Hi Dave,
Thanks for the response.
No I am not editing the target data directly. We are working out of a pds 
separate from SMPe libraries.
The user mod looks like what I'm after. I will look into that......
On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:37:15 -0500, Dave Jousma <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:10:19 -0500, Bill Giannelli <[email protected]> 
>wrote:
>
>>various jobs for Db2 software maintenance, such as DSNTIJUZ DSNTIJUA DSNTIJRT.
>>Bill
>>On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:19:07 -0500, Dave Jousma <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 06:36:40 -0500, Bill Giannelli <[email protected]> 
>>>wrote:
>>>
>
>So, those are DB2 jobs.   So what that tells me is that you might be editing 
>and using the SMPE target data, vs copying the JCL out to another library to 
>use?   If so, that’s really a no-no.   But if you want to make your changes 
>properly to that dataset so that SMPE knows about the changes, you would 
>create a USERMOD to replace the JCL with your customized JCL after merging in 
>any changes made by the maintenance.   A USERMOD will then tell you when a PTF 
>will overwrite the JCL, and will be the signal to 1) remove your usermod and 
>apply the PTF, and 2) re-work your usermod, and re-apply it.
>
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