Naming Groups

The ability to organize your work into groups is an important facility of INCONTROL products.

The group concept is discussed in detail in Chapter 1, and in the Control-M/Analyzer for z/OS User Guide.

The naming convention for groups should

• mirror your organization
• reflect how Control-M/Analyzer applications are defined and administered
• consider the database and systems standards of your organization

Group names can be up to 20 characters.

You may also use an underscore character within the group name, to make the name easier to read and understand.

Shown below are examples of the types of group names you may want to devise:

GROUPS defined by functional responsibility in the work place

• MIS: Data processing
• ACCOUNTING: Accounting department
• INVENTORY: Inventory management
• SALES: Sales operations
• EXECUTIVE: Directors, Vice Presidents, President
• MANUFACTURING: Production
• PURCHASING: Purchasing
• ADMIN: Administration

GROUPS defined by MIS application area

• INVOICING: Invoicing
• ACCT_REC: Accounts Receivable (collections)
• ACCT_PAY: Accounts Payable (vendor payments)
• GNRL_ACCT: General accounting applications
• PRODCTL: Production control
• CAD: Computer-aided design

GROUPS defined by database organization

• CUSTOMER: Clients
• VENDOR: Suppliers
• PRODUCTS: Products/Services of the company
• EMPLOYEES: Employees
• ACCOUNTS: Accounting chart of accounts
• PARTS: Items used in production