No. of OUTFIL data sets from SMF



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No. of OUTFIL data sets from SMF

Postby Yifat Oren » Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:25 pm

Hello,

Is there any way to know the number of OUTFIL data sets created by a sort execution from looking at the SMF record (type 208) generated?

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Re: No. of OUTFIL data sets from SMF

Postby dick scherrer » Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:14 am

Hello and welcome to the forum,

Suggest you post a link to the type 208 smf record you mention. I find no reference to this. . .

I suspect that if there is an OUTFIL dd statement, there would be 1 data set created. . .
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Re: No. of OUTFIL data sets from SMF

Postby Yifat Oren » Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:19 pm

Thanks, Dick.

Type 208 SMF records are Syncsort records generated by the "SMF Facility"; I can not post a link but I can refer you to the Installation Guide, chapter 5, "The SMF option".

The idea behind the OUTFIL statement is to generate multiple output data sets (up to 100?) from a single read of the input data.

So, the question remains, is it possible to deduce the count of the OUTFIL (SORTOF??) data set created by a sort execution from the SMF generated by Syncsort.

Thanks very much,
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Re: No. of OUTFIL data sets from SMF

Postby dick scherrer » Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:14 pm

Hello,

Looks like that beyond the manual you need to look at the SMFDSECT in the Syncsort MACLIB on your system.
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Re: No. of OUTFIL data sets from SMF

Postby Yifat Oren » Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:54 pm

Hi, Dick, thanks again.

I've been studying the Syncsort's SMFDSECT for quite some time now and couldn't find a count of the OUTFIL data sets generated (as opposed to DFSORT's SMF records which are quite clear on that :) ).

I've been looking for help from Syncsort's support as to a possible way to deduce the count or a field that I had missed or did not understand correctly.

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Re: No. of OUTFIL data sets from SMF

Postby dick scherrer » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:01 pm

Hello,

I've been looking for help from Syncsort's support
How have you "been looking"?

If you open an issue/question with Syncsort support, you will get the answer.
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Re: No. of OUTFIL data sets from SMF

Postby Alissa Margulies » Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:31 am

At this time, the SyncSort SMF record does not contain a field with the number of OUTFILs created in the sort step.
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