IV33958: COMPARE DATE/TIME FILTER RETURNS NO DATA

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0 Fix Pack 3 (6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0003)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Using the filter "Compare Date and Time" seems to return no
  data. We observe the timestamp displayed in the report, and try
  to create a filter with the exact same timestamp, but once
  applied no data is returned.  Attached video
  "TimestampFilter.wmv" is a video
  demonstrating the behavior.
  
  The videos demonstrates the issues using IBM Tivoli Advanced
  Reporting for DFSMShsm, but it seems to happen for other
  products also.
  
  
  Material received from HTTP server and stored in ECuRep:
  Directory: /ecurep/pmr/9/1/91082,L6Q,000/2012-11-27
  File: 91082.L6Q.000.90991.L6Q.000.TimestampFilter.wmv
  1467598 bytes
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• On the portal client, an empty or incorrect view may be
  displayed if a 'Compare Date and Time' function is used to
  filter the result set on a time stamp value.
  
  
  On the portal client, an empty or incorrect view may be
  displayed if a 'Compare Date and Time' function is used to
  filter the result set on a time stamp value.  An 'equal'
  comparison will almost always result in an empty view while
  'less than' or 'greater than' comparisons may include more or
  less data rows than expected.  A 'not equal' comparison will
  almost always be true for all data rows.
  

Problem conclusion

• The time stamp filter logic was changed to ignore the
  millisecond part of time stamp data values when comparing
  against the user-provided comparison value unless that value
  explicitly includes milliseconds.
  
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
  
    | fix pack | 6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0003
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TEP

• Fixed component ID

  5724C04EP

Applicable component levels

• R630 PSY

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