Building the INTERVAL control statement

You can use the INTERVAL statement for the following purposes:

• Specify the beginning and end of a range of log records to identify as candidates for the record selection process
• Control the range of log data sets to allocate dynamically from RECON information
• Reduce the overall number of log records that are selected from input SLDS or extract files

For more information, see Specifying-INTERVAL-control-statements.

To access and work with the INTERVAL Control Statement panel

1. Access the Build JCL panel.For instructions, see Accessing-JCL-functions.

2. In the Control Statements field to the left of the INTERVAL label, enter S.The INTERVAL Control Statement panel is displayed:

   INTERVAL Control Statement panel

    File  Options  Help                                                          
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   Log Analyzer               INTERVAL Control Statement                         
   Command ===> _________________________________________________________________
                                                                                
   Start type.                                                                    
   _ 1. Timestamp      Date _______ (YYYYDDD)   Time ________ (hhmmssth)          
     2. First log record                                                          
     3. Log sequence number ________                                              
                                                                                 
   Stop type.                                                                     
   _ 1. Timestamp      Date _______ (YYYYDDD)   Time ________ (hhmmssth)          
     2. Last log record                                                           
     3. Log sequence number ________                                              
                                                                                 
   Additional intervals. Select if desired.                                       
   _ Start timestamp   Date _______ (YYYYDDD)   Time ________ (hhmmssth)          
     Stop timestamp    Date _______ (YYYYDDD)   Time ________ (hhmmssth)          
                                                                                 
   _ Start timestamp   Date _______ (YYYYDDD)   Time ________ (hhmmssth)          
     Stop timestamp    Date _______ (YYYYDDD)   Time ________ (hhmmssth)
3. In the Start type field, enter the value that will be used to generate the START keyword on the INTERVAL control statement.This keyword identifies the beginning of a range of log records to be considered as candidates for the record selection process. For more information, see START-keyword.
4. In the Stop type field, enter the value that will be used to generate the STOP keyword on the INTERVAL control statement.This keyword identifies the end of a range of log records to be considered as candidates for the record selection process. For more information, see STOP-keyword.
5. (optional) In the Additional intervals field, you can enter the timestamp values that will be used to generate the START keyword and the STOP keyword on another INTERVAL control statement.For more information, see START-keyword and STOP-keyword.