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Capture Accounting Data from the JOB Statement

By the time a SYSOUT is queued for output processing and passed to the archival started task, its accounting data is no longer available using the standard subsystem interface. To get around this problem, the accounting data for a job or time-sharing session is written to a CA View accounting file at job initiation time through CA View system extensions. This accounting file is then made available to the archival started task.

If your site requires job accounting data, allocate the accounting file to ddname SARACT in the SARXTD system extensions and SARSTC archival task procedures. Establish CA View system extensions on each processor at your site that executes any job or time-sharing session that produces SYSOUT for archival. In addition, create and format the CA View accounting file.

Note: For more information about the accounting file, see System Extensions (SARXTD) later in this chapter and in the appendix "Data Sets and Environmental Considerations."