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<h1 class="topictitle1">When to use job accounting</h1>
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<div><p>Should you use the job accounting function in QHST messages since
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message numbers CPF1124 and CPF1164 are always available in the QHST log?
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Or, should you use job accounting? Use the following information to help you
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determine which method is best for your organization.</p>
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<p><strong>Additional information supplied by job accounting</strong></p>
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<div class="p">Job accounting has all the information supplied by CPF1164 plus:<ul><li>Accounting code</li>
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<li>Number of print files, lines, and pages created by programs</li>
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<li>Number of database read, write, and update operations</li>
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<li>Number of communications read and write operations</li>
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<li>Actual lines and pages printed</li>
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printer</li>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">The job accounting function is more effective for gathering
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job accounting statistics if:</h4><div class="p"><ul><li>The resource information regarding database, printer, and communications
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use is important.</li>
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<li>Accounting codes are assigned to users or jobs.</li>
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<li>The information for printed output is important.</li>
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<li>Job accounting must be done on an accounting segment basis in a job rather
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than on a complete job basis.</li>
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<li>The active and suspended time information is needed.</li>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">The QHST messages are more effective for gathering job accounting
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statistics if:</h4><ul><li>You do not want to manage the additional objects included in journaling.</li>
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<li>You do not need any resource information other than that provided in the
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CPF1124 and CPF1164 messages, which are sent automatically to the QHST log.</li>
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<li>You do not need print accounting information.</li>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Some statistics recorded in the CPF1164 message and the JB journal
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entries will not match exactly. This is due mainly to two factors: (1) CPF1164
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statistics are recorded slightly before the JB journal statistics and (2)
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each time an accounting code is changed, rounding occurs for some fields,
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while rounding occurs only once for CPF1164 messages.</div>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzaksjaabout.htm" title="The job accounting function gathers data so that you can determine who is using your system and what system resources they are using. It also assists you in evaluating the overall use of your system. Job accounting is optional. You must take specific steps to set up job accounting. You can request the system to gather job resource accounting data, printer file accounting data, or both. You can also assign accounting codes to user profiles or specific jobs.">Job accounting</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rzaksjageneralinfo.htm" title="For this overview of how job accounting works, assume three different jobs enter the system.">How job accounting works</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzaksjasecrtyjobactng.htm" title="Only the security officer (or a program adopting his authority) or a user with *ALLOBJ and *SECADM authority can change the Journal accounting information (QACGLVL) system value.">Security and job accounting</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzaksjajournalentries.htm" title="The system provides different journal entries for the different types of data that can be gathered:">Journal entries for job accounting</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzaksjaactngcode.htm" title="The initial accounting code (up to 15 characters in length) for a job is determined by the value of the ACGCDE (accounting code) parameter in the job description and user profile for the job.">About the accounting code</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzaksjaresourceacctng.htm" title="Job resource accounting data is summarized in the job (JB) journal entry at the completion of a job. In addition, the system creates a JB journal entry summarizing the resources used each time a Change Accounting Code (CHGACGCDE) command occurs. The JB journal entry includes:">Resource accounting</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzaksjaresourceactngdta.htm" title="When analyzing the journal entries, it is important to understand how and when journal entries are written. A JB journal entry is written to the job accounting journal for a job any time the job accounting code is changed and when the job ends. Therefore, one job may have multiple journal entries.">Resource accounting data</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzaksjbactngprestartjobs.htm" title="If your system uses job accounting, the prestart job program should run the Change Prestart Job (CHGPJ) command with the program start request value for the accounting code parameter (CHGPJ ACGCDE(*PGMSTRRQS)) immediately after the program start request attaches to the prestart job.">Prestart jobs and job accounting</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzaksjasystemjobactng.htm" title="System jobs that you control (for example, readers and writers) are assigned an accounting code of *SYS. Other system jobs that you do not control (for example, QSYSARB, QLUS,SCPF) do not receive a journal entry.">System job processing for job accounting</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzaksjabatchproc.htm" title="Any batch job that is submitted using the Submit Job (SBMJOB) command automatically uses the same accounting code as the job that submitted the batch job. When the SBMJOB command is used, the accounting codes cannot be overridden regardless of how the job description entry is coded.">Batch processing and job accounting</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzaksjainteractivejobactng.htm" title="If an interactive job has a fixed set of options for a user and each option has an assigned accounting code, it might be desirable to automatically assign a new code when the user requests to work on a new function.">Interactive processing and job accounting</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzaksjaprinterfileactng.htm" title="There are two types of journal entries for printer file accounting; DP for nonspooled printer files and SP for spooled printer files. These two types of journal entries share a common journal entry format although some of the information is only available in the SP entry. The DP and SP journal entries include information such as:">Printer file accounting</a></div>
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<div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br />
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<div><a href="../apis/xjobntfy.htm" title="The job notification exit point can be used as an alternative to job accounting. This depends on what information you are interested in.">Job Notification Exit Point</a></div>
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