6. DATA SOURCES › 6.3 CA MICS SMF Requirements and Considerations › 6.3.4 SYSOUT Considerations › 6.3.4.4 "Lone" Writer Records

6.3.4.4 "Lone" Writer Records

"Lone" writer records are SMF type 6 output writer records
that are associated with no other SMF record types when
processed by CA MICS. These SYSOUT records are usually
assigned overhead account numbers if written to the BATSPL
file because none of the conventional sources of account data
are available.  "Lone" writer records are characterized by
BATSPL observations with a SPLMASK of '...W..'  where:

   ... - indicates the absence of execution records

   W   - indicates the presence of one or more SMF type
         6 output writer records

   .   - indicates the absence of an SMF type 26 purge
         record

   .   - indicates the absence of the Job
         Account Derivation Hold (BATSFH) file

"Lone" writer records may be "late" SYSOUT or NJE SYSOUT.
They can also represent the partial printing of output from a
non-execution job (for example TYPRUN=SCAN or a pre-execution
JCL error).  It is impossible to tell which until the SMF
type 26 purge record is generated.

The most notable thing about "lone" writer records is that
the "lone" status is temporary.  Eventually, the other SYSOUT
data sets for the job will be printed or purged.  You should
code an SPLLIMIT statement in prefix.MICS.PARMS(SMFOPS) to
delay the writing of "lone" SYSOUT records until the purge
record is encountered.  The SPLLIMIT statement is fully
discussed in Section 7.3.1.3.