Large Report Issue?

I built a system that runs large reports in seconds instead of hours. It uses linked servers (progress to SQL Server) and the reports are built in crystal from the SQL data instead of XML.

Anyone interested, I'd give them a good price.

I also have software that builds a NACHA file for direct deposits from Epicor data that works.

Stuart Mayhew
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--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, John Driggers <waffqle@...> wrote:
>
> We don't have anything as large as Chris's stuff, but we routinely run
> reports of several hundred MB. We have network compression enabled for most
> users, but it's a recent change and we didn't have any trouble before.
>
> Where does your report fail? Does it just not appear or does it fail to
> load in Crystal? Depending on how your report is designed, it could be that
> Crystal just can't parse the data in a reasonable amount of time. If you
> setup subreports in certain ways you can get situations where the
> performance degrades exponentially rather than linearly.
>
>
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> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:20 AM, cubcrafters_it <
> jason.navarrete@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Now that's a big report... :)
> >
> > By chance do you have compression enabled? I turned it on yesterday for my
> > user to see if that helped, and it didn't bomb out for the full month of
> > June!
> >
> > What's strange is that finance would be able to run the 1st half of a
> > month and the 2nd half, but then it would error when running the whole
> > month. If it was actually a bad character, doesn't it seem like it would
> > crop up when running the halves?
> >
> > Anyone else run a really big report like this?
> >
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Chris Thompson <chriselectrix@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Our inventory WIP reconciliation is usually around 5-6GB for the XML.
> > >
> > > We just run it, but it takes about 5 hours to preview and is 1500 pages.
> > >
> > > There is a noticable slow down on the system.
> > >
> > > I sounds like it could be something to do with an 'illegal' character of
> > something rather than the size of your xml.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: cubcrafters_it <jason.navarrete@>
> >
> > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 0:46
> > > Subject: [Vantage] Large Report Issue?
> > >
> > >
> > > Â
> > > So this appears like it might be an issue with the size of the XML. If I
> > run the report for June 1st - June 28th, it's successful, with an XML size
> > of 60.2MB and 1513 page, but if i run it through June 29th, it fails, and
> > the XML data is 63.4MB.
> > >
> > > How do you larger companies run the really really big reports?
> > >
> > > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Tim <tim@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character in
> > the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.
> > > > ... my best guess
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of cubcrafters_it
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:15 PM
> > > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Subject: [Vantage] "Invalid character in a base-64 string" error
> > running Inventory WIP Recon Report
> > > >
> > > > How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If we
> > want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted
> > detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string"
> > error.
> > > >
> > > > Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month and
> > then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.
> > > >
> > > > We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other
> > people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?
> > > >
> > > > The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports
> > Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some sort
> > of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------
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> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If we want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string" error.

Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month and then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.

We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?

The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some sort of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character in the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.
... my best guess

-----Original Message-----
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of cubcrafters_it
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:15 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] "Invalid character in a base-64 string" error running Inventory WIP Recon Report

How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If we want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string" error.

Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month and then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.

We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?

The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some sort of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.



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So this appears like it might be an issue with the size of the XML. If I run the report for June 1st - June 28th, it's successful, with an XML size of 60.2MB and 1513 page, but if i run it through June 29th, it fails, and the XML data is 63.4MB.

How do you larger companies run the really really big reports?

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Tim <tim@...> wrote:
>
> We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character in the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.
> ... my best guess
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of cubcrafters_it
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:15 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] "Invalid character in a base-64 string" error running Inventory WIP Recon Report
>
> How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If we want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string" error.
>
> Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month and then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.
>
> We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?
>
> The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some sort of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
> (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
> (2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo! Groups Links
>
Our inventory WIP reconciliation is usually around 5-6GB for the XML.

We just run it, but it takes about 5 hours to preview and is 1500 pages.

There is a noticable slow down on the system.

I sounds like it could be something to do with an 'illegal' character of something rather than the size of your xml.



________________________________
From: cubcrafters_it <jason.navarrete@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 0:46
Subject: [Vantage] Large Report Issue?


Â
So this appears like it might be an issue with the size of the XML. If I run the report for June 1st - June 28th, it's successful, with an XML size of 60.2MB and 1513 page, but if i run it through June 29th, it fails, and the XML data is 63.4MB.

