Tandem Capacity Model (TCM) Manual

Changing Expert Parameters..................................................................................................233
Changing Individual Priorities.................................................................................................234
Changing Passwords.............................................................................................................234
Checking an Apportionment Method.......................................................................................234
Checking Category 98..........................................................................................................235
Collecting Measure Samples..................................................................................................235
Converting TCM Models From Earlier TCM Product Versions.......................................................235
Creating Additional Workload Apportionment Models..............................................................235
Creating a Mix Chart............................................................................................................236
Creating a New Workload Apportionment Model....................................................................236
Creating a New Performance Model.......................................................................................236
Creating a Trend Chart.........................................................................................................236
Customizing the MeasTCM CNTLFILE......................................................................................237
Customizing Help Messages..................................................................................................237
Customizing TCM Screens.....................................................................................................237
Downloading Performance Data Samples................................................................................238
Finding Product Version Information........................................................................................238
Generating a Timeline Chart..................................................................................................238
Getting Help for Function Keys...............................................................................................239
Getting Help for Specific Fields..............................................................................................240
Loading a CSV Sample Into a WA Model................................................................................240
Loading Models Created by Other Users.................................................................................240
Merging Performance Models................................................................................................241
Modifying Apportioned Data Using an .AWA File in the Current Session.....................................241
Modifying Apportioned Data Using an .AWA File Not in the Current Session...............................242
Modifying the Percentile Response Times..................................................................................243
Modifying the Planning Unit...................................................................................................243
Modifying the Transaction Count Table....................................................................................243
Modifying the Workload Apportionment Weights Table.............................................................244
Moving Between Screens.......................................................................................................244
Picking the Best CSV Sample and Loading It Into the Performance Model.....................................244
Printing a Chart....................................................................................................................245
Returning to TCM From a Chart..............................................................................................245
Running MeasTCM...............................................................................................................245
Saving Apportionment Tables.................................................................................................246
Saving a Performance Model.................................................................................................246
Saving a Workload Apportionment Model...............................................................................247
Sorting Capacity History Data................................................................................................247
Uncalibrating Batch Response Time.........................................................................................248
Updating the Capacity History Database.................................................................................248
Updating the Capacity History Database With Selected CSV Files..............................................248
Using Online Help................................................................................................................249
Using TCM Expert to Generate an Apportionment Weights Table for CSV Files.............................249
Using the Consumption Model...............................................................................................250
Using the Process Category Audit (PCAT) Report.......................................................................251
Using the Planning Timeline Model.........................................................................................251
Viewing TCM Expert Parameters.............................................................................................252
Glossary..................................................................................................253
accelerated mode.................................................................................................................253
application..........................................................................................................................253
Apportionment Weights table.................................................................................................253
batch transaction..................................................................................................................253
Capacity Baseline.................................................................................................................253
Capacity History..................................................................................................................253
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