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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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