Re: Documents getting locked (Billing)

speculation from Al Mac 405 CD

If you launched a Billing 500 run from the JOBQ and that JOBQ never got to a 
proper conclusion, like perhaps the batch job crashed, some BPCS settings 
know the job was launched but never reached a conclusion, so it does not want 
you to relaunch until all finished.  Check recent archives for thread labeled 
"Billing process for BPCS version 4 Workstation members" where there was talk 
of:

Something might be messed up at THIS work station, so TRY a DIFFERENT work 
station ... if the Billing runs fine from the OTHER work station, then you 
know the problem is not with billing or with the documents but with THAT work 
station work areas.  If same problem with another work station, it could be 
that other work station has the same problem.

BBL.BSTAT
ECH.HINUSE
WRKDTAARA BL* in BPCSF 
SYS993C on REORG menu

Depending on WHERE the earlier batch failed, which files to clean up 
Taxes, Recievables

GO CMDLCK to find out WHO (other users) might be currently updating customer 
orders, or shipping documents, that the Billing NEEDS restricted access to

When you get message "Documents are already in process for this workstation"
and F3 is the only obvious key you can press at that stage, does it ever 
occur to you to put the cursor on the error message & do F1 to get at 2nd 
level help?

> Subj:   Documents getting locked
>  From:    amitbhatia@gknindia.com
>  
>  Hi giya 
>  
>  We are on BPCS 6.0.04 .
>  
>  We are facing a peculiar problem.
>  
>  The PC from which we make invoices from i.e. we do invoice release 
(BIL500D) 
>  
>  As sson as we choose this option BIL500D we get a message "Documents are 
> already in process for this workstation"
>  
>   and F3 is the only key you can press at that stage.
>  
>  Has somebody else faced it too..
>  Please help!!!!!!

Alister William Macintyre 
Computer Data Janitor etc. of BPCS 405 CD Rel-02 on 400 model 170 OS4 V4R3 
(forerunner to IBM e-Server i-Series 400)  @ http://www.cen-elec.com Central 
Industries of Indiana--->Quality manufacturer of wire harnesses and 
electrical sub-assemblies

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