In the labeled data, the first line identifies the trace events associated with the trace record. The other areas describe the remaining variable trace data.

The trace record data contains keys (not displayed in the preceding example) describing the type of data contained in the entry. SMSDATA uses this key and other information in the trace record to determine the module that recorded the trace information, and to identify the variable data in the second trace record of the example as an ADSR control block. The ADSR is displayed in both hexadecimal and EBCDIC notation (as displayed in a standard dump) under the label "Control Block Data".