Viewing chargeback by department, Viewing chargeback by, Department – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Asset-based chargeback is displayed.

3.

(Applications only) To view storage-based chargeback, click Storage-based under the

Chargeback node to the left of the Asset-based chargeback information.
Chargeback information for the element is displayed. If you see missing values, set up

chargeback as described in the topics, ”

Setting Up Asset-Based Chargeback Manager

” on

page 628 and

Setting Up Storage-Based Chargeback Manager

” on page 631.

Viewing Chargeback by Department

You can determine how much a department is being charged for equipment use by viewing

chargeback by department. This feature lets you view the monthly costs associated with using

hardware and applications. If you see empty values, make sure chargeback has been set up, as

described in ”

Setting Up Asset-Based Chargeback Manager

” on page 628 and ”

Setting Up

Storage-Based Chargeback Manager

” on page 631.

IMPORTANT:

The management server displays chargeback information up to the end of the

previous month. For example, assume you view chargeback information in the middle of February.

The calculations for chargeback would include the month of January, but not February.

To view chargeback by department:

1.

Access Chargeback Manager as described in ”

Accessing Chargeback Manager

” on

page 617.

2.

Click the Departments tab in the right pane.

3.

Click the icon next corresponding to the element you want to view chargeback.
You are shown the following information:
Department Name - Provided when the department was added.
Department Number - Provided when the department was added.
E-mail - May be blank if information was not provided.
Phone - May be blank if information was not provided.
Monthly Infrastructure Cost for Asset - How much it costs to operate the element on a

monthly basis.

Ownership Cost - How much it costs the department in operating the element
Total Asset-based Chargeback - How much it costs the department in operating the

element. This number is based on the following formula:

(Monthly Infrastructure cost) + ((Depreciation) x (Ownership %))

Monthly Infrastructure Cost for Storage-based Chargeback - How much it costs for an

application to use a certain amount of storage.

Total Storage-based Chargeback - How much it costs the department for an application to

use a certain amount of storage:

Monthly Infrastructure Cost + Ownership Cost

where Ownership Cost is (Ownership %) x (Storage Cost)
This page also displays two tables:

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