Re: Another one...

Thanks Roy,

I'll take a look at Monarch...

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From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roy Luce
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 5:08 PM
To: 'MAPICS ERP System Discussion'
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] Another one...

Lloyd:

You do have a challenge!

I don't know about MAPICS specifically in this regard but all the MRP
programs I'm familiar with do not retain their generation output files -
they clear them during the end-of-run processing. This means there is
no data source from which the user can create that one reeeeeally long
row per item. And given Excel's limitation of 234 columns I'd bet on
running out of columns before they ran out of item data anyway.

With no files the only data source is the spooled output report - regen
or exception - so you're back to Monarch - or some other report parsing
tool.
Unless you have a way to email the report from the output queue to the
user.
The file could be saved as a txt file and then imported into Excel but
having done something like this in the past I'd get a copy of Monarch
first.

Roy Luce

Systems Plus - Midwest

Direct: 847-540-9635
800-913-7587
Cell: 847-910-0884
Fax: 847-620-2799
Email: rluce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Behalf Of Lloyd Degnon
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 6:48 PM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] Another one...


Thanks Roy.

It's just that when MRP is run, it prints one item per page, and this
person being new, is getting confused by the standard output.


-----Original Message-----
From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roy Luce
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 4:43 PM
To: 'MAPICS ERP System Discussion'
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] Another one...

Lloyd:

Any idea what the user is trying to accomplish once the data is in a
spreadsheet?

Experience tells me they plan to do some sorting with the objective of
relating one item to another.

I'd suggest they get a copy of Monarch (http://www.datawatch.com/)and
use it to parse the MRP exception report, loading the required data into
a excel file.


Roy Luce

Systems Plus - Midwest

Direct: 847-540-9635
800-913-7587
Cell: 847-910-0884
Fax: 847-620-2799
Email: rluce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: mapics-l-bounces+lwl=ix.netcom.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mapics-l-bounces+lwl=ix.netcom.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Lloyd Degnon
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 6:13 PM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: [MAPICS-L] Another one...

Can you tell that I have some New Employees?

Anyone ever figure out a way to 'Dump' an MRP to a File so that it could
be layed in Excel? Each Item Having it's own Row with the MRP details
going across all Columns?

I thought that I had heard every request by now...


Lloyd H. Degnon
I.S. Manager
Ampro Computers, Inc.
5215 Hellyer Ave. Bldg 110
San Jose, CA 95138
408.360.4365
www.ampro.com