CHEMS ANNUAL TRAINING 2005

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Topics For Today

CHEMS

CHEMSPRO

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AREV CHEMS

THANK YOU CHEMS COUNTIES! Thanks to State and District staff

– Continued support and commitment

Coming and Going– Welcome new counties– Hope to say welcome back to some leaving

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CHEMS – Which Server?

Novell– Still the most stable server environment– Don’t use the 4.9 Client (Use 4.83 instead)

Windows– About Half 2000 / 2003 Windows Servers

As always contact me BEFORE switching!– Different drivers & configuration

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CHEMS – Which Workstation?

Any version of Windows is OK

Many counties moving to Windows XP– XP has been very stable– Windows Printing works fine with CHEMS

Computer– Bigger & Faster is always better– Just about any XP capable computer will work

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CHEMS – Software Status

Latest released version is 4.66

A few have 4.67 to solve specific issues– 4.67 will go to everyone in December (rates)– Check the release notes for information

New GL Report & Export– Exports month-end journal entries– Setup required to make it work– Talk with Walworth or me if interested

Check the web site for updated information

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CHEMS – Need Support?

About ½ my time goes into CHEMS support

Daily issues that come up Server changes / upgrades Hardware failures / recovery New Counties coming on Existing Counties getting into new areas

– Barcoding / fuel / sub-systems– Walworth started using “full” CHEMS

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CHEMS – Need Support?

Some Standard Things To Try….

Exit CHEMS / Reboot your workstation Has anything changed? Web site / Newsgroups Contact training team / county Contact me for support

– Continue to use Email / Phone

Look at the big picture– Quick to think it’s CHEMS and miss the obvious– Power problems in one county – Network issues in another (UPS on Router)

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CHEMS – Summary

Support and very little coding expected

Daily business operations continue Bug fixes Equipment rate updates Board reviews anything “big”

Any questions on AREV CHEMS ?

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CHEMSPRO – When?

2001 Meeting I was “Cut-Loose”– Estimate of 2 years– At %50 time this becomes 4 years

2005 Meeting was the initial target– (6) Alpha reporting change – (8) Mom needed care– (4) GL Report & Export

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CHEMSPRO – When?

Target now is end of 1st qtr ‘07– Beta version ready– One or more counties parallel– 99% of the conversion coding– No documentation at this point

Assumptions– Remain focused on conversion– CHEMS Support remains @ 50%– Development procedures stay the same

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CHEMSPRO – How?

Convert AREV CHEMS “as-is”– Make minor “logical” enhancements– Combined inventory, fleet with tabs

Get everyone on the windows version– Still following the same procedures

Map out the universe– County / State / Region needs– Pick a path of enhancements– State “real-time” reporting– Board & development team roll

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CHEMSPRO – What’s Been Done?

About ¾ of the work is done

110 Data Tables converted74 Oracle Functions18 Stored Procedures15 Triggers100,000+ lines of source code

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CHEMSPRO – Where to?

Measuring the Progress

Oct-Setup Screens & ReportsMar-Period end ReportsJun-Programmatic reportsOct–All Counties Clean DataDec-Daily Entry / PostingMar-Year end, Misc., Imp/Exp

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CHEMSPRO – Your Part

I need a few things from you

Data upload at least once ASAPClean up your dataAll counties data by next meetingYour ideas! Share it now…

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CHEMSPRO – Questions

Any questions on CHEMSPRO?

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Video

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Farm house

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Close up

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Dev Tornado

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Media Central

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Brick Destruction

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Fairway

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Farmhouse Side

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Farmhouse - Front

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Farmhouse - Front

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Upstairs Doorway

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Upstairs Inside