Footnotes

¹ ICECPUT is set to zero if the TIMEUSED service used to obtain CPU time fails.

² ICEIBLK and ICEIBLKF are set to zero if the input data set is not present. ICEOBLK and ICEOBLKF are set to zero if the output data set is not present.

³ If ICEFLBYT bits 1-2 are binary zeros (indicating fixed length record), the short form of the SMF record is produced, even if the user has specified the full SMF record. In addition, ICERSUB is initialized to X'0001' to indicate that a short record will be written.

⁴ If all bits of ICEFLBY2 are zero, then the function to be performed could not be determined.

⁵ Since ICERCDS, ICEBYTES, ICECPUT, and ICEWBLK are not each on full word boundaries within the DSECT for the data section, alignment errors occur when assembling programs referencing these fields as full word fields. See Mapping the SMF record for additional information.

⁶ The number of calls to the access method used for a particular data set will be the total count of EXCPs, or READ/WRITEs (BSAM), or GET/PUTs (VSAM).

⁷ If all the bits of ICEIAMB or ICEOAMB are zero and DFSORT terminated abnormally, then the type of access method used for SORTIN and SORTOUT could not be determined.

⁸ This field is zero if termination is normal.

⁹ Depending on the application, this number may not be representative of the number of SMF record sections that DFSORT actually provides in its SMF record.

¹⁰ Refer to message ICE134I for a description of the meaning of the number of records/bytes sorted. The Blockset technique provides a 64-bit value; the Peerage and Vale techniques provide a 31-bit value. You should reference the 64-bit fields containing these values. For Blockset, the smaller fields contain only the least significant 32 bits.

¹¹ Refer to message ICE054I for a description of the meaning of the number of input/output records.

¹² Refer to message ICE055I for a description of the meaning of the number of inserted/deleted records.

¹³ The following fields are provided for the Conventional technique SMF record:

• All of the fields in the header section except ICETRN, ICEUSER and ICEGROUP.
• All of the fields in the Product section.
• ICESTPNM and the technique and program invoked flags of ICEFLBYT in the Data section.

¹⁴ This information is provided for the first SORTIN or SORTINnn data set only. This field will contain binary zeroes if no SORTIN or SORTINnn data set is present.

¹⁵ This information is provided for the first SORTOUT volume serial only. This field will contain binary zeroes if no SORTOUT data set is present.

¹⁶ The Blockset technique provides a 64-bit value; the Peerage and Vale techniques provide a value in the lower 31 bits only.

¹⁷ The Blockset technique provides a 31–bit value; the Peerage and Vale techniques provide a 15–bit value only. For Blockset, the smaller fields contain only the least significant 16 bits.

¹⁸ See message ICE267I (in z/OS DFSORT Messages, Codes and Diagnosis Guide) which indicates the reason codes that explain why the IBM Integrated Accelerator for Z Sort was not used.