RE: JBA Archiving -- SYSTEM21

We're on release 3.5.0, and I recently worked with the archive/purge
utilities for G/L, A/R, AFI, and Cash Mgmt.  The G/L and A/R utilities
didn't work out of the box, but I was able to make them functional with
minor code fixes.  The A/R utility had a major logic problem (in our
opinion) that I discussed with the technical support line, but   they just
said it was functioning as designed.  I decided to make the necessary logic
fixes to the programs anyway, and they worked fine after that.  

I didn't execute the AFI utility because it doesn't provide "From/To Period"
selection, only global purging by application (IN,PM,OE,etc).  I simply used
SQL to purge and update the required files based on the utility's "purge
logic".

I also didn't execute the Cash Mgmt utility because it was full of Y2K bugs
and I'd already spent too much time researching and fixing the other
utilities.

My 2 cents.   

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Merritt [mailto:Ian.Merritt@dyson.com]
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 6:50 AM
To: 'JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: JBA Archiving 


In previous discussions with JBA re archiving I was informed many of the
routines actually loop or fail.
This was the case with v351 but supposedly no longer with v352b.

In may be worth checking with JBA as to which routines actually work
(especially Finance and Inventory)

Ian Merritt     
Support Analyst
Dyson Appliances

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Smith [SMTP:SSmith@centura.co.uk]
> Sent: 15 September 2000 12:29
> To:   'JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      JBA Archiving 
> 
> We are in the early stages of a project to begin archiving/purging data
> held
> in System 21 files.  
> We are also looking to schedule these tasks in ROBOT.
> 
> Has anyone got any experience in this area ? did you have to do any
> bespoke
> development ?  
> 
> Sam Smith
> Business Analyst
> Centura Foods
> 
> 
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