# IBM-SMF-Explorer

**Repository Path**: mirrors_ibm/IBM-SMF-Explorer

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: IBM-SMF-Explorer
- **Description**: IBM SMF Explorer is a Python framework to access SMF data
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2022-08-10
- **Last Updated**: 2026-07-05

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# IBM SMF Explorer

IBM® SMF Explorer is a Python framework to fetch SMF data into [Pandas](https://pandas.pydata.org/) DataFrames.
It uses the z/OS® Data Gatherer Rest API Services to access data directly from your SMF data sets.

## Getting Started

### Requirements

- z/OS Data Gatherer Rest API Services
- Python 3.8 or later installed on your workstation

To get started with IBM SMF Explorer follow the official [documentation](https://ibm.github.io/IBM-SMF-Explorer/)
When you have done the installation, take a look at the Tutorial notebooks in the `Tutorial` directory.


## Reporting issues and asking questions

If you want to report a bug, feel free to open an [issue](https://github.com/IBM/IBM-SMF-Explorer/issues).
If you have questions, ideas, or want to share what you did, you can use the GitHub [Discussions](https://github.com/IBM/IBM-SMF-Explorer/discussions) feature.

## Support and Issue Scope

Issues opened in this GitHub repository are limited **only** to the content maintained in this repository, including:
- Setup and installation scripts
- Jupyter notebooks
- Repository-specific configuration or examples

**Documentation updates, bug fixes, and feature requests related to the SMF Explorer core wheel file are not handled via GitHub issues.**

All requests related to the SMF Explorer core package (wheel file) must be submitted through the official IBM Support channel by opening a support case:

https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/?language=en_US

## Contributing

We want to encourage you to contribute Notebooks or ideas.
We will create a complete Contribution Guide in the future to get you started.
If you want to contribute code in the meantime, be aware that you are required to sign of your contributions to declare you accept the [DCO](https://developercertificate.org/).