Opening a plan
Use the following procedure to open a plan.
- From the Cost Analyzer console, click the Planning tool tab.
From the Actions pane, click Open Plan.
From the Open Plan dialog, select the plan you want to open and click Open Plan.
The Planning tool opens the Plan as shown in the following figure:
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Description
Details
1
Toolbar buttons
You can use the toolbar buttons to perform the actions described in Table 1:
2
Information message
Status of the evaluation summary report for the plan
Click View details to open the Application Messaging Viewer dialog to view the messages returned from the evaluation process.
3
List of LPARs on the CPC
You can click an LPAR to view LPAR level reports and charts.
4
List of CPCs
You can click a CPC to view CPC level reports and charts.
5
Plan Name
The name of the plan
The icon indicates the type of plan as follows:
– LPAR and Workloads plan
– Job and STC plan
6
Plan Usage Month
Month and year of plan
Toolbar button
Description
View changes made to the plan
View plan evaluation results
Close the plan
Perform one of the following actions:
- Click a CPC to view CPC level reports and charts.
- Click an LPAR to view LPAR level reports and charts.
The Planning tool opens the selected object. Depending on which level you select, you can perform operations on the objects of the CPC level or LPAR level. For more information, see Overview-of-LPAR-and-Workload-plans.
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