting the MSU Cost Editor data display
To change how the data is displayed in the MSU Cost Editor, you can perform the following actions:
- 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.