How do you larger companies run the really really big reports?

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Tim <tim@...> wrote:
>
> We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character in the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.
> ... my best guess
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of cubcrafters_it
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:15 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] "Invalid character in a base-64 string" error running Inventory WIP Recon Report
>
> How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If we want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string" error.
>
> Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month and then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.
>
> We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?
>
> The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some sort of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
> (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
> (2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo! Groups Links
>




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Now that's a big report... :)

By chance do you have compression enabled? I turned it on yesterday for my user to see if that helped, and it didn't bomb out for the full month of June!

What's strange is that finance would be able to run the 1st half of a month and the 2nd half, but then it would error when running the whole month. If it was actually a bad character, doesn't it seem like it would crop up when running the halves?

Anyone else run a really big report like this?

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Chris Thompson <chriselectrix@...> wrote:
>
> Our inventory WIP reconciliation is usually around 5-6GB for the XML.
>
> We just run it, but it takes about 5 hours to preview and is 1500 pages.
>
> There is a noticable slow down on the system.
>
> I sounds like it could be something to do with an 'illegal' character of something rather than the size of your xml.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: cubcrafters_it <jason.navarrete@...>
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 0:46
> Subject: [Vantage] Large Report Issue?
>
>
> ÂÂ
> So this appears like it might be an issue with the size of the XML. If I run the report for June 1st - June 28th, it's successful, with an XML size of 60.2MB and 1513 page, but if i run it through June 29th, it fails, and the XML data is 63.4MB.
>
> How do you larger companies run the really really big reports?
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Tim <tim@> wrote:
> >
> > We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character in the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.
> > ... my best guess
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of cubcrafters_it
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:15 PM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Vantage] "Invalid character in a base-64 string" error running Inventory WIP Recon Report
> >
> > How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If we want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string" error.
> >
> > Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month and then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.
> >
> > We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?
> >
> > The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some sort of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
> > (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
> > (2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> > (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo! Groups Links
> >
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
We don't have anything as large as Chris's stuff, but we routinely run
reports of several hundred MB. We have network compression enabled for most
users, but it's a recent change and we didn't have any trouble before.

Where does your report fail? Does it just not appear or does it fail to
load in Crystal? Depending on how your report is designed, it could be that
Crystal just can't parse the data in a reasonable amount of time. If you
setup subreports in certain ways you can get situations where the
performance degrades exponentially rather than linearly.


*John Driggers*
**
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*
*
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On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:20 AM, cubcrafters_it <
jason.navarrete@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Now that's a big report... :)
>
> By chance do you have compression enabled? I turned it on yesterday for my
> user to see if that helped, and it didn't bomb out for the full month of
> June!
>
> What's strange is that finance would be able to run the 1st half of a
> month and the 2nd half, but then it would error when running the whole
> month. If it was actually a bad character, doesn't it seem like it would
> crop up when running the halves?
>
> Anyone else run a really big report like this?
>
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Chris Thompson <chriselectrix@...> wrote:
> >
> > Our inventory WIP reconciliation is usually around 5-6GB for the XML.
> >
> > We just run it, but it takes about 5 hours to preview and is 1500 pages.
> >
> > There is a noticable slow down on the system.
> >
> > I sounds like it could be something to do with an 'illegal' character of
> something rather than the size of your xml.
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: cubcrafters_it <jason.navarrete@...>
>
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 0:46
> > Subject: [Vantage] Large Report Issue?
> >
> >
> > �
> > So this appears like it might be an issue with the size of the XML. If I
> run the report for June 1st - June 28th, it's successful, with an XML size
> of 60.2MB and 1513 page, but if i run it through June 29th, it fails, and
> the XML data is 63.4MB.
> >
> > How do you larger companies run the really really big reports?
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Tim <tim@> wrote:
> > >
> > > We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character in
> the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.
> > > ... my best guess
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of cubcrafters_it
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:15 PM
> > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [Vantage] "Invalid character in a base-64 string" error
> running Inventory WIP Recon Report
> > >
> > > How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If we
> want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted
> detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string"
> error.
> > >
> > > Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month and
> then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.
> > >
> > > We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other
> people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?
> > >
> > > The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports
> Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some sort
> of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
> have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
> > > (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder
> and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
> > > (2) To search through old msg's goto:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> > > (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>


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It could be a problem with the version you're on. We had a couple of hiccups with Inventory WIP running - once we had to patch our report monitor, another time it was a fix for the WIP report (some indexes or something). You might want to check out the SCR site (https://scrs.epicor.com/es9/Epicor9/search.htm) and see if there is a bug/fix listed for your version.


