Delete Historical Data (DLTHSTDTA)

The Delete Historical Data (DLTHSTDTA) command deletes historical data for selected members from the historical database files.

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
MBR	Member	Single values: SELECT Other values (up to 50 repetitions): Name*	Optional, Positional 1
LIB	Library	Name, QPFRDATA	Optional
JOBD	Job description	Single values: NONE Other values: Qualified object name*	Optional
	Qualifier 1: Job description	Name, QPFRJOBD
	Qualifier 2: Library	Name, LIBL, CURLIB

Specifies the member whose historical data is to be deleted.

*SELECT: Lists all members available in the specified library so that you can select members that have historical data to be deleted. This value is valid only in an interactive environment.
member-name: Specify the member whose historical data is to be deleted from the database files. Up to 50 members can be specified.

Specifies the library where the files are located.

The possible library values are:

QPFRDATA: The IBM-supplied performance data library, QPFRDATA, is where the files are located.
library-name: Specify the name of the library where the files are located.

Specifies the job description used to submit jobs for batch processing.

QPFRJOBD: The IBM-supplied performance tools job description is used.
job-description-name: Specify the name of an alternate job description.
*NONE: A batch job is not submitted; instead, processing continues interactively while the user waits. The user's work station cannot be used during this time. This is something to consider for especially long jobs.

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