RE: Product ID for PTFs -- MIDRANGE-L

I went to fix central, proceeded to locate the PTF and did a bit of looking around to see it was 5733OMF.
My first thought was when the IBM notification came out "What is the licensed product for this PTF?"

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4. RE: Product ID for PTFs (Rob Berendt)

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date: Wed, 9 Mar 2022 16:00:41 +0000
from: Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: Product ID for PTFs

What was the security bulletin? Do you have a link? Maybe you overlooked it and I want to check.

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/access-ptf-cover-letters
If you search for that PTF and pick the right link (the first link often goes to Fix Central, which isn't the cover letter) you may see:
Licensed Program............... 5733OMF

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Maybe I'm just missing something? But this is something that has bugged me for YEARS...

Why does IBM always reference a PTF number without indicating the corresponding product ID??? It's like they assume I know what the product ID's are.

Example:
I just received a security bulletin for a product. For v7r3, and PTF SI78756. Now, I may or may not have the product installed on our box. How do I know? They didn't give me the product ID.

What am I missing?

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