Re: AS/400 Systems Programming

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Garnet MacPhee wrote (in part):

>...I will be taking over
>their functions, mounting tapes, setting up the schedule for batch
>jobs, etc.

Check out the products from Help Systems, notably ROBOT/400.  This is an
automatic scheduling system.  Uh, the AS/400 -does- have its own built-in
scheduling capabilites....


>What training did you have?

The AS/400 with its single-level-store, and Logical Files, etc. etc.  make
it interesting to swallow in a single lump.  IBM used to have a nice set of
basic courses to teach you how the system works.  Be sure to get in at
least a basic operations and a basic Work Management course.


>Also, how do you handle report distribution?

Robot, from Help Systems, has a distribution feature.  If you don't need
multiple copies, consider placing printers where the users are, and letting
the printouts print where they're needed.


--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com.omit.this.part



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