Record descriptions

Overview

Machine-readable descriptions of the SMF records written by Adabas Audit Data Retrieval are available in the BETA97.SAMPLIB.

Samplib members

As of z/OS 2.3, SMF records can be written with the standard IBM header (24 bytes) or with the extended IBM header (56 bytes). The offsets of the following fields depend on the type of IBM header.

The BETA97.SAMPLIB includes two sets of members for the BETA header and the subtypes:

  • Recommended set of members with relative offsets

    Member §97S###R contains the field descriptions for the BETA header with offsets relative to the beginning of the BETA header.

    Members §97SnnnR contain the field descriptions of the subtype-specific fields with relative offsets, where nnn is the subtype number.

    This set can be used with the standard IBM header (§97S###I) and it can be used with the extended IBM header (§97S###I plus §97S###J).

  • Alternative set of members with absolute offsets

    Member §97S###A contains the field descriptions of the BETA header with absolute offsets.

    Members §97SnnnA contain the field descriptions of the subtype-specific fields with absolute offsets, where nnn is the subtype number.

    This set can only be used with the standard IBM header (§97S###I).

Member list

Member

Contents

§97S###C

Control parameters for _beta smf

§97SnnnC

Subtype-specific control parameters for _beta smf, where nnn is the subtype number

§97S###I

Field descriptions of the standard IBM header

§97S###J

Field descriptions of the extended IBM header (extension only; use in combination with §97S###I)

§97S###R

Field descriptions of the BETA header (offsets relative to the beginning of the BETA header)

§97SnnnR

Field descriptions of the subtype-specific fields, where nnn is the subtype number (offsets relative to the beginning of the BETA header)

§97S###A

Field descriptions of the BETA header (absolute offsets)

§97SnnnA

Field descriptions of the subtype-specific fields, where nnn is the subtype number (absolute offsets)

Field descriptions

All field descriptions in this manual are in the format that is used by _beta smf:

Column

Description

1-12

Full field name Snnnxxxx

By default, a full field name consists of the following elements:

  1. The uppercase character S
  2. A three-digit number nnn (record subtype) or generic ###
  3. Field name xxxx (max. 8 digits)

Other character at position 1:

A..L are available for conditional field descriptions, for example, for overlayed sections. For more information on conditional processing, see the description of the +CONDITION parameter in _beta smf Manual.

13

A minus sign ( - ) or an asterisk ( * )

14-32

Comment/description (max 19 digits)

33

A colon ( : )

35-39

Field position (5 digits, with leading zeros)

Field positions can be relative to the beginning of the BETA header or they can be absolute values.

41-45

Field length (5 digits, with leading zeros, max. 00256)

46

Additional output instructions for this data type

47

Field format

48-49

Additional format or output instructions depending on data type of field

50-53

Extended field information

54-56

Additional extended field information

For a complete description of this format, see "Field descriptions" in _beta smf Manual.

Field formats

The value at column position 47 of the field description defines the data type of the field, for example, B (binary), C (character), X (hexadecimal), D (date), or T (time).

Values at column position 48-49 can provide additional formatting instructions; possible values depend on the data type of the field.

For more information, see "Field formats" in _beta smf Manual.