SMF record structure

The short (subtype 1 or subtype 3) and full (subtype 2) records always contain the following:

Header section
Product section
Data section

For a variable-length record application, the full (subtype 2) record also includes the following:

Record-length distribution section

For a Blockset application, the full (subtype 2) record might also include one or more of the following:

Input Data Set Sections; one section for each of up to 16 SORTIN (including concatenated data sets) or SORTINnn data sets
SORTOUT Data Set Section
OUTFIL Data Set Sections; one section for each of up to 16 OUTFIL data sets.

See Controlling what DFSORT passes to SMF for details of when each subtype is passed to SMF.

Note: Depending on the severity of an unsuccessful run, information might not be provided in some fields of the SMF record. For a complete description of what fields are provided when, refer to SMF Type-16 record.