4. Operation › 4.10 Integration with CA SMF Director › 4.10.4 Checklists › 4.10.4.2 Specifying Date and Time Range Selection

4.10.4.2 Specifying Date and Time Range Selection

In normal processing, CA MICS scans the CA SMF Director
duplicate split indices and merges this information with the
Input History Log file (ADMIHL).  The ADMIHL file contains
the high and low timestamps of data processed by each
component for each Original System Id (ORGSYSID).  In this
manner, only data that has not previously been processed is
presented to CA MICS.

In some situations where the ADMIHL file does not exist,
everything in the duplicate split index will be presented to
CA MICS for processing.  An example would be during the first
execution of a DAILY job for a new unit.

To restrict the data that will be presented to CA MICS, you
may use any of the following options.  Option 2 is mutually
exclusive with options 3 and 4 because option 2 takes
precedence over options 3 and 4 during processing.  Either
option 3 or option 4 may be used but not both.

1) Remove or comment the SMFDRCTR DD statement from the JCL
   and manually add the desired data sets to the INPUTSMF DD
   statement.

2) Alternatively, you can use the SMFD_SELECT statement in
   the parameter overrides (specified in the PARMOVRD DD
   statement) to restrict data sets selected from the CA SMF
   Director duplicate split index to a specific date and time
   range.  This method is desirable when you have only one
   jobstep (component) in which you need to modify the date
   and time range selection criterion.

   For additional information on Parameter Override, see
   section 2.3.6 of the PIOM guide.

3) Use the SELECT option of MWF Operational Status and
   Tracking to restrict the date and time range of data to be
   processed.  The SELECT option is used instead of the
   previous two options.

   Use the Operational Status and Tracking FORCE command to
   access the Select option.  See the online tutorials, and
   in this guide, the Operational Status and Tracking section
   (4.3.4) and the Using the Select Option for Input Data
   section (4.3.7.4) for more information.

4) Use the SELECT statement in prefix.MICS.PARMS(EXECDEF) to
   restrict the date and time range of data to be processed.
   The SELECT statement method is used in lieu of the
   previous two options.

   The SELECT statement selection method is most useful when
   you have multiple components for which you wish to perform
   date and time range selection as it will be applied to
   every component (jobstep) in the unit.

   For additional information on specifying the SELECT
   statement in prefix.MICS.PARMS(EXECDEF), see section A.3
   of this guide.

   Note:  The SELECT statement in prefix.MICS.PARMS(EXECDEF)
   will remain as specified after the update job completes.
   Therefore, you must ensure you remove the SELECT before
   execution of the next update process.