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QAD Browses Practical Use. Mike Olson Continental Structural Plastics mike.olson@cspplastics.com Sept 21 st , 2008 Fall 2008 MMUG Sandusky Ohio. Outline. Session I Navigation Sample Custom Browse Identification / Business Need Data Gathering Research Session II Create a View
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QAD BrowsesPractical Use Mike Olson Continental Structural Plastics mike.olson@cspplastics.com Sept 21st , 2008 Fall 2008 MMUG Sandusky Ohio
Outline • Session I • Navigation • Sample Custom Browse • Identification / Business Need • Data Gathering Research • Session II • Create a View • Create a Browse • Test Browse and add to menu • Other Browses • Q&A
Navigation Selection Criteria Graphing Grouping / Summary Export to Excel Save / Re-Use Settings Drill Down
Group and Summarize Group by Item Summarize by ABS $
Export to Excel with the press of a button Press the Excel Icon
Save Browse Selection Criteria by User Press Disk icon Loads faster as now have index fields.
Drill Down Right click on Blue Highlighted Fields in a column Cycle Count activity shows All of the counts for a particular Item to see how often and changes
Identification / Business Need User Definition What Data is Used / Needed / Why Data Gathering Docs on Disk Entity Diagrams Database Definitions Browse or Report Summary Only Group by Month / Week
User Definition Cycle Count Items Date Range Dollar Value of Count (+/-) No (-) Neg or (+) Pos Total $ per Period No (-) Neg or (+) Pos Total $ per Item No (-) Neg or (+) Pos Transaction Number
Documents on Disk / Entity Diagrams Inventory Transactions
Inventory 1 & 2 PT_MSTR IN_MSTR
Inventory II TR_HIST
Data Tables • Transaction History TR_HIST • Part Master PT_MSTR • Inventory Data IN_MSTR
TR_HIST 3.21.2 Right Click / Properties
Data in Transaction By Item BrowseReview in Browse Maintenance 36.20.13 View = TR_HIST
Data DictionaryDocuments on Disk TR_HIST
Fields and Field Labels in TR_HIST Look up and print out TR_HIST, IN_MSTR, PT_MSTR
Create a unique VIEW of the data required in the Browse • Data is combined from different tables in a Join Statement View Maintenance 36.20.13 TR_HIST tr_domain = global_domain and tr_type = "cyc-rcnt“ PT_MSTR pt_domain = tr_domain and pt_part = tr_part IN_MSTR in_domain = pt_domain and (in_part = pt_part and in_site = tr_site)
36.20.18 View Maintenance Create Local Variable for Each Cost Only total is stored in TR_HIST Cost EA = tr_gl_amt / tr_qty_loc % change from Begin Inv Qty to Qty Changed % Change = Absolute (tr_qty_loc / tr_loc_begin No Negative Values in User Spec ABS AMT = absolute (tr_gl_amt)
Browse Maintenance 36.20.13 Exclude MRO Product Lines / Items
Fields in the View Select Fields Click and Right (add) Left Arrows (remove) Order Fields (Up Down Arrows)
TEST Browse Before adding to menu Press the test Icon in Blue text Runs slower in test mode than after add to a Menu
Is the data correct Use Standard MFG/PRO Functionality to check the data and Local variables
Program Information Maintenance 36.3.21.1 Prepare for .NET / Desktop Browses are Web Logic Implemented = Yes Type = Blank
Menu Maintenance 36.4.4 Add XXBR801.p to the Menu USE ALL CAPS TO DELINATE A CUSTOM PROGRAM Log out and Log back in to view new Browse / Menu Option
Other Sample BrowsesAs Time Permits Negative Inventory 50.4.1 Supplier Receipt by Supplier 5.13.9 MRP Schedule 50.1.9 (Drill Downs)