Header/Self-defining Section

This section contains the common SMF record headers fields and the triplet fields (offset/length/number), if applicable, that locate the other sections on the record.

Offsets Name Length Format Description
0 0 SMF68LEN 2 binary Record length. This field and the next field (total of four bytes) form the RDW (record descriptor word). See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.
2 2 SMF68SEG 2 binary Segment descriptor (see record length field).
4 4 SMF68FLG 1 binary System indicator:
Bit
Meaning when set
0-2
Reserved
3-6
Version indicators*
7
Reserved.

*See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.

5 5 SMF68RTY 1 binary Record type 68 (X'44').
6 6 SMF68TME 4 binary Time since midnight, in hundredths of a second, that the record was moved into SMF buffer.
10 A SMF68DTE 4 packed Date when the record was moved into the SMF buffer, in the form 0cyydddF. See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.
14 E SMF68SID 4 EBCDIC System identification (from the SID parameter).
18 12 SMF68JBN 8 EBCDIC Job name. If a system task caused the record to be written, the job name and user identification fields contain blanks and the time and date fields contain zeros.

The job name, time, and date that the reader recognized the JOB card (for this job) constitute the job log identification, or transaction name (for APPC output).

26 1A SMF68RST 4 binary Time since midnight, in hundredths of a second, that the reader recognized the JOB card (for this job).
30 1E SMF68RSD 4 packed Date when the reader recognized the JOB card (for this job), in the form 0cyydddF. See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.
34 22 SMF68UIF 8 EBCDIC User-defined identification field (taken from common exit parameter area, not from USER=parameter on job statement).
42 2A SMF68CNM 44 EBCDIC Name of catalog in which the entry is defined.
86 56 SMF68ONM 44 EBCDIC Old name of the entry (obtained from the ALTER command).
130 82 SMF68NNM 44 EBCDIC New name of the entry (obtained from the ALTER command).