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We schedule long running reports to run after hours (usually generate only) - For monthend most recurring reports kick off at midnight on the first day of the month. To print our inv/wip reconciliation, our power users have crystal reports developer installed on their pc's,
so you can go to the system monitor to see the crystal report and the .xml file that was created. copy/paste that crystal report into a command line, set the data source location to the correct XML and refresh the report. Ugly but effective and much quicker than waiting for the system monitor to give an 'out of memory' error.


--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "cubcrafters_it" <jason.navarrete@...> wrote:
>
> How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If we want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string" error.
>
> Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month and then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.
>
> We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?
>
> The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some sort of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
>
I received a one-off from Epicor, have you check with them?
If you are lucky they already have a fix for your version.
In my case they didn't but the tech I worked with really stuck with it and got development to deliver a new one-off for my version.
It did take a couple of months though.

It was a dll replacement the file - installed on the client(s) workstation.
It fixed "out of memory" errors for reports that failed only when selecting big ranges.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "cubcrafters_it" <jason.navarrete@...> wrote:
>
> So this appears like it might be an issue with the size of the XML. If I run the report for June 1st - June 28th, it's successful, with an XML size of 60.2MB and 1513 page, but if i run it through June 29th, it fails, and the XML data is 63.4MB.
>
> How do you larger companies run the really really big reports?
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Tim <tim@> wrote:
> >
> > We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character in the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.
> > ... my best guess
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of cubcrafters_it
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:15 PM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Vantage] "Invalid character in a base-64 string" error running Inventory WIP Recon Report
> >
> > How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If we want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string" error.
> >
> > Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month and then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.
> >
> > We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?
> >
> > The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some sort of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
> > (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
> > (2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> > (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo! Groups Links
> >
>
It's the stock Inventory WIP report, using the stock RDD.

For whatever reason, it seems to be working fine now that I've got compression on. I'm gonna try turning it back off and see what happens.

This occurred in 9.05.607A (our live env) and 9.05.700C (test).

The XML is intact if I open up the the file manually, and it generates fine if I open it up in the CR Developer and preview the report that way. I'll look into seeing if there's an SCR out on this issue.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, John Driggers <waffqle@...> wrote:
>
> We don't have anything as large as Chris's stuff, but we routinely run
> reports of several hundred MB. We have network compression enabled for most
> users, but it's a recent change and we didn't have any trouble before.
>
> Where does your report fail? Does it just not appear or does it fail to
> load in Crystal? Depending on how your report is designed, it could be that
> Crystal just can't parse the data in a reasonable amount of time. If you
> setup subreports in certain ways you can get situations where the
> performance degrades exponentially rather than linearly.
>
>
> *John Driggers*
> **
> *Chief Data Wrangler*
> *
> *
> *I have an Epicor blog <http://usdoingstuff.com/>. How useful is that?*
> *
> *:: 904.404.9233
> :: waffqle@...
> :: http://www.usdoingstuff.com <http://www.usdoingstuff.com/>
>
> *
>
> *
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:20 AM, cubcrafters_it <
> jason.navarrete@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Now that's a big report... :)
> >
> > By chance do you have compression enabled? I turned it on yesterday for my
> > user to see if that helped, and it didn't bomb out for the full month of
> > June!
> >
> > What's strange is that finance would be able to run the 1st half of a
> > month and the 2nd half, but then it would error when running the whole
> > month. If it was actually a bad character, doesn't it seem like it would
> > crop up when running the halves?
> >
> > Anyone else run a really big report like this?
> >
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Chris Thompson <chriselectrix@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Our inventory WIP reconciliation is usually around 5-6GB for the XML.
> > >
> > > We just run it, but it takes about 5 hours to preview and is 1500 pages.
> > >
> > > There is a noticable slow down on the system.
> > >
> > > I sounds like it could be something to do with an 'illegal' character of
> > something rather than the size of your xml.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: cubcrafters_it <jason.navarrete@>
> >
> > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 0:46
> > > Subject: [Vantage] Large Report Issue?
> > >
> > >
> > > Â
> > > So this appears like it might be an issue with the size of the XML. If I
> > run the report for June 1st - June 28th, it's successful, with an XML size
> > of 60.2MB and 1513 page, but if i run it through June 29th, it fails, and
> > the XML data is 63.4MB.
> > >
> > > How do you larger companies run the really really big reports?
> > >
> > > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Tim <tim@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character in
> > the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.
> > > > ... my best guess
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of cubcrafters_it
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:15 PM
> > > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Subject: [Vantage] "Invalid character in a base-64 string" error
> > running Inventory WIP Recon Report
> > > >
> > > > How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If we
> > want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted
> > detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string"
> > error.
> > > >
> > > > Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month and
> > then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.
> > > >
> > > > We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other
> > people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?
> > > >
> > > > The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports
> > Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some sort
> > of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
> > have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
> > > > (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder
> > and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
> > > > (2) To search through old msg's goto:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> > > > (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo! Groups Links
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
I called Epicor for that one off for the 'system out of memory' error. IT WORKED!!!!
THANKS FOR THE INFO.


