SMFSTART and SMFSTOP

Use these control operands to specify a time period to filter the input data before processing by all commands in the command input. CICS PA processes only those records with within the specified time period. If not specified, the entire input file is processed.

The syntax is:
CICSPA SMFSTART(date,time),
       SMFSTOP(date,time)
Date is either a calendar date in the format yyyy/mm/dd or a relative date specified as 0, -1, -2,... to signify a date relative to the current date. 0 represents today, -1 yesterday, -2 two days ago, and so on. Time is a time-of-day in the format hh:mm:ss.th
Note:
  1. When filtering records in an SMF file, SMFSTART and SMFSTOP refer to the SMF record time stamps. When filtering records in a historical database (HDB), SMFSTART and SMFSTOP refer to transaction start times. HDBs do not contain SMF record time stamps.

    Do not confuse these operands with the SELECT FROM and TO report interval operands, which refer to transaction start and stop times.

  2. For the DB2® report, if protected threads are in use, specify an SMFSTOP time that is at least 5 minutes past the required time (FROM/TO report interval). This is to ensure that no DB2 accounting statistics are excluded that relate to CMF performance records that are included in the report.
Example 1:
CICSPA SMFSTART(-1,08:30:00.00),
       SMFSTOP(0,17:30:00.00)
CICS PA will process only the data from 8:30a.m. yesterday until 5:30p.m. today. Data outside this time period is ignored.
Example 2:
CICSPA SMFSTART(2005/02/19,),
       SMFSTOP(,)
CICS PA will process the data from February 19, 2005 until the end of file. Data before this date is ignored.

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