support your disc system · tasks that automatically dedicate to the printers 405 print inventory...

Activant DISC

The System Administrator's Guide to Supporting Your Disc Solution

This class is designed for…

System AdministratorsControllersPresident of the company

Objectives

Provide information regarding useful utilitiesKeeping you comfortable in using administrative tasksTips and tricks to keep the system running smooth

This course will NOT cover…

O/S commandsFile expansionsPrinter and Fax topics

Terminations

Safely terminate out of without repercussions

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Terminations

Need to clear the work areas from task 905

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Quick Fix Termination and Errors

Task 201: In use by operator XXX - PROCEEDTask 401: In use by operator XXX - PROCEEDTask 508: Part is on another counting run –RUN”AU.CYCLERUNFIX”

ERROR 0 – RUN

Reconstructs

When?Month End/Year EndIn-Process counts are off

Why?Cleans the system up

How?RebootTask 911

Options 1 and 2Task 203 and 515 with control seized

Tasks need to be run before you can do them

What tasks need to be run?

202203

Run 203 with control seized

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Shutdown and Reboot

!su !su

shutdown -F halt

To reboot the system shutdown -Fr reboot

Description AIX LINUX

To shutdown the system

To get to a super user #

DoubleVision

Need to be the root user!su

!pg /u/bbx/config.bbx | grep TYou will need to know the terminal the user is on.

Full Filesystems

Task 904 option 3Please call Disc Technical support for expansions

System Updates

How do I know when the last time I did an update?

Task 913 option 1

Tasks that automatically dedicate to the printers

202 Print Shipping Papers and Factory Orders203 Print Booked Customer Order Report 206 Print Invoices and Booked Invoice Reports208 Enter Cash Receipts301 Customer Statements306 Customer Labels309 Customer Interest Invoices324 Salesman Call Reports402 Print Inventory Purchase Orders

Tasks that automatically dedicate to the printers

405 Print Inventory Receipts Report 427 Print and Purge Completed Jobs 613 Purge - Year End 702 Mailing List - Print705 Enter Transactions 706 Automatic Update 707 Purge - Month and Year 722 Accounts Payable Entry723 Print and Book Entered Payables 725 Print and Book Checks

Locking out tasks

How can I stop users from getting into tasks during month end?

ODBC files

http://wdncustomer.activant.com/webdocu/disc/stdcontent2pdf/dfd.pdfEverything has its own naming convention

CU_ = Customer filesIN_ = Inventory filesA2_, GL_, AC_, and AP_ = Accounting filesM2 and FA = Manufacturing files

Setting up new users

PermissionsProfileLogin

Utilities

AU.CLEARTERMChange the Task Status screen to correct the current task of a terminal

AU.CHANGEWHChange the warehouse code for a specific terminal

AU.DELFAXMESSRemove all messages to terminal zero from the Fax Managers, 903, and EDI

AU.PRTLEADTIMEPrint a report of parts and their lead times from 804

Utilities

AU.CYCLERUNFIXClears out cycle count runs after a 508 termination

HU.UNDEDPTRChange the printer control file to un-dedicate a printer that is not really dedicated

AT.FIXSALESMANReplace existing salesman codes in action track with a sales code of our choice or the sales code in the customer master file

HU.LPTESTPrinter control and test utility

Utilities

AC.SUM728Sums up your open accounts payable invoices and compares the total to the balance of your ALC202 + ALC204 accountsTells you if your 728 isn’t going to balance the GL

AU.VENDORDISCCan update the following fields for a range of items

Vendor DiscountIndustrial User DiscountJobber/Resaler DiscountOEM Discount

Utilities

IN.COPYCopies a range of inventory items and BOMs from one warehouse to another.

AU.T608COMBINERealigns sales from old salescode under the new salescode in the customer master file

Summary

Provide information regarding useful utilitiesKeeping your comfortable in using administrative tasksTips and tricks to keep the system running smooth

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