Tandem Capacity Model (TCM) Manual

1. Save the modified apportionment tables by selecting Save or Save As under the Find tab.
The Save As option allows you to change the name of the apportionment tables.
2. If you chose Save, the TCM Save dialog box appears. Choose the menu item you want and
click Continue.
• Select Workload > Apportionment Model files to save everything that is open in this
session.
• Select Apportionment Tables to save the apportionment tables. This option is available
only when apportionment tables are open in the current session.
• Select Capacity History to save the capacity history file. This option is available only when
capacity history files are open in the current session.
3. TCM saves the files.
4. If you select Save As, the TCM Save As dialog box appears. Select the appropriate option
and click Continue.
• Select Workload > Apportionment Model files to save everything that is open in this
session. (Skip this step if Workload Apportionment Model files do not appear.)
• Select Apportionment Tables to save the apportionment tables. This option is available
only when apportionment tables are open in the current session.
• Select Capacity History to save the capacity history file. This option is available only when
capacity history files are open in the current session.
5. In the TCM Save As dialog box, enter a new name to replace the default name displayed
and then click Yes.
Default file names contain the first eight characters of the name of your application, or model,
with an .AWA extension. The file is saved with an .AWA extension in your folder. For example,
in the tutorial’s Example application, the apportionment tables file is named EXAMPLE.AWA.
6. TCM saves the files.
Reviewing Apportionment Results
Once the apportionment formulas have been generated, you can review the apportioned data to
check how well the apportionment method works. (To determine the reasonableness of the method,
however, you need to create several models for a variety of performance data samples. For more
information, see “Checking an Apportionment Method” (page 82).) You can also update the
Capacity History database to maintain a historical record of your apportioned data.
To review apportionment results:
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