Session data and resource statistics captured by NTS are, when queued for output, first passed to an installation defined exit, if one exists. NTS organizes the data passed to the exit into records with a format compatible with that required by the System Management Facility (SMF) database.
The record is composed of a header, plus a number of other sections. Always included, and directly following the header, is the Data Section. It is used to indicate the presence of all other sections, and their location as an offset from the start of the entire SMF record. The presence of the optional sections depend on the type of record being generated, and the information available to NTS at that time.
The macro $NMSMF is distributed with your region. It defines a DSECT describing the contents of the SMF records.
In the following pages all field names are those defined in that DSECT. Following is a description of the various sections that may be present in the NTS SMF record.