Node capacity

The node capacity data type, formerly known as processing plan data type, defines the capacity that is available for nodes over a specified time span.

Your node capacity can be created in advance for as many days as your business has the available information. 30 days is recommended. This data is required only when you are balancing node capacity.

For more information, see Create capacity API.

Node capacity example over a time period

Table 1. The following table shows an example with units available for four nodes and five dates.
Node	09/19/2016	09/20/2016	09/21/2016	09/22/2016	09/23/2016
873	80000	80000	80000	80000	80000
809	70000	70000	70000	70000	70000
819	95000	95000	95000	95000	95000
829	60000	60000	60000	60000	60000

Setting the capacity unit of measure

Capacity can be defined in releases or units. By default, the capacity unit of measure (UOM) is defined in units. To define capacity in RELEASES, contact IBM® Software Support to switch the configuration for your tenant from UNITS to RELEASES. Then, define the conversion factor from RELEASES to UNITS. You can also define the conversion factor for each node type.

For example, the node capacity at the ship node is 1000. The capacity is converted with the help of the Optimization service by multiplying it with the conversion ratio for RELEASES to Units. If the conversion factor is 2, the converted capacity becomes 2000 at the ship node during node-balancing optimization. Similarly, the capacityConsumed parameter in the input of the Optimizer API is converted by multiplying its value with the conversion ratio for the ship node.