Verifying that you have correctly defined your cyclic SMF files

CICS PA uses cyclic SMF file definitions to determine which SMF data sets to use for a report request. Except for SMF files with no origin, CICS PA uses the origin, interval, and DISP values in these definitions to calculate the "from" and "to" date range for each SMF file, and uses this range to determine whether to use the file for a particular reporting period.

To verify that you have correctly defined a cyclic SMF file, so that its data sets covers the expected date range, enter line action S next to the file definition.

To show the date ranges for all SMF files for the system, enter SHOW on the command line.

For details on how CICS PA determines these dates, see How CICS PA selects cyclic SMF files for reporting.

Figure 1. Showing the available cyclic SMF data sets, and their from and to dates
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000007 //SMFIN001 DD DSN=CPPX.SMF1.DAILY(-11),                                 
000008 //         DISP=SHR  From: 2006/03/25          To: 2006/03/25           
000009 //SMFIN002 DD DSN=CPPX.SMF1.DAILY(-10),                                 
000010 //         DISP=SHR  From: 2006/03/26          To: 2006/03/26           
000011 //SMFIN003 DD DSN=CPPX.SMF1.DAILY(-9),                                  
000012 //         DISP=SHR  From: 2006/03/27          To: 2006/03/27           
000013 //SMFIN004 DD DSN=CPPX.SMF1.DAILY(-8),                                  
000014 //         DISP=SHR  From: 2006/03/28          To: 2006/03/28           
000015 //SMFIN005 DD DSN=CPPX.SMF1.DAILY(-7),                                  
000016 //         DISP=SHR  From: 2006/03/29          To: 2006/03/29           
000017 //SMFIN006 DD DSN=CPPX.SMF1.DAILY(-6),