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> From: barlova@biotika.sk (Barlova Miroslava, Ing.) > > Hallo anybody! > We have BPCS v. 6.04 mix mode july cummulative. Does anybody know, what is > the meaning of the next fields in the file APH ? > APSTAT Header Status > APMOVE Movements > APBUSY Record in use by someone else > APPAYS Payment Selection Flag > Which attributes can these fields have? > > Miroslava I do not have a reference list of all the values that could be in these fields, but I would hazard some guesses based on how such fields are normally used in BPCS. Header Status ... What kind of Transaction is this? Where is it in its life cycle? Busy Only one user can be accessing any one record for purposes of update at a time. Each user needs to get their update to a conclusion before next user. This is a standard of software theory that has been around for decades. The only variation is how it is enforced. Many BPCS files have a "Busy flag" First program to get to a record for update throws the flag to say "I am using this, everyone else stay out" and then when that program is done, it switches off the flag. The system works great except when some job gets aborted before finishing so that the flag is never reset. The flag can be reset manually, but MIS also needs to investigate the damage from jobs being aborted. Selection Typically one program picks which records are going to be processed, and another program takes some action with all that have been selected. In the absense of access to good documentation, I find that a very useful tool for looking at population statisics is shown by the following example. Get to a command line while you are inside the BPCS library list CALL QCMD & enter F10 RUNQRY *N APH & F4 on very bottom line make it *YES then enter just press enter at selection screen see what contents of some field seems to dominate jot down what that is F12 to selection screen & select to exclude the domination population press enter now we see a new dominant species jot that down F12 & adjust selection to also exclude that press enter you see the pattern F3 when you got the info you need Some software updates in BPCS have on the screens a little plus sign after the field. Any time you see that, put cursor on that field & F4 to get at a chart of all variables supported. Hope I have helped. 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 +--- | This is the BPCS Users Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to BPCS-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to BPCS-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to BPCS-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner: dasmussen@aol.com +---
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