Re: RE: Mapics data extract

Asok,

Thank you for setting the record straight and your verbal reprimand for the 
incorrect assumptions I made.  Please accept my apology for the 
misunderstanding.  Your original email made it sound like you were a developer 
trying to find a quick easy way to pull data out of a potential customer's 
database for which you were being hired to convert to custom programming.  When 
I checked your website it just supported my original assumption.  I'm not too 
proud to admit I made a mistake.

It sounds like the company you acquired is on the MAPICS DB pre-1990 
applications.  Actually those files are relatively simple to understand.  
However, to my knowledge there is not a tool available to convert that data to 
any other database except MAPICS XA (next level up from DB).  Even so, 
depending on which release of DB you are on, it might be better to write some 
programs to get the code converted more quickly to the latest MAPICS XA code.  
It depends on whether there was any customizing of the DB code, what release 
the data is currently at (there have been thousands of changes to the database 
between DB and XA)and the knowledge your developers have.  Your affiliate is a 
good place to start.  There are also consultants for hire that have lots of 
experience in coding, training, and running an upgrade project.

It has been my experience that custom programs cost lots of money to develop 
and maintain.  On the other hand, with MAPICS you have a full customer support 
team to help guide you through problems, training, and issues.  So even though 
you have employees coming and going over the years, you still have the support 
team at MAPICS to help support your users.  On top of that there is the MAPICS 
development team constantly making improvements to the code, providing needed 
enhancements to their customers.  So upgrading to a newer level of MAPICS gets 
you more than the software, but a whole host of people supporting your company 
along the way, now and in the future.

As you can tell, I'm very pro MAPICS.  It is a good solid product and is 
continually being updated as business needs change.  Again, please accept my 
apology and I hope you decide to stay with the MAPICS products.

Sincerely,
Paola Groeber
MAPICS Consultant
770-591-1497 (home after 4:30pm)
770-490-3297 (cell)

> 
> From: "Asok Rathnasabapathy" <arathnasabapathy@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2003/03/25 Tue AM 11:31:13 EST
> To: "MAPICS ERP System Discussion" <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Mapics data extract
> 
> Paola,
> 
> Thanks for your reply. We have recently acquired a company that has a
> MAPICS system from the 80's and it has never been updated since. We are
> still in the deciding phase to either go with a MAPICS upgrade or for a
> custom based system. We are in NO way a competition to MAPICS. I
> understand that you have all put in the hard time and effort to learn
> things. But please do remember that someday somebody helped and guided
> you.
> 
> All I asked you was a simple question and if you and the others who
> concurred with you think that I have no business here, I'll unsubscribe
> from the group and thanks for all of you who have replied me sharing
> their wealth of knowledge.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Asok.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paola Groeber [mailto:pgroeber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 7:56 PM
> To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
> Subject: Re: Mapics data extract
> Importance: High
> 
> 
> Asok,
> 
> It strikes me as very odd that you would come to this board to try to
> get a tool to extract data from the MAPICS applications.  I went to your
> website www.cauto.com which stands for Creative Automation.  Your
> company offers Computer Services, Data Enhancements and Database
> Management.  Sounds like you are the competition to MAPICS and you can
> go figure out how to "extract the
> data" someplace other than this board.   Do like the rest of us have -
> learn
> the product and the file structure in the school of hard knocks.
> 
> Sorry, but I won't help you take another customer away from MAPICS, Inc.
> 
> Paola Groeber
> 
> 
> Asok Rathnasabapathy wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are looking to replace our Mapics system with a custom built 
> > system. Is there any tool/product that we could use to extract the 
> > existing data from Mapics?
> >
> > Any help in this regard is appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Asok.
> >
> >   
> >
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