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OA68749: SMF80DTA CONTAINS BRACES CHAR

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • There seems to be something wrong with the extraction of
    SMF80DTA field in SMF_080 records with Common Data Provider.
    This field sometimes contains braces, which leads to a bad field
    extraction in Splunk.
    

Local fix

  • N/A
    

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED: Users of IBM Z Common Data Provider          *
    ****************************************************************
    * RECOMMENDATION: APPLY this PTF and follow the ++HOLD         *
    *                 instructions.                                *
    ****************************************************************
    See Problem Description.
    

Problem conclusion

  • New stream SMF_080_X_V2 was added to convert unreadable
    characters to it's equivalent HEX characters when
    SMF80DTP=46 in Relocate section
    

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    OA68749

  • Reported component name

    CDP BASE

  • Reported component ID

    5698ABJ00

  • Reported release

    510

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2025-11-11

  • Closed date

    2026-04-01

  • Last modified date

    2026-05-02

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

    UJ99342

Modules/Macros

  • HBO2CCMF HBO2CD53 HBO2CD54 HBO2CD55 HBO2CD56 HBO2CD61 HBO2CD62
    HBO2CDIC HBO2CIST HBO2COMP HBO2S030 HBO2S042 HBO2S070 HBO2S078
    HBO2S080 HBO2S082 HBO2S100 HBO2S101 HBO2S102 HBO2S104 HBO2S113
    HBO2S30A HBO2S30O HBO2S42V HBO2S701 HBO2S702 HBO2TS77 HBO3CCMF
    HBO3CIST HBO3S080 HBO3S701 HBOA2DUN HBOAILE  HBOAIWLM HBOAKCUN
    HBOAKDUN HBOAKZUN HBOAPMUN HBOCBAPI HBOCBCLS HBOCBOPN HBOCBSND
    HBOCCORN HBOCCORY HBOCCSV  HBOCDEDC HBOCDEDE HBOCDEDS HBOCDELF
    HBOCDEUI HBOCFGA  HBOCFGT  HBOCHGP  HBOCMAIN HBOCMDTA HBOCSDTA
    HBODCBAT HBODCCOL HBODEPS  HBODSDBG HBODSJOB HBODSPCE HBODSPRO
    HBODSRAW HBOFLGX0 HBOGDSDL HBOGLMSG HBOGTDBG HBOIMS   HBOJBCO2
    HBOJBCOL HBOJBDC2 HBOJBDCO HBOJBIM2 HBOJBIMS HBOJBLG2 HBOJBLGR
    HBOJCOLL HBOJIMS  HBOLDCOL HBOLFBCH HBOLFPCE HBOLLREC HBOLLSMF
    HBOMDBG  HBOMKFS  HBOMKWK  HBONETV  HBOPASDI HBOPBLVL HBOPCDBI
    HBOPCGAA HBOPCGB1 HBOPCGB2 HBOPCGCM HBOPCGCW HBOPCGGC HBOPCGGF
    HBOPCGGP HBOPCGGX HBOPCGJA HBOPCGJC HBOPCGJE HBOPCGLO HBOPCGLW
    HBOPCGNN HBOPCGNO HBOPCGO1 HBOPCGO2 HBOPCGO3 HBOPCGO4 HBOPCGP1
    HBOPCGP2 HBOPCGPA HBOPCGPC HBOPCGPF HBOPCGPN HBOPCGPP HBOPCGRC
    HBOPCGSF HBOPCGSM HBOPCGSW HBOPCGWD HBOPCGXC HBOPCGXF HBOPCGXI
    HBOPCGXS HBOPCGXT HBOPCGXV HBOPCGZA HBOPCGZC HBOPCGZG HBOPCGZM
    HBOPCGZP HBOPCGZS HBOPCGZZ HBOPCIBM HBOPCICP HBOPCMAA HBOPCMCR
    HBOPCMEV HBOPCMFP HBOPCMRN HBOPCMSC HBOPCMSP HBOPCMST HBOPCMSU
    HBOPCMSV HBOPCMZZ HBOPCOAS HBOPCOBF HBOPCOBI HBOPCOBU HBOPCOCF
    HBOPCOCR HBOPCOCS HBOPCODB HBOPCODI HBOPCOHA HBOPCOIT HBOPCOLL
    HBOPCOLX HBOPCOME HBOPCOMM HBOPCOMR HBOPCOOT HBOPCORE HBOPCORX
    HBOPCOSF HBOPCOST HBOPCOUR HBOPCOUT HBOPCPRE HBOPCSVD HBOPCXAA
    HBOPCXCA HBOPCXCC HBOPCXCT HBOPCXFC HBOPCXFI HBOPCXIC HBOPCXID
    HBOPCXLD HBOPCXLO HBOPCXNN HBOPCXNU HBOPCXO1 HBOPCXO2 HBOPCXO3
    HBOPCXO4 HBOPCXPX HBOPCXSE HBOPCXUS HBOPCXVA HBOPCXVR HBOPDBRC
    HBOPDE   HBOPDELO HBOPDERE HBOPDERP HBOPDETA HBOPDETP HBOPDEUP
    HBOPDICA HBOPDICC HBOPDICD HBOPDICF HBOPDICI HBOPDICR HBOPDICS
    HBOPEN36 HBOPFRFA HBOPFRFL HBOPFRFM HBOPFRFN HBOPFRFT HBOPFRLX
    HBOPFRSA HBOPFRSL HBOPFRSN HBOPFRSS HBOPIFAQ HBOPIMID HBOPIMS
    HBOPIMSD HBOPIMSN HBOPIO   HBOPIO31 HBOPLIPR HBOPLLPR HBOPLODT
    HBOPLOEX HBOPLOG  HBOPLOOI HBOPLOOK HBOPLOOU HBOPLOPE HBOPLOPF
    HBOPLOPR HBOPLOST HBOPLSMC HBOPLSPR HBOPMG   HBOPMG00 HBOPMG01
    

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    CDP BASE

  • Fixed component ID

    5698ABJ00

Applicable component levels

  • R510 PSY UJ99342

       UP26/04/09 P F604

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 May 2026