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IMPLEMENTATION OF DASHBOARD IN MAINFRAMES FOR BUSINESS ANALYSIS.

HARIRAGHAVAN S.K*, POORNIMA G*, SUGGULA ANUP, CHAKRAVARTHI*, KRUPAL MISTRY*, SNEHA K*
( hariraghavan.sk@tcs.com, poornima.g1@tcs.com, anup.chakravarthi@tcs.com, krupal.mistry@tcs.com, sneha.kumari1@tcs.com )
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Tata Consultancy Services, India

drill-down ABSTRACT Now-a-days dashboards are more

approach.

This

approach

elevates the level of user interface in Mainframes. Keywords: Dashboard, Mainframe,

pronounced in business world since it facilitates deep investigation on the sales scenario. But has anyone given a thought of bringing in this excellence into Mainframes? Is it possible in the user interface of mainframe? In this paper, we have provided a business solution to increase the sales percentage of a company by implementing the dashboard strategy in mainframes. The technicalities present behind the

Dynamic graph, Drill up and drill-down approach I. INTRODUCTION: Mainframes are predecessors to Super computers which are majorly used to handle bulk data. Though the dynamism involved in them are low, this technology proves to be the best because of the high security it provides. By incorporating certain dynamic features, the online interface of Mainframes will be exceedingly interactive. As of now, to make analysis with different data sources from a specific page, one has to

performance of the officers are taken into consideration and the same are used to depict a dynamic graph thereby making it visually strong. The traversal between graphs is achieved through drill up and

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International Journal for Research and Development in Engineering (IJRDE) www.ijrde.com traverse back from the present page and navigate from there. As a result, continuity in analysis is lost and it becomes difficult to interpret. This issue can be resolved if the user has an option to view multiple screens simultaneously. With the help of Dash Board, user can interpret different data from the same page. In the recent days, business demands and features undergo a dynamic change as a result of which, cut-throat competition exists in all industries. To excel in such a heavy competition, a sound knowledge on business practices across geographies, apt use of technology, choosing dexterous analytic tool and expertise in interpreting data is a need of the hour. Dash Board is an analytic tool that presents volumes of data in a readable form with full transparency. It is an application to depict different scenarios mostly of business, in the form of graphs with drill down and drill up approach. Major advantages of the Dash Board in business are: Interactivity. The ability to combine multiple data sources. Our research provides insight on developing a dynamic graph for the sales of a company producing three products (AC Motor, DC Series Motor, DC Shunt Motor). Once the manager logs in, there is an option for him to view the sales officers' performance in the form of a Dash board. The bar graphs give the monthly analysis of their performance based on which they are fixed with the In our application, we have developed a dashboard which contains two graphs each depicting the performance of sales officers in detail. The first graph enables the sales manager of a particular region to view the performance of all the sales officers in his region. The second graph represents the individual performance of a particular sales officer. The traversal between the graphs is achieved with drillup,drill-down approach. Our approach of using the dashboard will enhance the analysis of sales and thereby promoting business. II. ALGORITHM: Vol.1: Issue.2, October-November 2012 pp- 18-27 Visual analysis. Supports organized business with

meaningful and useful data.

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International Journal for Research and Development in Engineering (IJRDE) www.ijrde.com targets. The algorithm behind the first graph of the dash board is as follows, Create maps for X-Y plot and the bars Fetch values for actual sales percentage of each officer in the respective region from the database. This actual sold percentage decides the height of the bar and it changes dynamically with the performance of each officer Various colors are provided to Green and red colors are dynamically moved to the bars. Green color represents that a particular sales officer has reached the target of that product and red color represents that he has not. Press F3 to toggle between the two graphs. This is how drill up and drill down approach is achieved in our study. differentiate between the sales officers so that readability is enhanced. The algorithm behind the second graph of the dash board is as follows, The target products he is supposed to sell is displayed in graph with the cursor (-) Vol.1: Issue.2, October-November 2012 pp- 18-27 Create maps for X-Y plot and the bars fetch values for actual sales of each product by the respective officer from the database. The actual sales the respective product changes dynamically and it decides the height of the bar.

III. Figures and Tables : Fig 1.1 is the first screen of the dash board giving a detailed description of what dash board is. The user can enter a particular month to view the performance of all the sales officers in his region for that month. The legends are presented on the right side of the map for easy understanding.

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International Journal for Research and Development in Engineering (IJRDE) www.ijrde.com Fig 1.2 represents how the height of each bar is calculated. The variable WS-P5 defines the height of the bar.. As the space is a constraint, the values are to be limited to 10. For this reason, scaling the variables is done and they are rounded to the next higher digit. With these values, respective coloring is done to the bars and a sample code for the coloring is given in the Fig 1.3. When the month is given, the respective analysis of all officers in that region is displayed as shown below in Fig 1.4. As this is a sales application, display of sold products does not make much sense if they are not related to the targets assigned to the corresponding sales officers. For that reason, sales manager has also an option to view the targets of the sales officer making the graph a multi dimensional one. To analyze the individual performance of each officer, click on the bottom of each bar which corresponds to the respective officer. Sample code for traversing from the first graph to the second map by cursor positions is given here in Fig 1.5. Vol.1: Issue.2, October-November 2012 pp- 18-27 Fig 1.6 shows a sample code which gives an idea of how cursor is displayed in the graph. Depending upon the variable taken from the data base, that position is marked with the cursor representing the target of the sales officer in his region. The graph thus obtained is displayed in the next page gives the overall performance of the sales officers thus it provides facility to the sales manager to fix the target for the next month there by increasing the sales of the company. This is explained in Fig 1.7.

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Fig 1.1: Description of Dashboard

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Fig 1.2: Calculation of the height of the bar

Fig 1.3: Dynamic coloring of the bars

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Fig 1.4: Relative performance of the officers in a certain region .

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Fig 1.5 : Traversing from first graph to the next graph (sample code )

Fig 1.6 : Calculation of the position of cursor

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Fig 1.7: Individual performance of the sales officer

IV. CONCLUSION: The application of this study is to help the user perceive the nook and corner of his transaction so that optimum usage of resources can be done. In addition to this, efficacious strategies can be implemented on products which had resulted in loss to enhance turn-over of the company. Hence a [1] Alexis Leon, IBM Mainframe Handbook. [2] Murarchs CICS for COBOL better understanding of the companys sales and its revenue can be figured out. REFERENCES :

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International Journal for Research and Development in Engineering (IJRDE) www.ijrde.com Programmer. [3] Designing and programming CICS application. [4] Murarchs CICS desk reference. [5] Introduction to the new mainframe: Z/OS Basics (An IBM red books Vol.1: Issue.2, October-November 2012 pp- 18-27

publication). [6] David Lee , CICS Vs Online system design and implementation techniques. [7] Rownaque Nazneen, Shivani Jain, Shashanko Aditya and Ravi Prakash

Sikariwal, Effective GUI implementation in Mainframes Windows based, International Journal for Research and Development in Engineering(IJRDE), 1(1), 2012, 4-11. [8] Continuous guidance by our Technical lead Mr. Robin Tommy, Tata Consultancy Services.

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