Mainframe Cost Pool Spend

The Mainframe Cost Pool Spend report provides an overview of mainframe spend for a given cost pool. This allows you to see a detailed breakdown of your mainframe spend for a particular cost pool.

This report is accessed by drilling down from the Cost Pools chart in the Mainframe TCO dashboard and is scoped to a selected cost pool.

For detailed instructions on navigating dashboards and using filters, see: Navigation and filters

KPIs

Spend (YTD)

Year to date spend

Total Prior Year Spend

Total spend for the prior year.

Prior Year Spend (YTD)

Year-to-date spend in the prior year.

Variance (YTD)

Difference between current year spend (YTD) and prior year spend (YTD).

Charts and tables

Selecting any data point in a chart allows you to drill down into a more detailed view of the selected element.

Spend Model

The Spend Model uses a Sankey-style flow to visually show how spend moves through your TBM structure.

Hover over any section to view detailed values.

Monthly Spend

This chart shows the monthly trend for month-on-month and cumulative year to date spend. Spend is shown as total spend and prior year spend for each month.

Click on any month column to drill into the transaction level spend for the month.

Monthly Spend By Platform

This chart shows the monthly spend by the hosting platform on the mainframe asset.

Click on any column to drill into the transaction level spend for the month.

Vendors

The Vendors chart shows a breakdown of spend by vendors for the given filter criteria.

Click on any vendor to drill into related GL transaction.

Mainframe as a Percentage of Total IT Spend

The Mainframe as a Percentage of Total IT Spend chart shows the total Mainframe Spend as a percentage of total IT spend. The chart compares the total mainframe spend with the total IT spend and shows the value in terms of amount and percentage.

Towers

This chart shows the cumulative year to date spend and prior year to date spend broken down by tower for the given filter criteria.

Click on any tower to drill down to the transaction level.

Cost Pool Spend Details

This chart shows the cost pool spend trend for month-on-month. Spend is shown as total spend, prior year spend and variance for each month for the filtered cost pool.

Click on any row to drill into the transaction level spend for the month.

Data sources

The table below outlines the charts available on this page and the corresponding data cubes from which each chart retrieves its data.

Chart name	Data cube
Spend Model	Multiple Cubes
Monthly Spend	Spend
Mainframe as a Percentage of Total IT Spend	Spend
Cost Pools	Spend
Towers	Spend
Cost Pool Spend Details	Spend
Applications	Asset TCO
Products	Asset TCO
Services	Asset TCO