CommNet Cost Analysis - How To

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Add a Cost Category

Modify a Cost Category

Remove a Cost Category

Add a Billable Entity

Modify a Billable Entity

Remove a Billable Entity

Assign a Billable Entity to a CommCell Object

Set up the Unit Price For Secondary/Primary Storage

Add a Cost Category

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To add a cost category:

  1. From the CommNet tree, from the Billing Configuration ->Cost Categories node, click Add from the Cost Categories window.
  2. From the Cost Category dialog box:
  3. Click OK.
  • You can create a cost category without the association of any drives.
  • If you select, for example, a drive type of SDLT to be assigned to this cost category, all of the CommCells that are registered with the CommNet Server will automatically assign this cost category to each drive pool containing SDLT drives.
  • You cannot associate a disk library, QR Scratch Volume, or a primary storage entity to a cost category from the CommNet Server. This must be done manually from the appropriate Console (explicit association).

Modify a Cost Category

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To modify a cost category:

  1. From the CommNet tree, right-click the Billing Configuration node, click Cost Categories, and then select a cost category and click Modify from the Cost Categories window.
  2. From the Cost Category dialog box, modify the options, as necessary.
  3. Click OK.

Remove a Cost Category

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To remove a cost category:

From the CommNet tree, right-click the Billing Configuration node, click Cost Categories, and from the Cost Categories window, select the cost category and click Remove.

Once a cost category is deleted, information from operations that were performed using this cost category will still be used in billing and costing calculations.

Add a Billable Entity

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To add a billable entity:

  1. From the CommNet tree, from the Billing Configuration -> Billable Entities node, click Add from the Billable Entities window.
  2. From the Billable Entity dialog box, enter the:
  3. Click OK.

Modify a Billable Entity

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To modify a billable entity:

  1. From the CommNet tree, right-click the Billing Configuration node, click Billable Entities, select a billable entity and click Modify from the Billable Entities window.
  2. From the Billable Entity dialog box, modify the options, as necessary.
  3. Click OK.

Remove a Billable Entity

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To remove a billable entity:

From the CommNet tree, right-click the Billing Configuration node, click Billable Entities, and from the Billable Entities window select the billable entity and click Remove.

Assign Billable Entity to a CommCell Object

Billable Entity can be assigned to CommCell objects only when the CommCell is registered with the CommNet Server.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

wedge.gif (136 bytes)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.

Set Up the Unit Price for Secondary/Primary Storage

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To set up the unit price for the secondary storage/primary storage Fixed Costing option in the Billing Charge Back Report:

  1. On the Setup menu, click Cell Configuration.
  2. From the Cell Configuration (General) dialog box, type the price in the Price per Data Protection and Price per MB of Data boxes.
  3. Click OK.
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