DAY030 U0999 - ERROR: BY variables are not properly sorted on data set WORK01.SMFSTQ00

Products

• MICS Resource Management

Issue/Introduction

The MICS SMF Component DAILY job step DAY030, or incremental update    
step INCR030, might fail with a U999 ABEND during the merge of two      
temporary WORK files with the following SASLOG message:                 
                                                                        
  ERROR: BY variables are not properly sorted on data set               
         WORK.SMFSTQ00 (or WORKnn.SMFSTQ00).         

Environment

Release : 14.3

Component : MICS BATCH AND OPERATIONS ANALYZER

Resolution

SMF7042 - DAY030 Abend where SMFSTQ File not Sorted

Additional Information

If you are unable to immediately apply the PTF noted above, please refer the
circumvention steps below until the PTF can be downloaded and applied. 

CIRCUMVENTION                                                           
Take a current backup of your current 'sharedprefix.SOURCE' library. 
Then update sharedprefix.SOURCE(DYSMFFM4) by adding three new lines,         
using the sequence numbers indicated below, immediately after           
the existing sequence number 03817500 as follows:                       
                                                                        
%LET BY=RDRTS JOB SYSIDP JESJOB30 STEPPSUB;                    03817510  
%WRKSORT(CCC=SMF,WRK=STQ);                                                   03817520
* ;                                                                                                             03817530