Multiple comparisons
FILTer or MATCH might be specified more than once on any given SMF or EVENT statement (although, as noted previously, FILTer and MATCH are mutually exclusive and might not both be specified on any single statement).
Multiple comparisons might be grouped as multiple operands of a single FILTer or MATCH parameter. The relationship among the comparisons is a Boolean AND. To select only events with an ACF2-detected error for data sets whose names began with SYS1. you can code:
You can FILTer (filter out) or MATCH (select) on multiple criteria by specifying FILTer or MATCH more than once. The relationship among multiple FILTer or MATCH parameters on a single EVENT or SMF statement is a Boolean OR. That is, an event that matches the criteria of any one (or more) FILTer or MATCH parameters can be filtered out or selected for formatting and forwarding.
Quick reference
FILTer or MATCH as Coded | In order for the event’s FILTer or MATCH to evaluate true |
|---|---|
FILTer|MATCH( fieldname(…) fieldname(…) ) | All of the logical tests of the FILTer or MATCH must evaluate true. |
FILTer|MATCH(…) FILTer|MATCH(…) | At least one FILTer or MATCH must evaluate true. |
ALLOF
Effects a Boolean AND. In order for ALLOF to evaluate true, all of the logical tests coded as operands of ALLOF must evaluate true.
ANYOF
Effects a Boolean OR. In order for ANYOF to evaluate true, any one or more of the logical tests coded as operands of ANYOF must evaluate true.
ONEOF
Effects a Boolean Exclusive OR. You must code exactly two filter operands with ONEOF. In order for ONEOF to evaluate true, exactly one of the two operands must evaluate true.
ALLOF(), and ANYOF() and ONEOF() might be nested to any desired depth.