Joseph, That is the ENHANCED HOLDDATA. You don't need to read any of it, just receive it into your SMPE GLOBAL CSI. As you can see in the header, it is as current as the previous day. Make sure there are no gaps in holddata received. In your example, the file covers only the last month. You can retrieve holddata that covers the last two years.
Your report will show you what applies to YOUR system at its current state. There is no need to develop complex queries and try to understand which piece of maintenance you found applies to you. Everything in the report applies to your system, and it is current. Ed, if you really have nothing better to do than look every half hour for additional HIPER maintenance, you really need a life :) Yesterday is current enough for me. John Confidentiality notice: The information included in this e-mail, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, distribution or similar action is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies of the original message immediately. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sumi, Joseph J. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 11:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Listing HIPERS What I will probably do is to have the programmers use IBMLINK ASAP and enter FMID's to track their products....I still would have thought that there was a way to put in a date range and get back a 1-line description of the HIPER PTF, FMID, Componenet, Date, Description. The Enhanced Hold Data output is ugly (or I'm pulling it incorrectly), FYI: Is this what you guys see ?? ++NULL /********************************************************/. ++NULL /* Enhanced HOLDDATA from 07/16/2007 to 08/15/2007 */. ++NULL /* Current updates and additional information regarding */. ++NULL /* Enhanced HOLDDATA is available on the world-wide web */. ++NULL /* at http://service.boulder.ibm.com/390holddata.html */. ++NULL /********************************************************/. ++ NULL. /* Enhanced Holddata from 07/16/2007 to 08/15/2007 */ ++HOLD(AKDF540) FMID(AKDF540) REASON(AA21624) ERROR DATE(07200) COMMENT(SMRTDATA(FIX(UA35557) SYMP(FUL) CHGDT(070719))) CLASS(HIPER). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

