Re: End user guide

Installment # 8 from Al Mac.

When you use INV to get to main menu of Inventory = SSAI00
Or use GLD to get to main menu of General Ledger = SSAG00

Notice menu naming convention . SSA a letter 00
With 01 02 03 etc. for secondary menus of that application.

The letter after SSA corresponds to the letter of the chart I just shared
with you, first letter used for naming files for that application area

Knowing naming convention for menus is another way to navigate, and to know
which menus you might want a printed reference copy of.

Alternatively if you are on a particular menu,
Say MRP short cut to menu SSAK01
That tells you that K is the first letter used in naming MRP files.

The list of short-cut prefixes, I gave to you in installment # 2.
That is a really critical starting point for any end user,

The contents of BPCS files can be viewed multiple ways.

Customer data
* ACP230C = Customers listed in a report, sequenced from biggest sales
totals for the year, downwards . this will show you which are your most
active customers, and their account #s
* ACR310C = Customer Alpha / Phone Inquiry Program - or just scroll
thru names - first screen has basic info, F11 to show more info on each
customer . F11 to toggle back to simple list . jot down some customer
numbers, or maybe do a screen print when in detailed mode (this will help
you later when looking up some other info)

If you have command line access, key this:
RUNQRY *N RCM
Then enter

This won't work if the company has not installed query/400
If query/400 is there, then it will be useful for you to get a hold of the
AS/400 QUERY USER MANUAL

If it works, you get a dump to screen of your customer master file
Up down, I prefer to scroll
Sideways is F20 (upper F8) to right, F19 (upper F7) back again
ID CZ = Customer coded for goodbye

Vendor data
* PUR310C = Vendor Alpha Inquiry - works like ACR310C

If you have command line access, key this:
RUNQRY *N AVM
Then enter

This gets a dump to screen of your vendor master file
ID VZ = Vendors coded for goodbye

Before selecting a file for screen dump, you want to use DSPFD DSPFFD to get
an idea of how big the file is, because some files can have a lot of content
that you will not be interested in.

Query/400 has extreme value beyond screen dumps.
You say you will be creating queries off BPCS files, but do not yet know
your duties at your new employer.
You may have done queries off SAP files, but at some companies, end users
are not expected to create new queries off of BPCS files.

Al Mac (WOW) = Alister William Macintyre
via WOW WAY.com ISP
2012 April I had a serious PC melt down, from which I am still recovering

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Installment # 7 from Al Mac.

If you have command line access, try this:
DSPFD AVM then enter
Or
DSPFD RCM then enter

DSPFD displays file description info
On the control line key B for bottom, then enter
You will now see how many records are in the file, how recently it has been
updated, number fields in the file, total record length, disk space
consumed, and geeky info mainly of interest to programmers.

* AVM = Vendor Master File
* CEM = Employee Master File
* ECH = Customer Order Header Summary
* ECL = Customer Order Regular Lines
* ECS = Customer Order Special Lines
* ESN = Notes for customers and orders
* FSO = Shop Order Summary Info
* HPH = Purchase Order Header Summary
* HPO = Purchase Order Lines
* HPH = Vendor Item History
* IIC = Item Class File
* IIM = Item Master File
* MPN = Item and Engineering Notes
* RCM = Customer Master File
* SIH = Billing Invoice Header Summary
* SIL = Billing Invoice Lines
* SSD = Sales History Detail
* SSH = Sales History another way
There are multiple places, and ways, to get at names of files worth looking
at, such as in other posts which people have made today, and in real
manuals, like the ones from UPI.
Once again, I am listing some examples, not a complete directory.
These should be more than enough to help you with initial explorations.
There are some extremely useful files I am NOT listing, because they are
HUGE files, or extremely geeky, not good starting points, depending on what
tools you have to view their contents.

If you have command line access, try this:
DSPFFD AVM then enter
Or
DSPFFD RCM then enter

DSPFFD displays file field layout description info
On the control line key B for bottom, then enter
On the control line key T for top, then enter
Move cursor to find line then F1-help
There are instructions here for an extremely rudimentary SEARCH function.

First letter list got jumbled . see if this reads better.
* A = Accounts Payable (our use diminished)
* B = Billing
* C = Cost accounting (CIC and CMF are two very critical files)
* D = Distribution planning (we quit using after a fight with Infor)
* E = Customer Orders
* F = Factory floor shop orders
* G = General Ledger
* H = Purchasing
* I = Inventory Items
* J = Forecasting (we don't use)
* K = Final Assembly Scheduling (we don't use) and MRP/MPS (we do use)
* L = Capacity Planning (our use diminished)
* M = Product Structure
* N = CIM Path (we don't use)
* O = Cash Planning (we don't use)
* P = Performance (we don't use)
* Q = Fixed Assets (we don't use) and Laboratory (we don't use) and
Quality
* (we don't use)
* R = Accounts Receivable (our use diminished)
* S = Sales History Analysis
* T = Currency Translation (we don't use)
* U = Multi-currency (we don't use)
* V = Just in Time
* W = Payroll (we don't use on BPCS)
* X = cross reference (security problems) and documentation and
multi-facility
* Y = Advanced Process Industries (we don't use)
* Z = System

Al Mac (WOW) = Alister William Macintyre
via WOW WAY.com ISP
2012 April I had a serious PC melt down, from which I am still recovering

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