--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "b_ordway" <cooner_55421@...> wrote:
>
> I received a one-off from Epicor, have you check with them?
> If you are lucky they already have a fix for your version.
> In my case they didn't but the tech I worked with really stuck with it and got development to deliver a new one-off for my version.
> It did take a couple of months though.
>
> It was a dll replacement the file - installed on the client(s) workstation.
> It fixed "out of memory" errors for reports that failed only when selecting big ranges.
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "cubcrafters_it" <jason.navarrete@> wrote:
> >
> > So this appears like it might be an issue with the size of the XML. If I run the report for June 1st - June 28th, it's successful, with an XML size of 60.2MB and 1513 page, but if i run it through June 29th, it fails, and the XML data is 63.4MB.
> >
> > How do you larger companies run the really really big reports?
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Tim <tim@> wrote:
> > >
> > > We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character in the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.
> > > ... my best guess
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of cubcrafters_it
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:15 PM
> > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [Vantage] "Invalid character in a base-64 string" error running Inventory WIP Recon Report
> > >
> > > How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If we want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string" error.
> > >
> > > Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month and then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.
> > >
> > > We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?
> > >
> > > The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some sort of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
> > > (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
> > > (2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> > > (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> >
>
Good Day:


How, in a BAQ, Or Excell, would I filter to find non-alphanumeric
characters in the [Customer Comments] field, since there are so many
different characters?

I suspect I could search for each character, but again, which ones
to be sure I get all, and often searching for " or * doesn't work.

Anyone done this?


Len
Leonard C. Hartka, IS Project Manager\ERP Specialist
Sun Automation Group
66 Loveton Circle
Sparks, Md. 21152
410-329-3560 ext. 120
410-329-3564 FAX
443-255-7192 Work Cell
len.hartka@...

www.Sunautomation.com <http://www.sunautomation.com/>






________________________________

From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of P
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 9:22 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Large Report Issue?




I called Epicor for that one off for the 'system out of memory' error.
IT WORKED!!!!
THANKS FOR THE INFO.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"b_ordway" <cooner_55421@...> wrote:
>
> I received a one-off from Epicor, have you check with them?
> If you are lucky they already have a fix for your version.
> In my case they didn't but the tech I worked with really stuck with it
and got development to deliver a new one-off for my version.
> It did take a couple of months though.
>
> It was a dll replacement the file - installed on the client(s)
workstation.
> It fixed "out of memory" errors for reports that failed only when
selecting big ranges.
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"cubcrafters_it" <jason.navarrete@> wrote:
> >
> > So this appears like it might be an issue with the size of the XML.
If I run the report for June 1st - June 28th, it's successful, with an
XML size of 60.2MB and 1513 page, but if i run it through June 29th, it
fails, and the XML data is 63.4MB.
> >
> > How do you larger companies run the really really big reports?
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
Tim <tim@> wrote:
> > >
> > > We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character
in the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.
> > > ... my best guess
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf Of cubcrafters_it
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:15 PM
> > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: [Vantage] "Invalid character in a base-64 string" error
running Inventory WIP Recon Report
> > >
> > > How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If
we want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted
detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string"
error.
> > >
> > > Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month
and then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.
> > >
> > > We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other
people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?
> > >
> > > The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports
Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some
sort of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You
must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable
access. )
> > > (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report
Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
> > > (2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> > > (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> >
>






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In Excel, CLEAN().

