Re: ending jobs normally

The same kind of scenario occurs for BPCS & many other packages.

You can buy software packages that transmit to sessions that were left signed 
on the relevant function keys to take the job to a proper conclusion ... You 
have to know the application .. which needs F3 F24 or whatever.  

http://www.precosis.com.au/rv1.htm
let's you look in the job stack to see the actual program the user was at & 
in this scenario, transmit the commands to take the actual program to a menu 
& even sign off from there.

We also have scenario where management would like to have equipment powered 
off when not in use, like on long weekends ... I believe the equipment should 
be powered on during the day when people are using it & powered off between 5 
pm or whenever they leave & 8 am next day & that this makes the life span of 
the equipment generally longer.  I have shown managers how to read WRKCFGSTS 
F14 so that "all those sessions that show ACTIVE or SIGN ON SCREEN" that 
means they are currently powered on & I betcha those people have gone home 
for the day.

In BPCS, the "batch in use" data is in a file in a particular place that we 
can get to via query & run a report ... here is all the stuff that is hung up 
because ... once a week after everyone gone for the day, I run that report & 
unhang the stuff.

>  From:    ddetz@zinccorp.com

>  We have a situation that users are leaving their terminals on while in JDE.
> 
>  This is causing us to get a "Batch in Use" error.  To make a long story
>  short, we have to mannually go in and get these batches posted and deal w/
>  the GL etc. etc.   
>  
>  How do we get these users off "normally" before they get kicked off when 
our
>  backup starts at 02:00.  Our backup endsbs *immed so this ends their jobs 
w/
>  a code 50 - jobs ended abnormally.  This holds the last batch they were in
>  and keeps it "in use".  
>  
>  Is their some "kind" command to end their jobs w/o just cutting them off?  
 
>  
>  TIA
>  
>  Dawn L. Detz
>  System Administrator
>  Zinc Corporation of America
>  300 Frankfort Road
>  Monaca, PA  15061-2295
>  ddetz@zinccorp.com

Al Macintyre  ©¿©
MIS Manager Green Screen Programmer & Computer Janitor of BPCS 405 CD Rel-02 
running on AS/400 V4R3 http://www.cen-elec.com Central Industries of 
Indiana--->Quality manufacturer of wire harnesses and electrical 
sub-assemblies
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