DaimlerChrysler

DCAG Local Price in EPC net

Admin Guide

Author: Rainer Englisch

Table of Contents

Overview 

Requirements 

EPC net version 1.13.8 or newer

Local Price config file in a defined format

Local Price text input file in a defined format

Installation

EPC net

Price config

Overview

This document is the System Administration document for the EPC net Local Price feature.

The objective of this document is to show an administrator how he can enable the local price feature with a locally supplied price file.

In a later step will the install and price spool-in be managed from the EWAAdminTool, but in this stage EWAAdminTool is outside of the scope.

Requirements

These are the assumptions upon which this admin guide is based.

EPC net version 1.13.8 or newer

Local Price config file in a defined format

This file is currently not part of the delivery.

Local Price text input file in a defined format

This file will not be part of the delivery.

Installation

EPC net

Run first a new install or update with an EWA net version including at least EPC net 1.13.8.

Price config

Only when the following config file exists, is the price feature enabled.

Create a text file named epc_price_cfg.xml with the following content:

<xml>

<SECTION name='DEFAULT'>

<PARAMETER name='Currency'></PARAMETER>

</SECTION>

</xml>

The file must be saved under <EWAnetHome>configepc_price_cfg.xml.

Currency :
Defines the display for currency in EPC net independent from the System locale setting. Examples: $ , $ , , or USD, EUR

The current EPC net GUI language defines the displayed number format.

Example:. If the database has an entry for Price1 as 1234.57 and the user selected GUI language is German and the Currency parameter = , the configuration below will be displayed to the user as 1.234,57.

Local Price Text Input File Format

The localprice.txt file which will be used as an input file must have the following fields,

o        Part Number  the part number with KB Code+(and/or)ES1+(and/or) ES2.

o        Price1  price1

o        Price2  price2

o        Price3 price3

The part number cannot contain spaces.

There are three different entries for price, namely Price1, Price2, Price3.

The price values must be stored as a FLOAT REPRESENTATION STRING value.

Please ensure to use . as a decimal separator.

The file must be <TAB> delimited.

The file must ensure an EOF at the end of the file.

Here are a couple lines from a text data file defined as shown above:

The Part Number will be stored with the KB Code and without spaces

Price DB install

The install or update of EPC net 1.13.8 or higher will create an empty price DB file.

A ProQuest tool will be used to spool in the price text file into the DB.

The tool can be found under:

<EWAnetHome>appsPRICEINSTALLSetup.exe

After start of the tool a dialog will ask for the location of the local price text input file.

Select your price input  file and <Open> will spool in all price data.

Display on Utilities Dialog

There is a display option on the utilities dialog which can be invoked using  < F2 > to set the PRICE DISPLAY to ON or OFF.

If the Price Display option is turned OFF the user will not be able to see any price data in the shopping list and if the option is turned ON the user will be able to see the price data and would be able to toggle between Price 1 Only and All Prices with the function key CTRL F11