This section explains the accounting information that is managed and operated by CIMS.
"Accounting information" is the information that is required to display prices for service specifications in MyPortal.
The following functions are available for managing accounting information for this product.
Managing accounting information for service specifications
This function manages accounting information for the service specifications.
The database that stores accounting information for service specifications is referred to as the product master.
Outputting change histories for service specifications
This function outputs change histories for virtual servers, disks, and configuration information for the virtual systems in service specifications.
Overview of operations
The following diagram presents an overview of operations that manage accounting information for CIMS.
1. The provider department administrator registers template information using the template management command supplied by CIMS.
2. The provider department administrator registers the accounting information using the product master maintenance command supplied by CIMS.
3. The subscriber references the monthly charges (approximate) of the service specifications displayed on MyPortal of CIMS, and apply to use the service.
4. The approver references to the monthly charges (approximate) of the service specifications displayed in the subscription list on Cloud Portal of CIMS, then approves or rejects the subscription.
5. The accounts manager obtains the accounting information file using output function of product master maintenance command.
6. The accounts manager obtains the accounting log files using accounting log output command..
7. The account manager creates billing statements based on the accounting information file and the accounting log file regularly by using the accounting calculation tool provided by the provider department, and sends them to the user departments.
Point
The accounting calculation tool is a tool to calculate the amount charged to each user department based on the accounting information file
and accounting log file. It is recommended to customize it so that it suits to the accounting policy, by not charging to CPUs and memories.
For details, refer to "Chapter 9 Accounting" in the "Systemwalker Service Catalog Manager V14gInfrastructure service Function Operaion Guide for Administrators” that comes with this product.
