ProMaster Sales Catalogue Mark Gleeson ProMaster Software

ProMaster System Accounting, distribution and production suite Runs on a server in customer’s main office Orders are mailed or faxed to the main office Manual order entry and delivery confirmation Order status is not visible to the sales people Large product list and complex pricing rules

ProMaster Sales Catalogue Stock and prices are updated automatically Orders can be taken immediately Also tracks order status and progress Data is synchronised both ways with central ProMaster server using APPX/Net Administrator controls what data are shared Replaced printed product catalogues

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APPX/Net Connection Internet ProMaster server PSC client PSC client

Data Synchronisation Issues Large data volumes – 20,000 customers – 40,000 products – 100,000 sales order lines Long records in main files – 150MB of data to compare/synchronise Slow upstream Internet connection from the ProMaster server

Optimise APPX/Net Performance Avoid BEG READ / END READ loops – Use READ / READNEXT instead Only read required records once Keep separate “modifications” files on server Allow users to decide what to synchronise Relocate the ProMaster server! Cache files do not work over APPX/Net  Can read only one record at a time 