RETDS report

The RETDS report, as shown in Figure 1, summarizes details from the RETDATE report. The RETDS report provides a summary of the data set retention dates that have changed during vital record processing. The RETDS lists the retention dates that have been used to update data set information and the number of data sets that have the same retention date value. The report consists of one line for each retention date.

The data columns in the RETDS report provide the following information:

New Retention Date: A new retention date that was updated for data sets.
COUNT: The number of data sets with the same retention date value.

Figure 1. Sample RETDS Report

1Summary of new Data Set retention dates        05/31/12        02:02:23        - 1 -

 New Retention Date             COUNT
 ------------------   ---------------
 CYCL/00001                        33
 CYCL/00002                        12
 2011/099                          12
 2011/100                           8
 2011/335                           6
 2011/336                           4