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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories BCP_SMF
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 7, 2022

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Extracting SMF in a single job step with a single pass of data

If I want to dump multiple different timeframes of data into an smf dataset I have to do it in multiple steps and mod'ing onto the output dataset

For example if I want Type14 records from 2200 on 1st Jan to 06:00 on 3rd Jan I would have to do this is 3 steps
22:00-23:59 on 1st
00:00-2359 on 2nd
00:00-06:00 on 3rd

This makes the jcl hard work to code and open to error.
I tried putting all 3 dump parameters sets into a single job step (as below) and the job ran, but it only honoured the first set and ignored the others without an error.

//DUMP1 EXEC PGM=IFASMFDP
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//DUMPIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SMF.UK.MONTHLY.COPY1.Y2022M01
//DUMPOUT DD DSN=GCOR.SMF.TYPE1415.TEST1,DISP=(NEW,CATLG),
// UNIT=CART,VOL=(,,,255),LABEL=RETPD=1,
// DCB=(RECFM=VBS,LRECL=32760,BLKSIZE=23476)
//SYSIN DD *
INDD(DUMPIN,OPTIONS(DUMP))
OUTDD(DUMPOUT,TYPE(14))
DATE(2022001,2022001)
START(2200)
END(2359)
INDD(DUMPIN,OPTIONS(DUMP))
OUTDD(DUMPOUT,TYPE(14)
DATE(2022002,2022002)
START(0000)
END(2359)
INDD(DUMPIN,OPTIONS(DUMP))
OUTDD(DUMPOUT,TYPE(14)
DATE(2022003,2022003)
START(0000)
END(0600)
//*


It would be much easier and more efficient to put this in a single job step and perform with a singe pass of the data.
Other ISV products can already do this

Idea priority Medium

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