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3rd Annual Plex/2E Worldwide Users Conference
13A Batch Processing in 2EJeffrey A. Welsh, STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.September 20, 2007
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Bio
> Jeffrey A. Welsh, President
> STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
> 27 Years in IT, Worked with 2E since 1989
> From Cincinnati
> Cars, Motorcycles
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Today we are going Try Batch
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This Slide Intentionally Left Blank
> Place Holder
> Take Notes Here.
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Getting Started
> Ultimately need an External Program
> Execute External or a Print file work great
> Usually best to start with an Execute Internal
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Batch Processing in 2E
EDI Exit routine.
Program to Conditionally generate records.
Review Two Applications
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EDI Exit Routine
EDI Data
Gentran
Mapping Process
Application
Tables
2E Exit
Program
Application Fields Passed as Parms
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EDI Exit Routine
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EDI Exit Routine
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EDI Exit Routine
EDI Data
Gentran
Mapping Process
Application
Tables
2E Exit
Program
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> RTVOBJ used to read a set of records.
> RTVOBJ used to return a single record
> Tips to make action diagrams more readable
> Passing parms to a User Source Function
> Using Conditions to specify and document business rules
Techniques to Review
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The STAR BASE horse racing company wants to make sure it has enough horses on record for each of its race courses. For each race course of record there needs to be at least 5 horses available in the horse pool.
Business Problem
Your Mission
Write a program that will run every day to make sure there are enough horses in the horse table to meet the current business requirement.
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CourseTable
My Batch
Program
Horse Table
Horse Table
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> RTVOBJ used to read a set of records.
> RTVOBJ used to return a single record
> Tips to make action diagrams more readable
> Passing parms to a User Source Function
> Using Conditions to specify and document business rules
Techniques to Review
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> RTVOBJ used to read a set of records.
> RTVOBJ used to return a single record
> Tips to make action diagrams more readable
> Passing parms to a User Source Function
> Using Conditions to specify and document business rules
Techniques to Review
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> RTVOBJ used to read a set of records.
> RTVOBJ used to return a single record
> Tips to make action diagrams more readable
> Passing parms to a User Source Function
> Using Conditions to specify and document business rules
Techniques to Review
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> RTVOBJ used to read a set of records.
> RTVOBJ used to return a single record
> Tips to make action diagrams more readable
> Passing parms to a User Source Function
> Using Conditions to specify and document business rules
Techniques to Review
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Did it Work?
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4 Race Courses * 5 Horses Each = 20 Horses
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The STAR BASE horse racing company after implementing the new program has found that 5 horses per course are not enough! It has been determined that 6 horses are needed.
Business Changes
Your Mission
Change the program so 6 horses per course are generated.
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> RTVOBJ used to read a set of records.
> RTVOBJ used to return a single record
> Tips to make action diagrams more readable
> Passing parms to a User Source Function
> Using Conditions to specify and document business rules
Techniques to Review
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My LogicExecute
External Function
Execute External Function
Print File
Execute InternalFunction
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Questions