Cost Analysis - How To

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Local Mode

• Billable Entities
  • Primary Storage
    • Create a Billable Entity
    • Edit a Billable Entity
    • Delete a Billable Entity
    • Assign a Resource to a Billable Entity
    • Assign Billable Entity to a Subclient
• Cost Categories
  • Primary Storage
    • Create a Cost Category
    • Edit a Cost Category
    • Delete a Cost Category
    • Assign Resource to a Cost Category

CommNet Mode

• Billable Entities
  • Secondary Storage
    • Assign Billable Entity to a CommCell Object
    • Remove Association of a Billable Entity from a CommCell Object
• Cost Categories
  • Secondary Storage
    • Assign Cost Category to Secondary Storage Device

Create a Billable Entity

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To create a billable entity:

1. In the CommCell Browser, expand Cost Analysis, and select Billable Entities.
2. In the Cost Analysis window, click Add.
3. In the Billable Entity Properties dialog box, make appropriate entries and click OK.

Edit a Billable Entity

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To edit a billable entity:

1. In the CommCell Browser, expand Cost Analysis, and select Billable Entity Manager.
2. Select the Billable Entity that you want to edit and click Edit.
3. In the Billable Entity Properties dialog box, make any changes and click OK.

Delete a Billable Entity

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To delete a billable entity:

1. In the CommCell Browser, expand Cost Analysis, and select Billable Entity Manager.
2. Select the Billable Entity that you want to delete, then select Delete and click Yes to confirm deletion.

Assign a Resource to a Billable Entity

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To assign a resource to a billable entity:

1. In the CommCell Browser, expand Cost Analysis, and select Billable Entity Manager.
2. Select the Billable Entity to which you want to assign resource(s) and then select one of the SRM Agents.
3. Click Assign.
4. In the Assign Billable Entity dialog box select the appropriate resource or groups of resources, and click OK.

Assign Billable Entity to a Subclient

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To assign billable entity to a subclient:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient name to which you wish to assign billable entity and click Properties.
2. In the Subclient Properties (General) dialog box, select the desired Billable Entity from the drop down list and click OK.

Create a Cost Category

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To create a cost category:

1. In the CommCell Browser, expand Cost Analysis, and select Cost Categories.
2. In the Cost Analysis window, click Add.
3. In the Cost Category Properties dialog box, make appropriate entries and click OK.

Edit a Cost Category

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To edit a cost category:

1. In the CommCell Browser, expand Cost Analysis, and select Cost Category Manager.
2. Select the Cost Category that you want to edit and click Edit.
3. In the Cost Category Properties dialog box, make any changes and click OK.

Delete a Cost Category

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To delete a cost category:

1. In the CommCell Browser, expand Cost Analysis, and select Cost Category Manager.
2. Select the Cost Category that you want to delete, then select Delete and click Yes to confirm deletion.

Assign Resource to a Cost Category

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To assign resource to a cost category:

1. In the CommCell Browser, expand Cost Analysis, and select Cost Category Manager.
2. Select the Cost Category to which you want to assign disk or NAS volume and then select one of the SRM Agents.
3. Click Assign.
4. In the Assign Cost Category dialog box select the appropriate disk or NAS volume, and click OK.

Assign Billable Entity to a CommCell Object

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To assign billable entity to a CommCell object:

1. Select Control Panel from the CommCell Console and click Billing Configuration.
2. Select a CommCell object, then select a billing department (as defined in the CommNet Browser) and click Apply.
3. Click OK.

Remove Association of a Billable Entity from a CommCell Object

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To dissociate a  billable entity associated with a CommCell object:

1. Select Control Panel from the CommCell Console and click Billing Configuration.
2. Select a CommCell object whose billable entity you wish to remove and click Clear.
3. Click OK.

Assign Cost Category to Secondary Storage Device

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To assign cost category to secondary storage device:

1. In the CommCell Browser, expand Storage Resources, and select Libraries.
2. Right click a storage device and click Properties.
3. Select the Library Properties (Cost Category) dialog box and click Details.
4. Select a cost category from the drop down list and click OK to close the Details dialog box.
5. Click OK.

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