Submit Net Change Processing

The submit net change processing job begins when the Submit Net Change Processing option is selected from the System Processing Menu. You are prompted for the time and date that you want the job to begin. If you do not choose a specific time and date, these fields remain as zeros initiating the job immediately. You are also prompted for the job queue to which the job will be submitted. Once you press Enter, the program submits a call to the Net Change Processing program. This program passes the processing start time and date to the Net Change Driver program, allowing the Delay Job command (DLYJOB) to be used to enable the submit to wait until the appropriate time to begin.

When you select the Submit Net Change Processing option from the MAC-PAC System Processing Menu, the Net Change Processing program reads the Journal Receiver File and displays all the adds, updates, and deletes to the Net Change Transaction File since the last time net change processing was performed. Once all of the journal entries have been added to the Net Change Transaction File for the current period, the Net Change Processing program monitors any errors. If no errors occur during the processing, the Net Change Transaction File is cleared. Any changes that occur are stored in the appropriate Net Change Master File. Below is a list of the Net Change Master Files.

· Bill-to/Ship-to Customer Relationship File

· Configuration Code File

· Contract Price File

· Customer Master File

· Customer Name and Address File

· Customer/Item Relationship File

· Discount Detail File

· Discount Header File

· Part Master File

· Price List Detail File

· Price List Header File

· Price List Line File

· Rule Master File

· Sales Order Header File

· Sales Order Line Item

· Sales Order Transaction Detail Comments File

· Sales Order Transaction Detail File

· Sales Order Transaction Header Comments File

· Sales Order Transaction Header File

· Screen Rule Detail File

· Template Master File

· Template/Price Master File

· Warehouse Balance File

· Warehouse Description File

The processing starts at the end of the Net Change Transaction File processing every record in the file back to the start of the file looking for after images of adds, deletes, and changes. The file is processed backwards so that the most current version of a record will be written to the appropriate Net Change Master File. Once each record has been properly distributed to its associated Net Change Master File, the necessary fields will be updated on Reference File category G90. These fields include the date and time of the last successful net change processing and the latest period for which the changes are stored.

If you need to change the journal receiver, do so by selecting the Change Journal Receiver option from the Recovery Management Menu. The Journal Receiver File will display all the adds, updates, and deletes to the Net Change Transaction File so that you can submit net change processing. For more information about changing the journal receiver, see the End Off-line Processing key concept in this manual.

Note: If you change the journal receiver at the command line, no changes will be identified during net change processing. You should only change the journal receiver through the MAC-PAC Menu option.

How to Submit Net Change Processing

Following are the procedures to submit net change processing.

Submit Net Change Processing

Step 1.

Select the Submit Net Change Processing command on the System Processing Menu. Figure 1 shows the Submit Net Change Processing screen.

Submit Net Change Processing                          

                                                                               

 Type choices, press Enter.                                                    

                                                                               

 Job Queue  . . . . . . . . . . .  QBATCH       Character Value                

 Start Date . . . . . . . . . . .  0/00/00      Date                            

 Start Time . . . . . . . . . . .  0:00:00      Time                           

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                                

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                                

                                                                               

                                                                               

 F3=Exit             F5=Refresh          F12=Cancel

Submit Net Change Processing screen.

This screen submits the net change processing batch job. Access this screen from the

System Processing Menu.

Job Queue	Step 2.	Enter the job queue where you wish the net change processing job to run.
Start Date	Step 3.	Enter the date to submit the net change processing. If you leave this as zeros, the job will be submitted immediately.
Start Time	Step 4.	Enter the time to process the net change. If you leave this as zeros, the job will be submitted immediately. Press the ENTER key to process the job.
Return	Step 5.	Press F3-Exit to return to the System Processing Menu.