Re: BIL500 and robot scheduling - not so easy

Hi all-

After speaking with several people on the BIL500 program I must modify my
previous statement.  The Robot learn function will  apparently only work for
programs like MRP, DRP and the reorg programs.  We do not use BPCS order
entry at our facility and so I was un aware that this would not work for
that as well.  Chick Doe does seem to know how to do this - so follow up
with her.
Thanks for the education.

Have a pleasant day!

Regards,

Wendy

wendy.decair@countryfresh.com


"Having someone who understands is a great blessing for ourselves.  Being
someone who understands is a great blessing to others.  - Jannette Oke"
----- Original Message -----
From: Chick Doe <Cdoe@barton-instruments.com>
To: <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: BIL500 and robot scheduling - made easy


> if i understand what you are asking for we just did it! once you
understand how all of the programs work together it turns out to be pretty
easy. we have automated our nightly billing, using robot, so that we select
and process invoices totally in batch. as distributed bpcs wants you to run
BIL501B interactively which selects invoices to be processed. once you
select the invoices you are given the option of producing the invoices
interactively or via a batch process. the real trick is to get BIL501B to
select invoices via a batch job. the neat thing about getting this to work
is that we are using all native BPCS programs, we've just had to get BIL501B
to be submitted to batch via ROBOT rather than being invoked by in
interactive session.
>
> it you would like more details please call at (626)837-0395
>
> chick doe
> barton instrument systems
>
> >>> wendy.decair@countryfresh.com 06/20/00 07:30AM >>>
> Barry--
>
> Contact me off line.  I can tell you how to change two CL programs and
> capture the information that you need in Robot every time you want it.  It
> is pretty simple.
>
> Phone - 616-520-2048.
>
> Have a pleasant day!
>
> Regards,
>
> Wendy
>
> wendy.decair@countryfresh.com
>
>
> "Having someone who understands is a great blessing for ourselves.  Being
> someone who understands is a great blessing to others.  - Jannette Oke"
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Blackwell, Barry <bblackwe@kcc.com>
> To: <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 6:22 AM
> Subject: RE: BIL500
>
>
> > Betty,
> >
> > This is something I have been asking on how to do for some time.  I
would
> > just like to schedule a batch submission of BIL500 each night, but have
> not
> > been able to find the right source on how to accomplish this.  We are
6.04
> > (double byte) right now on an AS400 and we have the ROBOT software for
> > scheduling.  Is there a place you can point me on instructions on how to
> > accomplish this relatively easily.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Barry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Betty McDowell [mailto:bm@datrek.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 4:12 AM
> > To: BPCS-L
> > Subject: BIL500
> >
> >
> > 6.0.04  MM  April Cum
> >
> > We submit invoicing (BIL500) to batch in its own job queue to run @ 8:00
> PM
> > each night.  Our problem is that over a period of time from a specific
PC,
> > the first batch will not post to General Ledger.
> > For example my work station IDs are BMS1, BMS2, BMS3, etc.
> > We submit each batch from a different work station ID, if we submitted
10
> > batches the IDs would range from BMS1 to BMS10.
> > But after a period of time ranging from 1 week to 2 months the batch
> > submitted from BMS1 will no longer post to General Ledger.
> > Has anyone else had this problem in 6.0.04?
> >
> > Betty McDowell
> > Datrek Professional Bags, Inc.
> > bm@datrek.com
> >
> >
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