RE: IFM/COM QUESTION -- MAPICS-L

Paola,

I suspect that Lloyd is using IWP and was asking about how to join the files
in an IWP subset specifically because he does NOT have the programmers
needed to write the RPG code - right, Lloyd?

ERLCOM and ERLIFM have done very little for me as an IWP user. You already
have to know the relationships in order to understand what these two
utilities are telling you - or have the source code, which we don't!

         -- Joan

Joan McCready, IS Manager      phone:  636-479-4499
MetalTek International         fax:  636-479-3399
The Carondelet Division        www.metaltekint.com
8600 Commercial Blvd
Pevely, MO  63070


-----Original Message-----
From: pgroeber@bellsouth.net [mailto:pgroeber@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 6:34 AM
To: mapics-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: IFM/COM QUESTION


Lloyd,

IFM was written by another company and later integrated with COM.  Have you
looked at the Entity Relation Tools called ERLCOMn or ERLIFMn (n=Release
level, e.g. ERLCOM5 or ERLCOM6)?  A programmer will have to know the files
and fields in both applications as there are some fields in COM that do not
map to IFM and vice versus.  There isn't any quick reference other than
these two tools to help understand the files if you do not have SYNON and
the source code.

Another idea would be to write programs to harvest the fields from the files
you want and set up your own data warehouse set of files for using for your
reports.  It could be updated nightly so that data on reports would only be
up to 24 hours old.  That way you could cut down on the number of "joins"
you needed and structure the files the way 'you' need them.  It would take a
programmer though that really know the content of the files or is proactive
enough to research the data in the files.

Just some ideas that hopefully can help you.  The two tools ERLCOMn and
ERLIFMn are available from MAPICS free.  Hope this helps.

Paola Groeber
MAPICS Consultant
770-591-1497

>
> From: "LLOYD DEGNON" <ldegnon@email.com>
> Date: 2002/09/26 Thu PM 03:48:58 EDT
> To: mapics-l@midrange.com
> Subject: IFM/COM QUESTION
>
> [ Converted text/html to text/plain ]
> Has anyone out there figured out a clever way to relate the IFM file
> YAAFREP(entity master-bill to info) to the COM file CUSMAS(ship to
> info)??? No common keyed fields, MAPICS insiders say that internal
> code handles the linking relationship between the two in IFM. This is
> a Real big problem for those of us who need to use things like IWP to
> write reports! Kinda funny that using a report writer from MAPICS
> can't get me what I need! It would be sooo simple for MAPICS to add a
> keyed field in both files to allow joins! Oh well, go figure...
> Anyhow, has anyone else out there solved this?
> Thanks,
> Lloyd H. Degnon
> I. S. Manager
> Ampro Computers Inc.
> 5215 Hellyer Ave
> San Jose, CA 95138
> 408.360.4365
> Ldegnon@ampro.com
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