RE: attaching the userid to inventory batches

We currently use the 3-character MAPICS User-id method referred to by Mark
Dunn.  Although we don't have the same requirement referred to by Dave Shaw,
it certainly is annoying when the ever-changing 'QPADEVnnn' numbers cannot
be used to accurately track the transactions.  Another alternative to look
into would be to use a trigger program.

Similar to the thread regarding UPS/FedEx Parcel Tracking numbers, we had
the need to include information that was just out of reach by MAPICS.  It
can sound a little complicated, but here is one of our solutions:

1)  create a user-defined library and include it in the MAPICS library list.
2)  create a user-defined workfile that 1) has a field -or- combination of
fields that can be used to relate to the target MAPICS file and 2) contains
the information that you need to populate the desired MAPICS field.
3)  create a trigger program to extract the information from the original
source (job-user-id, for example, from the system data structure) and
populate the target MAPICS file according to the desired time/action (we
usually use after/update).

This was our only method of including non-MAPICS data because we elected not
to purchase source-code.  The use of triggers is as close as we would like
to get to the overhead of maintaining modified code.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me directly.

best-of-luck,
Tom Ashworth
MIS Manager, Altec Lansing Technologies Inc.
Routes 6 & 209
Milford,  PA  18337
tashwort@altecmm.com            570-296-1276

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ChrisGinaNeely@aol.com [SMTP:ChrisGinaNeely@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 10:48 PM
> To:   mapics-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      attaching the userid to inventory batches
> 
> I am trying to find a way to attach the user ID to inventory batches
> instead 
> of the job name (qpadev0008 for example) so that we know who entered the 
> batch.  Has anyone else had a need to do this? What was your method?
> 
> Thanks
> Chris
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