Re: Expanding the A/P Invoice -- BPCS-L

I went through this nightmare several years ago.  This was a pre-AS/SET release
of BPCS 4.0.3 and everything was in RPG.  Even so, the project took 3 months to
complete for 2 people.  Every file, display file and report using the Invoice#
had to be changed.  Then every program using those files had to be modified or
at least recompiled.  Of course in BPCS 4.0.3 the Invoice# was only 8 digits
long.  When the client upgraded to 6.0.4, this whole project was scrapped and
they learned to live with 10 digits.

Good luck...

Boris Goldenberg

--- George Sagen <gsagen@primesourcetech.com> wrote:
> Yikes...
> 
> I have yet another client wanting to expand the A/P Invoice # from 10 to 15
> digits. He has his reasons and is willing to invest, but wants to know what
> it would take. I told him I thought a programmer would want to take a week
> just analyzing the problem before giving a serious quote (client want's
> fixed bid). Has anybody had experience doing this? I'm interested in hearing
> how it went, what you encountered, etc. My client expressed his opinion that
> it seems like it should be easy and shouldn't take long. I related the
> following and want to know if I missed anything:
> 
> Table changes on any table that could store the A/P invoice #. (dozens?)
> Code changes to any program that refers to the A/P invoice # in any fashion.
> (thousands of lines?)
> Screen layout changes for panels that contain the A/P invoice #. (dozens)
> Report layout changes. (dozens)
> Testing. (weeks and weeks if you do it adequately)
> Refitting each time they want to apply a BMR. (?????)
> 
> I'm really discouraging them from doing this, but they have many
> vendors--freight carriers in particular--that use long invoice #'s. They
> don't like the solution of putting in the last 9 digits followed by A, B,
> C,... for each duplicate, then putting all 15 digits in the description
> field. Far be it from me to tell folks how to spend their money, but my gut
> feel is the workaround is better. Any thoughts?
> 
> Geo.
> 
> 
> George Sagen, CPIM, CNE
> gsagen@primesourcetech.com
> http://www.primesourcetech.com
> PrimeSource Technologies, Inc.
> A Metamor Worldwide Company
> (801)360-6360
> 
> 

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