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Program History

SMF records can be collected on the activity of all programs that are processed on your system. This data is often used in performance reviews of applications and investigations into abnormal job terminations. It is important to review program history because it can ensure that data center policies are followed in the processing of programs and jobs.

Use the Program History Search option to select programs for display by date and time.

CA Auditor uses SMF record types 4, 30, and 34 to produce this display. If the system is not collecting these SMF record types, CA Auditor does not find information to display. CA Auditor displays information contained in SMF record types 4, 30, and 34. You can determine which SMF records the system is collecting from the CA Auditor SMF Options Display.

To review program history

1. From the Primary menu select option 5.

   The Program Information menu is displayed.

2. Select option 4.

   The Program History Search screen is displayed.

3. Enter your search criteria on this screen. You can enter a specific date or date range, or leave the date fields blank so that the current date is used by default.

   The Program History screen displayed with the SMF records that met the criteria.

4. (Optional) To run a batch SMF program history regularly use symbolic date parameters in the date fields.For information, see the chapter “User Profile Information”.