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[semigeezer]

Hi All, I know that similar questions abound, but I'm almost totally unfamiliar with SMF and DFSORT. The basic question I have is:

Can DFSORT extract the work unit end records from SMF (I believe type 30, subtype 4) and format them?

Since no question is useful without context:
I am working on a dedicated z/OS box that is my own (Rational Developer for System z Unit Test with basically ADCD, licensed). No SAS (etc), No system support staff! Limited access to experienced personnel, but the advantage is that I'm not constrained by huge SMF collections (I can collect just type30(4) and start/stop/clear collection at will), security or any shop standards. So the usual 'ask your support guys' answer, which is commonly the right answer, won't help *

What I want to do is run a small number of jobs (<100) and do some very simple analysis with Type 30 style data. Rather than postprocessing JESYSMSG messages which are imprecise or rewriting an IEFACTRT exit, I'd rather grab the SMF records and post process the copies (with Rexx, which is normally a bad idea because of volume & VBS, but in this case should be quite manageable as long as I can retrieve them).

I've read about the SMF records, and the DFSORT tricks to dump/format SMF records, but they don't seem to handle more complex records like type 30. The CBT tape didn't seem to have anything for this record type.

So, to be blunt, are there any examples of formatting Type 30/4 records with DFSORT to a VB/FB data set? Or just dump the raw record?

I know this is a bit lazy but I'm hoping to dump just what I need (or a reasonable subset) rather than dump entire records and have to parse the complex record from Rexx, though getting the whole record would be OK too, I guess. I could use another language but it would take me 10 times as long to write and I don't care about performance.

Sorry if I'm jumping into this with some wrong assumptions (record complexity?) or missed the answer elsewhere, but that's what asking for help is all about, I guess.

* Reminds me of a support call about 25 years ago when a colleague a asked a customer to contact his system programmer. The gentleman said, "I am the only systems programmer." to which my colleague responded said "Then you are in deep $@*#!" - I think I've seen the same answer here.
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[expat]

Can you transfer the SMF data to a system which does have the SAS and/or other processing capabilities. This is how I have managed similar situations in the past.
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[dbzTHEdinosauer]

Examples DFHSM, DFSMSrmm, DCOLLECT, SMF
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[Frank Yaeger]

DFSORT does not have any built-in capabilities to handle the triplet structure of SMF records.
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[semigeezer]

Thanks everyone. This info got me started and I was able to get the SMF records to a VB dataset and parse the records with Rexx as needed. I still have work to do (switching over to they system logger for example), but I am on my way.
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