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M-PWR^® HR Overview

The M-PWR Historical Repository (MPWR-HR) is a SAS-based application which provides IT organizations with a multi-platform trending and historical data base solution for performance management, capacity planning and accounting and chargeback data. The system utilizes Merrill Consultants' MXG software to provide support for several hundred data sources. MPWR-HR can also easily integrate user developed SAS data files into the historical repository.

The application runs on OS/390, z/OS, z/VM, UNIX and Windows NT operating systems. The data base structure provides multiple levels of summarization as follows:

• Detail
• Summary (Hourly)
• Weekly
• Monthly
• Audit (Tape)
• Weekly History (Tape)
• Monthly History (Tape)

Supported Data Sources

MPWR-HR has predefined support for many data sources including:

• CICS
• DB2
• Batch Programs and Jobs
• TSO Sessions
• Started Tasks
• IDMS
• Print
• DASD Data Sets and Volumes
• Tape Data Sets and Volumes
• RMF
• TSO/MON
• NetView
• UNIX
• NT

Additional Features

• Centralized or Distributed Data Bases
  Each HR data base can be implemented on OS/390, z/OS, z/VM, UNIX, NT or any combination. All data can be stored in 1 or more centralized data bases or the data bases can be distributed. Financial, performance and capacity planning data can be stored on the platform of your choice an the location of your choice.

• Trending and Historical Data Base
  Provides DETAIL, SUMMARY, WEEKLY and MONTHLY summarization levels.

• MXG Interface
  Standard interface for all data sources supported by MXG software.

• User Defined Data Retention Requirements
  Allows up to 99 cycles of each file at each level of summarization.

• SAS Data Compression
  Supports optional file compression each level of summarization, on an individual file level. Work files can also be optionally compressed.

• Multiple Work File Support
  Multiple work file support is available for each file. These work files can be optionally compressed. This is essential for processing large volumes of data from sources such as CICS, IDMS and DB2.

• Automatic Retrofit of Files
  Changes to the structure of files are very easy since MPWR-HR automatically retrofits any Week-to-Date or Month-To-Date files that are not correctly sorted or summarized due to changes. This retrofit process occurs during the normal Daily Update process.

• Simplified Scheduling
  A single daily update process automatically initiates the weekly and monthly processes when the week or month changes. This eliminates having to schedule separate weekly and monthly processes. The date on which the automated weekly and monthly processes occur is user defined.

• Optional Creation of CSV Files
  The Daily process can optionally create CSV files for any MPWR-HR file at any level of summarization.

• Data Integrity Facility
  The Data Integrity Facility (DIF) processing prevents duplicate data from entering the historical repository and forces abends if insufficient input data is found. The DIF processing allows the user to determine how the data is validated and allows for an unlimited number of systems.

• Simplified Testing and Debugging
  HR provides two features that allow for simplified testing and debugging. ABND4LT (Abend For Less Than) allows the user to control how many records must be input to continue processing. MAXKEEP allows uses to limit the number of input records during testing.

• User Exits
  All user exits are in a single data set. These exits are optional and can include SAS code to define organizational variables, user variables, etc.