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WRKOBJ QPNLSRC all libraries If you have it, probably not in standard BPCS library list If this is on your system, this is the source code for all help screens for all programs. You can then navigate any program all its fields info and function keys do what, without actually running the program. I have printed some of these out for end user studies. We have used this to back track questions like ... how on earth do we get to this screen? >Documentation > >Check the BPCS_L archives on >documentation. http://archive.midrange.com/bpcs-l >You can find a lot of useful info by searching on a program name or module >(like MRP) or for a subject (like Lead Times), to see what people have said >about that in years gone by. >There was a recent thread about a FILE list shared off-list. >There are several places that sell BPCS manuals. >There are BPCS tips newsletters. > >This topic has come up so many times, that I tentatively planning to put my >standard answers on my new weblog http://radio.weblogs.com/0107846/ > >In all probability you DO have BPCS documentation, but it is normally >stored such that no normal human being can find it. >If you have command line authority, check for what library contains the >object BPCSDOC. >At 405 CD this is in a PDM file that we can access via SEU. >It is not great for easy navigation, but there is tons of information in >there. >The first document in the collection that you want to look at is SSALOG00 >which explains the logic of BPCS naming conventions and structure for all >kinds of things. > >If you do not have command line authority, ask someone who has BPCS SYS >security authorization to show you the menu DOC and how to work it, and >perhaps ask for enough security so that you may access the standard BPCS >documents. > >>I'm new to BPCS and AS/Set (but experienced in AS/400 and RPG). >> >>My first assignment is to change the MRP program that tells production >>when to build products. >> >>Currently the program counts weekends as production days and then moves >>anything scheduled for the weekend to Friday. >> >>I need the system to only count weekdays as production days. >> >>Is there a setup table to change the working days or do I need to do a >>program modification? >> >>We have BPCS 6.0.0.4 >> >>P.S. Any links to general BPCS help would be appreciated. (We don't have >>any documentation). >> >>Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives >>at http://archive.midrange.com/bpcs-l. > >Al Macintyre (macwheel99@sigecom.net via Eudora) >Al's diary http://radio.weblogs.com/0107846/ >Scandal Map http://www.markpoyser.netfirms.com/diagrams.htm >Cure cancer. http://members.ud.com/about/ > >Driver Alert: Back to school Kids imminent (Aug 12 in Evansville >Indiana). This means after a lull of months without bunches of kids >careless about crossing the street, we're going to have that again, so be >on your toes, extra watch out.
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