Method and system for managing mainframe billable resources

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11875290-B2
Application number	US-202017070524-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2020
Priority date	Oct 14, 2020
Publication date	Jan 16, 2024
Grant date	Jan 16, 2024

Abstract

A method for managing mainframe billable resources for a plurality of mainframe environments is provided. The method includes receiving a job file from a user, the job file including a batch file relating to a mainframe job and a mainframe task; identifying an override statement in the job file; determining, based on a result of the identifying, a mapping strategy according to a predetermined criterion, the mapping strategy relating to a mapping of the job file to a billing entity identifier; authorizing the job file based on the billing entity identifier and a logon identifier corresponding to the user; mapping the job file to the billing entity identifier based on the determined mapping strategy; recording, in a memory, information relating to the mapping; and executing, in a mainframe environment, the job file.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for managing mainframe billable resources for a plurality of mainframe environments, the method being implemented by at least one processor, the method comprising:
receiving, by the at least one processor, at least one job file from a user, the at least one job file including a batch file relating to at least one from among a mainframe job and a mainframe task;
identifying, by the at least one processor, an override statement in the at least one job file, the override statement including a billing entity identifier, and the billing entity identifier includes a standard engineering and architecture library billing entity identifier that is applicable across a plurality of platforms;
retrieving, by the at least one processor and from a first network database storing a plurality of billing entity identifiers, the billing entity identifier;
determining, by the at least one processor based on a result of the identifying, at least one mapping strategy according to at least one predetermined criterion, the at least one mapping strategy relating to a mapping of the at least one job file to a billing entity identifier;
determining to authorize or not, by the at least one processor, the at least one job file based on the billing entity identifier and a logon identifier corresponding to the user;
determining whether the user is authorized to use the billing entity identifier;
mapping, by the at least one processor, the at least one job file to the billing entity identifier based on the determined at least one mapping strategy, wherein the at least one mapping strategy utilizes a job name pattern within the job file to dynamically and automatically assign the mainframe job and the mainframe task to an application identifier;
recording, by the at least one processor in a memory, information relating to the mapping;
when the at least one job file is determined to be authorized,
executing, by the at least one processor in a mainframe environment, the at least one job file,
retrieving, by the at least one processor and from a second network database storing usage information for a plurality of job files, usage information corresponding to the at least one job file that is executed, and
associating the usage information corresponding to the at least one job file with the billing entity identifier for tracking mainframe resource usage information of the user; and

when the at least one job file is determined not to be authorized, determining whether or not the at least one job file is within a deferred enforcement period corresponding to a warning mode, and
when the at least one job file is determined to be within the deferred enforcement period corresponding to the warning mode, performing the mapping of the at least one job file to the billing entity identifier based on the determined at least one mapping strategy, and
when the at least one job file is determined not to be within the deferred enforcement period corresponding to the warning mode, preventing, by the at least one processor, execution of the at least one job file.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the at least one processor, a grace period for the at least one job file when the logon identifier is not authorized to use the billing entity identifier, the grace period including the deferred enforcement period corresponding to the warning mode; and
appending, by the at least one processor to the at least one job file, grace period data relating to the determined grace period.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
preventing, by the at least one processor, the execution of the at least one job file based on the grace period data when the logon identifier is not authorized to use the billing entity identifier;
logging, by the at least one processor, information relating to at least one from among the at least one job file, the logon identifier, and the billing entity identifier; and
recording, by the at least one processor in the memory, the logged information.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the at least one processor, a change promotion request relating to a deployment of the batch file into a change repository;
identifying, by the at least one processor, a job control language corresponding to the received change promotion request;
invoking, by the at least one processor, at least one batch utility function;
authorizing, by the at least one processor using the at least one batch utility function, the change promotion request based on the identified job control language; and
executing, by the at least one processor in the mainframe environment, the change promotion request based on a result of the authorizing.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein authorizing the change promotion request further comprises:
determining, by the at least one processor, whether an authorized accounting entity is assigned to the job control language;
determining, by the at least one processor, whether an authorized promoter is utilized to deploy the job control language for the authorized accounting entity; and
determining, by the at least one processor, whether the job control language is deployed into an authorized change repository for the authorized accounting entity.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the at least one batch utility function includes at least one from among an update utility function, a deploy utility function, and an execute utility function.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the update utility function further comprises:
copying, by the at least one processor, the job control language input library into a new input library;
automatically inserting, by the at least one processor into the new input library, a comment card that includes an accounting entity corresponding to the job control language; and
verifying, by the at least one processor, that the new input library is authorized to use the accounting entity.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the deploy utility function further comprises:
determining, by the at least one processor, a first authority level of a promoter corresponding to the change promotion request; and
determining, by the at least one processor, a second authority level of a protected change repository corresponding to the billing entity identifier.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the execute utility function further comprises:
verifying, by the at least one processor using the logon identifier, the execution of the at least one job file with the billing entity identifier;
verifying, by the at least one processor using the logon identifier and a job name corresponding to the at least one job file, the execution of the at least one job file with a dynamic billing entity identifier; and
verifying, by the at least one processor using the logon identifier, the execution of the at least one job file with the billing entity identifier included in the job control language.

10. A computing device configured to implement an execution of a method for managing mainframe billable resources for a plurality of mainframe environments, the computing device comprising:
a processor;
a memory; and
a communication interface coupled to each of the processor and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
receive at least one job file from a user, the at least one job file including a batch file relating to at least one from among a mainframe job and a mainframe task;
identify an override statement in the at least one job file, the override statement including a billing entity identifier, and the billing entity identifier includes a standard engineering and architecture library billing entity identifier that is ap

Assignees

• Jpmorgan Chase Bank Na

Inventors

• Delfranco Michael
• Ghosh Debabrata
• Jain Sanjay
• Elliott Brian S
• Blue Joseph Alan
• Elliott Julia
• Avula Sivaprasad
• Crossen David Thomas
• Casali Angelica
• Iannolo Anthony

Classifications

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