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Status Under review
Workspace IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 22, 2025

RELATED IDEAS

As per documentation, please make sure the data load always ensures that DESCRIPTION fields are always blank if not alpha, and not HEX(0).

This causes data validation and display issues when HEX(0) is present in a description field. e.g. 

SMF70SPN field in the SMF 70 record: LPAR cluster name. For z/OS®, the LPAR cluster name is the sysplex name. For any other logical partition, the LPAR cluster name is the name provided in the HMC definition of this logical partition. Blank, if partition is not a cluster.

As a Best Practice for ETL, IZPCA should add a check in the code to make sure the input SMF70SPN field is all alpha characters and set it to blank if it is not alpha.

Furthermore, this causes issues in the underlying FM model when trying to validate this query subject, or even when trying to JOIN to another table.

Idea priority Low

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