_beta smf system options (Option S.1)

Overview

The system options record contains product-related settings that are required for the generation of _beta smf reports. These settings include the name of the _beta smf input file, the SMF record number of the product, and JCL parameters for output.

Most of the settings that you define under this options correspond to datasets and control parameters used by _beta smf. For detailed information on datasets and control parameters, see the _beta smf Manual.

Important: Check and edit the system options record that is inserted into the database during update or installation before you start working with _beta smf reports.

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Option S.1

Use the selection panel to select the record for your system.

System Options Record panel

PEB6LS20 --------------------------------------------------------- Page 1 of 4
 Command ===> _________________________________________________________________

 Update System Options Record Last Update: B93ADM 07.01.2019 13:22:53

 Product : B93
 Subsystem ID : B93P
 Net ID : DEBETA01

 SMF Record Number ===> 193


 License File Name ===> BETA.LICXFILE...............................

 Steplib Library 1 ===> BSA.LOAD____________________________________
 Library 2 ===> ____________________________________________
 Library 3 ===> ____________________________________________
 Library 4 ===> ____________________________________________



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Fields

Field

Description

Product

Beta product identifier (Bnn)

Subsystem ID

Max. 4-digit subsystem ID

Net ID

VTAM net ID

SMF Record Number

3-digit number of the SMF record type written by the Beta Systems product (Bnn_SMFREC)

License File Name

Dataset name of the license file

Steplib Library 1-4

Dataset names of up to 4 load module libraries

Input Dataset Name

Name of the dataset which contains the input data of the _beta smf (SMF archive)

Skeleton Dataset Name

Name of the library that contains the skeleton and text members to be used for the LGFLOG output

Skeleton Member Name
Text Member Name

Name of the skeleton member and the text member

LGFLOG Output Format

Controls the format of the data written to DD LGFLOG (_beta smf parameter +LGFLOGFMT)

STD

Standard (Default)

Converted field values are concatenated without delimiter. Leading and trailing blanks are preserved.

CSV

Data is in CSV format (character-separated values):

Like STD, but the fields of each record are separated using a delimiter. The default is a semicolon ( ; ), but you can specify a different character using +DELIMITER.

XML

Data is in XML format

UTF-8 Encoding

Specify YES if you want to cause conversion of LGFLOG output from EBCDIC to UTF-8 (_beta smf parameter +ENCODING)

Sysout Class

Default sysout class to be used for the LGFLOG output

Dataset Name
Disposition
etc.

Default name of dataset to be used for the LGFLOG with default allocation attributes for new datasets

Specify Volume = SMS and Unit = ##NONE## for datasets managed by SMS. You can use the variable &LGFRPIDC in the dataset name, which will be substituted with the ID of your report.

Date Mask

Controls the date format used in _beta smf listings (_beta smf parameter +DATEFORMAT)

The following date formats are supported:

YYYY-MM-DD

MM/DD/YYYY or MM/DD/YY

DD/MM/YYYY or MM/DD/YY

DD.MM.YYYY or DD.MM.YY

YYYY.DDD (Default) or YY.DDD

Time Mask

Controls how many digits are output when converting time fields (_beta smf parameter +TIMEMASK)

blank

hh:mm:ss.ff

HMS

hh:mm:ss

HM

hh:mm

H

hh

Job Card

Job card of up to four lines

The variables &ZACCTNUM (account number at logon time) and &ZUSER (user ID) are replaced during variable substitution. &SYSUID is passed to JES.

Defaults for Generate LGF Report panel

Some of the values defined in the system options record serve only as defaults for the following panel, which is displayed each time you generate a new report under option S.2:

PEB6LG99 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Command ===> _________________________________________________________________

 Generate Report

 Vendor : BETA Subtype : 025
 Product : B93 Title : SPOOL ACCESS RECORD

 LGFLOG Output Format ===> XML (S)td, (C)sv, (X)ml
 UTF-8 Encoding ===> YES (Y)es, (N)o
 LGFLOG Output JCL Parameter
 Sysout Class ===> *

 Dataset Name ===> TRASH.BETA93.V6R1M0.LGFLOG____________________
 Disposition ===> SHR (S)hr, (N)ew, (M)od, (O)ld
 Space Requirement SMS Information
 Unit ===> CYL StorClass ===> ________
 Volume ===> SMS___ Primary ===> 1__ MgmtClass ===> ________
 Unit ===> ##NONE## Second. ===> 1__ DataClass ===> ________


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Accept or modify the displayed values as needed for your actual report.