Projection

A Projection provides detailed information that is gathered by the BMC Batch Impact Manager (BIM) about why jobs are estimated to run as displayed on the job hosts. The details can be obtained for a specific job or a number of jobs based on the Active jobs. The Projection window shows the last constraint that prevents the selected job from running, in addition to the start and end times of the job. This enables you to determine how to start jobs earlier so that services can complete on time. The Projection window is available for any job (even jobs that do not belong to services) and from any Viewpoint (not just the Business Analysis viewpoint).

A projection can provide some of the following additional information:

• Job is waiting for a quantitative resource
• Job is waiting for a condition
• Job waiting for confirmation

If the projection is of a job related to a service, you can do a projection from a Business Service Analysis Viewpoint to view the following information:

• Job status information- if the job is in warning state - if the job already ran, and the job status is either Job ended too quickly or Job ran too late, as described in Service Status Details.
• Job is problematic - if the job failed or the job causes the service to be late, as described in Analyzing problematic jobs.
• You can apply a projection, as described in Applying a projection.

  In the Projection window and Service Monitor, the word Simulation Mode is added to indicate that the impact of the What-Ifs is in effect.