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Important Symitar Concepts

RSJ Dates Processing​

RSJ programmatically processes dates from Symitar via the SMA_DATES.JOB REPGEN. SMA Technologies does not directly read the dates from the Episys system. Instead, it uses the file SMA_DATES to store the current and previous processing dates. It is imperative to keep this file up to date with the actual processing date; otherwise, RSJ will incorrectly interpret the job files.

SMA_DATES​

The file is generated from the Episys job SMA_DATES.JOB.

  • SMA_DATES retrieves the previous processing date, current processing date and the current system date from the Symitar database.
  • This file is used to tell RSJ what processing dates are used in all of the RUNDATE date calculations.
danger

This file must be updated immediately after any date change or use of the install_dates program. Failure to Properly install/run SMA_DATES will cause RSJ to run incorrectly.

To make sure that SMA_DATES is updated immediately after moving to the next system date, place the following line immediately after the CLOSEDAY program. The CLOSEDAY program is typically found in the GOODNIGHT job.

Example

%JOBFILE SMA_DATES.JOB

Note

The default SMA_DATES file is installed (by the installation program install_dates) and must be updated by SMA_DATES.JOB before any correct processing can occur.

The files involved are listed below. The nnn is the three-digit SYM number.

  • /SYM/SYMnnn/LETTERSPECS/SMA_DATES
  • /SYM/SYMnnn/BATCH/SMA_DATES.JOB
  • /SYM/SYMnnn/REPWRITERSPECS/SMA_DATES.RG

If install_dates is running on a SYM, immediately run SMA_DATES.JOB to reset the processing dates. If manually resetting Episys processing dates, run the SMA_DATES.JOB after the date reset (either from install_dates or a manual date reset).

How SMA sets Prompts​

SMA Technologies uses the program update_scf to modify each Symitar job file prompt. Once all of the interactive prompts have been modified, RSJ can then run the job file. All of the interactive prompts in a nested job can be found by running the RSJ utility program find_prompts. The find_prompts program gives all of the information necessary to set up the update_scf program.

Directory Structures and Files​

/SYM 
    /SYM000 
            /BATCH 
                    SMA_DATES.JOB 
                    Some_job_name_1 
                    ... 
                    Some_job_name_n 
            /REPORT 
                    00013 000177 000179 000180 000181            
            /opcon_reports
                    Some_job_name_1
                        000566
                        000567
                        BATCH_OUTPUT.xxxxxx
                        ...
                    Some_job_name_n

                        000881
                        000882
                        BATCH_OUTPUT.xxxxxx
            /LETERSPECS
                    SMA_DATES
    /SYM###
            /BATCH
                    SMA_DATES.JOB
                    Some_job_name_1
                    ...
                    Some_job_name_n
            /REPORT

                    000566 000567 000881 000882 000884 000885
            /opcon_reports
                    Some_job_name_1
                        000566
                        000567
                        BATCH_OUTPUT.xxxxxx
                        ...
                    Some_job_name_n
                        000881
                        000882
                        BATCH_OUTPUT.xxxxxx               
            /LETTERSPECS
                    SMA_DATES