Most of the learned gentlemen and
ladies who regularly interact with the BPCS-L database will have an
understanding of the BPCS database certainly to the levels detailed below, ie.
what is the order file and the order number field is blah blah
blah.
If enough people want it, I will
develop a source analysis tool and freely distribute it to all those
subscribing to this list, by a show of hands. I'm only going to do this
once so if there are any preferences to what should be included in this tool
then drop me mail via the forum. Closing date for requests will be
this Sunday at midnight GMT.
I will then try to deliver by the end
of the week.
Regards
Ian Bunn
Progeny/400 Limited
----- Original Message -----
Sent: 04 October 2000 04:07
Subject: regarding the groups question
of the DB definitions course offered by SSA Canada, For your
information
I present this only as a point of clarification. This is not
an attempt to
solicit revenue
but is posted as a result of those on
the list who asked for further
clarification of the
BPCS
'Database' Structure offering from SSA
Canada
Duration:
½ day
Overview:
This course provides a good
foundation for clients who want to use Business
Intelligence Tools such
as Cognos to efficiently extract data from BPCS
database.
This
seminar explains the architecture of BPCS. Its purpose is to detail
the
philosophy of the designs and standards of the products. BPCS
is not just a
software product, but a product developed with a design
that spans from today to
the future, while always being capable of change
and working with other software
products. Upon completion of the course
the attendees will receive a diskette
which contains the DB
definitions.
The BPCS Technical Overview portion of the presentation
outlines the standards
defined by SSA which specify the ?rules? of
development. Such rules include:
i BPCS and
AS/SET
i Library Structures and
Lists
i Products/Naming
Conventions
i Programming
Standards
i System Defaults and Data
Areas
i Message Handling
The BPCS Cross
Reference portion of the presentation explains:
i
What it is
i What is available
i
Demonstration
Cost
This course is offered at $ 500.00 USD per
person. Minimum class size is 4.
Please contact SSA Canada for further
details.
Murray Hubley
SSA Global
Technologies
midrange.com
