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Jeanne ===>"I know this isn't strictly a Mapics issue, "
Al ====> This also comes up in BPCS and other packages.
Peter ===>Do not worry, I am switching the message to the midrange list now.Jeanne ===>"...how can I monitor a user's activities on our AS/400? There has to be some IBM tools to do this."Peter ===> Well, they are a couple but all depends what specifically do you want to monitor: file updates, menus used, programs used, etc.
Al ====> There are two realities to consider.1. What are people doing RIGHT NOW (the AS/400 seems to be sluggish, or we want to do some update, which we know should not be done when other people are doing certain functions) 2. What did some people do, before they did a normal sign-off, so there is no joblog to try to figure out. (now we are being told about "some error message" that the user failed to screen print, or jot down any details when it happened, or something is messed up and we not have a clue)
In the first reality, there are add-ons to AS/400 iSeries to provide IT-friendly support functions similar to what used to be on the S/36, that IBM in its ultimate wisdom took away from us when merging aspects of S/36 and S/38
consider: http://www.precosis.com.au/rv1.htm Remote View http://www.precosis.com.au/piu1.htm Stack Analyser http://www.precosis.com.au/wsa1.htm identify & fix system hogs For the second reality, there are tools to help manage the logging. Depending on how recently some problem occurredCheck WRKSBSJOB QINTER to see if the sign on session is now discontinued, unless they were signed on at the main console, because WRKACTJOB only shows what is still active ... you can check the log on a discontinued job until hit the WRKSYSVAL ceiling on how long to keep it
Let's suppose what you want to find out is who changed the price, and when they changed it (how much of the product went out with the wrong price), or who changed the address, then changed it back, so the checks were written to the wrong person (embezzlement), well perhaps you want something like UPI's http://www.unbeatenpathintl.com/award/source/1.html
MAPICS 1) If you are using MAPICS and want to monitor the files, there is in CAS the Journal Management part of it. If you want to do this but on inhouse files, you can set your own journal(s) and read them.2) If you want to see the Application Log activity, go to the REPORT section in CAS and run theApplication Log Report. OUTSIDE OF MAPICS 1) Journals 2) Job Logs That is what I can think of... Need more coffee... The guys may bring more to this. Good luck! Peter Vidal PALL Corporation / SR Programmer Analyst, IT Development Group 10540 Ridge Rd., Ste 203, New Port Richey, FL 34654-5111 http://www.pall.com "Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible." -Anonymous- -- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
- Al Macintyre http://www.ryze.com/go/Al9Mac BPCS/400 Computer Janitor ... see http://radio.weblogs.com/0107846/stories/2002/11/08/bpcsDocSources.html
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