Before running ABA, you need to ensure that your system is set up to have SMF collect record types 14, 15, and 64. Furthermore, the recorded data must contain sufficient records to span the time frame wherein all desired jobs have been processed and recorded in the SMF data sets. An aggregate group may contain applications that run only monthly, quarterly, or annually, so that you need to plan in advance to collect sufficient SMF data.
The following SMF records are required for ABA:
| Type 14 | INPUT or RDBACK data set activity |
| Type 15 | OUTPUT/UPDATE/INOUT/OUTIN data set activity |
| Type 64 | VSAM component or cluster status |