Tandem Capacity Model (TCM) Manual
E Common TCM Procedures
This appendix gives step-by-step instructions for completing the following TCM procedures:
• “Adding a Transaction” (page 231)
• “Analyzing Capacity History” (page 231)
• “Calculating Throughput Trending” (page 232)
• “Calibrating Batch Response Time” (page 232)
• “Changing Authorization Levels” (page 232)
• “Changing Default Priorities” (page 233)
• “Changing Expert Parameters” (page 233)
• “Changing Individual Priorities” (page 234)
• “Changing Passwords” (page 234)
• “Checking an Apportionment Method” (page 234)
• “Checking Category 98” (page 235)
• “Collecting Measure Samples” (page 235)
• “Converting TCM Models From Earlier TCM Product Versions” (page 235)
• “Creating Additional Workload Apportionment Models” (page 235)
• “Creating a Mix Chart” (page 236)
• “Creating a New Workload Apportionment Model” (page 236)
• “Creating a New Performance Model” (page 236)
• “Creating a Trend Chart” (page 236)
• “Customizing the MeasTCM CNTLFILE” (page 237)
• “Customizing Help Messages” (page 237)
• “Customizing TCM Screens” (page 237)
• “Downloading Performance Data Samples” (page 238)
• “Finding Product Version Information” (page 238)
• “Generating a Timeline Chart” (page 238)
• “Getting Help for Function Keys” (page 239)
• “Getting Help for Specific Fields” (page 240)
• “Loading a CSV Sample Into a WA Model” (page 240)
• “Loading Models Created by Other Users” (page 240)
• “Merging Performance Models” (page 241)
• “Modifying Apportioned Data Using an .AWA File in the Current Session” (page 241)
• “Modifying Apportioned Data Using an .AWA File Not in the Current Session” (page 242)
• “Modifying the Percentile Response Times” (page 243)
• “Modifying the Planning Unit” (page 243)
• “Modifying the Transaction Count Table” (page 243)
• “Modifying the Workload Apportionment Weights Table” (page 244)
• “Moving Between Screens” (page 244)
• “Picking the Best CSV Sample and Loading It Into the Performance Model” (page 244)
• “Printing a Chart” (page 245)
230 Common TCM Procedures