Processing interval

The processing interval is a contiguous interval of time, defined by a start date, a start time, an end date, and an end time.


Example
SDATE 2020001
STIME 1000
EDATE 2020-01-02
ETIME 2300

This example covers a period from 10:00 A.M. on January 1, 2020 to 11:00 P.M. on January 2, 2020. The time period for all processing intervals is continuous, including all hours between the start and stop times. You cannot skip hours within an interval.


The following defaults apply to processing interval commands:

STIME 0000
ETIME 2400
EDATE same as SDATE (if SDATE was specified)

If you specify a start date and no end date, start time, or end time, the processing interval covers 24 hours from midnight of the specified date to midnight of the following day.

We recommend that you specify time by synchronizing with a wall clock rather than an RMF interval. For example, if RMF intervals are synchronized at 0014, 0029, 0044, and 0059, you should use STIME 0000 rather than STIME 0014. UIE automatically performs all the necessary adjustments.

UIE uses the processing interval to determine which SMF and RMF records should be processed (those completely or partially within the interval) and which ones should be ignored (those completely outside of the interval).

Note

Some SMF records might partially overlap the specified interval, that is, some of their contents could have been collected beyond the time limits indicated. These records are included and processed. The value in these records will be normalized according to the length of the intersection of the SMF record interval and the modeling interval.

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