Re: Performance -- BPCS-L

Hi Rob,

I thnk that much of your questin can be answered in OGS Online databases or
documentation.

1. The Net Changes for 6.1.00 show that "COM" does not exist in 6.1.01. This
was replaced by a thin client Order Entry. The term 'COM' specifically
refers to an older 'fat client' implementation which was in 6002 and 6004.
The details of the changes are listed in the Net Change document, available
on OGS.

2. Searching the BMRs for 'Parallel' shows several things, basically that
the Parallel options do nothing in the new Order Entry interface. Parallel
processing options were left on the screens, but a BMR 51998 exists to ask
they be removed. They affect nothing. You can obtain BMR 55960 to update
your help text for this panel so that it says that the options do not work.
Two open Enhancement request E BMRs 51187 and 43094 asks that the options
which used to exist for COM be used to do parallel for different functions
instead, to improve performance.

3. Check out the ORDERPOST job description. I believe this may be the one
which has QINTER listed on it and this job description is used when posting
orders is set to BATCH. You can use this to set up another job queue to
direct those jobs to.

4. There is a BMR to disallow the following combination in the User
Preferences for Order Entry:
Processing preferences:
 Post Mode               1 (0=Interactive, 1=Batch, 2=Parallel)
 Print Mode              1 (0=Interactive, 1=Batch)

You should set Print Mode to Interactive if your Post Mode is set to batch.
This is to avoid a 2nd batch job getting submitted to do the printing. The
2nd job does not get submitted with the name of the workstation, so this
results in a bug that the Workstation data area is not used to set the
proper output queue for printing, and it will use the system default printer
in the SSASYS data area instead. The BMR is 56772 and would have to be
escalated.

5. If you use Promotions and Deals heavily, there is an outstanding
performance BMR regarding the coding of the declaration of the LINEP cursor
in the PRO770B program. A change to the SQL statement plus one logical is
required to make this run much faster. The BMR is 56177. I suggest you
contact Helpline regarding this BMR and escalating it or obtaining the
workaround. If you have ADK, you can correct this statement yourself and
create the logical until the BMR is completed.

Hope this helps. If not, then I suggest you run some DBMON to document the
issue more thoroughly and open a call with the Helpline.

Thanks

Genyphyr Novak
SSA Global Technologies

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Stagis" <stagis@fansteelvrwesson.com>
To: <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 3:38 PM
Subject: RE: Performance


> I hope I didn't say 4.05CD.  This is running COM on V6.1.01.
>
> What I've found is that every job description and workstation data area
> points to QBATCH.  All reports, etc., are running in there.  The problem
is
> that the posting and validation programs are being submitted to jobq
QINTER.
> I've gotta find how to change the name of the jobq that they're being
> submitted to.  The recommendation that I move the BPCSJOBQ from QINTER sbs
> to QBATCH sbs won't work because it's actually using jobq QINTER...did
that
> make sense?
>
> All my system parameters point to QBATCH.  For some reason, these programs
> are being submitted to QINTER.  The user's screen is clear and he/she is
> free to enter another order, but the order that they just posted won't be
> 'valid' for a couple moments while it's being processed.  Does that make
> more sense?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bpcs-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-bpcs-l@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of MacWheel99@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 3:18 PM
> To: BPCS-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Performance
>
>
> > They're submitted to QINTER cuz that was the BPCS default.  I can't for
> the
> >  life of me find the parameter that'll change 'em to another job queue.
> The
> >  machine has enough steam to handle it, but there is a noticeable
> performance
> >  hit.
>
> That is not the BPCS default for 405 CD so someone has modified rules in
the
> interim.  Take a look at WRKJOBQ & see what subsystems various JOBQ are in
&
> if you can reassign some.  I have never done this.  I just go into
WRKSBMJOB
> & move a job that has not yet started to a different JOBQ.
>
> Check the SSALOG00 on-line BPCS documentation on your environment setup.
>
> There is stuff off the SYS menu that says which JOBD & *DTAARA stores info
> for BPCS interactive vs. batch rules & reviews IBM commands needed for
> maintaining them.  So if you know which of your JOBQ are in a batch sub
> system, these tools will help you change defaults so that BPCS JOBQ work
> does
> not default to QINTER.
>
> You might also look into the IBM Redbook specifically on optimizing your
400
> for BPCS performance.
>
> MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)
> AS/400 Data Manager & Programmer for BPCS 405 CD Rel-02 mixed mode (twinax
> interactive & batch) @ http://www.cen-elec.com Central Industries of
> Indiana--->Quality manufacturer of wire harnesses and electrical
> sub-assemblies - fax # 812-424-6838
>
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