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
