Sage 300 ERPTechnical Tour of Diagnostic Tools

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Introduction

• Simon Millichip – Supervisor, Customer Support Sage 300 ERP

• This session will provide details on tools for Monitoring, Tuning, Diagnosing, and solving issues that arise in the field for Sage 300 ERP. 

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Agenda

• Architecture

• COM Spy

• DBSpy

• RVSpy

• Exercises

• Q&A

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Sage 300 ERP Architecture

• Sage 300 ERP uses a “3-tiered layered architecture”

• Meaning 3 distinct layers that interact with each other:

User Interface

Views

Database

• Screens for the user to interact with Sage 300 ERP

• Business Logic to calculate values

• Provides access to the underlying Data

• View Layer • A “View” is an specific term for the module of business logic that

maps to a database table• Think of like a screen that gets input, processes it, and then

outputs it

• Database Layer • View layer uses this layer to talk to the database• Sage 300 ERP just saves and retrieves data to/from the Database

Sage 300 ERP Architecture

COM Spy

DBSpy

RVSpy

COM Spy

Sage 300 ERP Architecture

COM Spy

• Formerly know as the Accpac Spy

• COM Spy should be able to diagnose problems with the various COM and ActiveX controls that make up a UI form• Screens (UIs) are made up of “Active X controls” including:

• Text boxes (AccpacFieldControl)

• Lists/Grids (AccpacViewList / AccpacGrid)

• Buttons

• Finders (AccpacFinder)

• etc.

Control Description

AccpacDataSource The Datasource sends information to an attached View so that it can be processed and saved in the database.

AccpacFieldEditControl Text boxes that allow user input. They send the input to an attached Datasource

AccpacViewList A table that you can enter entries into and provide information in each cell. This information is sent to an attached Datasource

User Interface Controls

AccpacFieldEditControl

AccpacViewList AccpacDataSource

(not visible)

DBSpy

• DBSpy records everything that happens at the Database Layer

• It is good for diagnosing problems with the database server

• It records every error from the database even if they don’t make it up to be displayed at the UI level

• Enhanced logging:– For SQL Server or Oracle– A4W.INI– [A4WSQLS]– Logdetails=271232

DBSpy

• Common functions:– OPEN-TABLE– SELECT– FETCH– Etc.

• Return codes for functions could tell if there is a problem– DBS_NO_MORE_DATA

• No more records to fetch, might not be a problem

– DBS_NOT_FOUND• Cannot find a record requested, could indicate a problem

RVSpy• RVSpy records everything that happens at the Business Logic

Layer:

• Records operations on all application views, including 3rd party applications

• Can include DBSpy output to show what database calls are made for a particular view call

• Views are identified by View IDs– First 2 characters are always the application prefix so you can

determine if a view is Sage 300 ERP or a 3rd party application

RVSpy• Common return codes for functions

– 0 = success– 1 = Warning– 1020 = RECORD_NOT_FOUND– 1024 = RECORD_INVALID– 1026 = RECORD_CONFLICT (Record modified by another user)– 1041 = TABLE_NOT_FOUND– 1120 = KEY_INVALID

Hands On Exercise’s

• We will run through two exercises so you can view how the tools can come in useful for diagnostic purposes.

• We will be using data sets RVSPY1 and RVSPY2 to perform these.

Exercise 1

1) Launch Sage 300 ERP 2012

2) Open company RVSPY1

3) Launch the Order Entry UI

4) Open up DBSpy

5) Re-Launch the Order Entry UI and then review the DBSpy Log

Exercise 2

1) Launch Sage 300 ERP 2012

2) Open company RVSPY2

3) Run Day End Processing

4) Open up RVSpy

5) Re-run DEP then review the RVSpy Log

Q&A

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– Simon Millichip– Simon.millichip@sage.com– Follow Sage 300 ERP Customer Support: @sage300erpcs

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