This section contains the common SMF record header fields and, if applicable, the triplet fields (offset/length/number) that locate the other sections on the record.
| Offsets | Name | Length | Format | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | SMF3LEN | 2 | binary | Record length. This field and the next field (total of four bytes) form the RDW (record descriptor word). See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description. |
| 2 | 2 | SMF3SEG | 2 | binary | Segment descriptor (see record length field). |
| 4 | 4 | SMF3FLG | 1 | binary | System indicator:
*See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description. |
| 5 | 5 | SMF3RTY | 1 | binary | Record type 3 (X'03'). |
| 6 | 6 | SMF3TME | 4 | binary | Time since midnight, in hundredths of a second, when the record was moved into the dump data set. |
| 10 | A | SMF3DTE | 4 | packed | Date when the record was moved into the dump data set, in the form 0cyydddF. See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description. |
| 14 | E | SMF3SID | 4 | EBCDIC | System identification (from the SID parameter). |