With a Final Buy spot printout due by 2pm and two Sydney programs not delivering as planned, is it feasible to update holdings and print a final buy by the deadline?

With a Final Buy spot printout due by 2pm and two Sydney programs not delivering as planned, is it feasible to update holdings and print a final buy by the deadline?

• A. No, holdings will not be updated until the next day.
• B. Yes, holdings update in real time.
• C. Yes, you can manually update in SMD, and the holdings file will be refreshed overnight.
• D. Yes, holdings update every two hours.

Answer: (C)

The key idea is that when automated feeds fail, you can rely on a manual update path and the regular refresh cycle to carry those changes forward. You can manually update the holdings in the SMD system, and those manual changes will be included in the holdings file that gets refreshed overnight. So, even if the two Sydney programs don’t deliver today, you can still produce the final buy by the next cycle because the overnight refresh will incorporate the manual updates. Real-time updates or fixed-interval updates aren’t guaranteed in this scenario, and waiting for the next day without a manual override would miss the opportunity.

The key idea is that when automated feeds fail, you can rely on a manual update path and the regular refresh cycle to carry those changes forward. You can manually update the holdings in the SMD system, and those manual changes will be included in the holdings file that gets refreshed overnight. So, even if the two Sydney programs don’t deliver today, you can still produce the final buy by the next cycle because the overnight refresh will incorporate the manual updates. Real-time updates or fixed-interval updates aren’t guaranteed in this scenario, and waiting for the next day without a manual override would miss the opportunity.