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 with the exception of SMF type 6 output writer
 records for IP PrintWay.  "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.