No idea about a BAQ.

Brian.



From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Len Hartka
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 11:07 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: BAQ for non-alphanumeric characters RE: [Vantage] Re: Large
Report Issue?





Good Day:


How, in a BAQ, Or Excell, would I filter to find non-alphanumeric
characters in the [Customer Comments] field, since there are so many
different characters?

I suspect I could search for each character, but again, which ones
to be sure I get all, and often searching for " or * doesn't work.

Anyone done this?


Len
Leonard C. Hartka, IS Project Manager\ERP Specialist
Sun Automation Group
66 Loveton Circle
Sparks, Md. 21152
410-329-3560 ext. 120
410-329-3564 FAX
443-255-7192 Work Cell
len.hartka@... <mailto:len.hartka%40sunautomation.com>

www.Sunautomation.com <http://www.sunautomation.com/>

________________________________

From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf
Of P
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 9:22 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Large Report Issue?

I called Epicor for that one off for the 'system out of memory' error.
IT WORKED!!!!
THANKS FOR THE INFO.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"b_ordway" <cooner_55421@...> wrote:
>
> I received a one-off from Epicor, have you check with them?
> If you are lucky they already have a fix for your version.
> In my case they didn't but the tech I worked with really stuck with it
and got development to deliver a new one-off for my version.
> It did take a couple of months though.
>
> It was a dll replacement the file - installed on the client(s)
workstation.
> It fixed "out of memory" errors for reports that failed only when
selecting big ranges.
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"cubcrafters_it" <jason.navarrete@> wrote:
> >
> > So this appears like it might be an issue with the size of the XML.
If I run the report for June 1st - June 28th, it's successful, with an
XML size of 60.2MB and 1513 page, but if i run it through June 29th, it
fails, and the XML data is 63.4MB.
> >
> > How do you larger companies run the really really big reports?
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
Tim <tim@> wrote:
> > >
> > > We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character
in the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.
> > > ... my best guess
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf Of cubcrafters_it
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:15 PM
> > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: [Vantage] "Invalid character in a base-64 string" error
running Inventory WIP Recon Report
> > >
> > > How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If
we want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted
detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string"
error.
> > >
> > > Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month
and then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.
> > >
> > > We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other
people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?
> > >
> > > The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports
Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some
sort of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You
must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable
access. )
> > > (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report
Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/>
> > > (2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> > > (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> >
>

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Depends what you need to do but regular expressions are propably the
easiest way to get this done. Epicor doesn't support them in BAQs. But if
it's a one time 'clean up' situation you should probably be ok to dump the
data, clean it up and then reload the clean comments.

Excel won't do them either (technically it CAN, but you have to go in VBA
and bring in new references and crap).

Your best bet is probably to export to CSV, and load it up in Notepad++,
SublimeText, or some other text editor that supports regex.

After that, just google for 'regex non alphanumeric' and you should find a
suitable expression without much trouble.



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**
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*
*
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*
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On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Len Hartka <len.hartka@...>wrote:

> **
>
>
> Good Day:
>
>
> How, in a BAQ, Or Excell, would I filter to find non-alphanumeric
> characters in the [Customer Comments] field, since there are so many
> different characters?
>
> I suspect I could search for each character, but again, which ones
> to be sure I get all, and often searching for " or * doesn't work.
>
> Anyone done this?
>
>
> Len
> Leonard C. Hartka, IS Project Manager\ERP Specialist
> Sun Automation Group
> 66 Loveton Circle
> Sparks, Md. 21152
> 410-329-3560 ext. 120
> 410-329-3564 FAX
> 443-255-7192 Work Cell
> len.hartka@...
>
> www.Sunautomation.com <http://www.sunautomation.com/>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of P
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 9:22 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] Re: Large Report Issue?
>
> I called Epicor for that one off for the 'system out of memory' error.
> IT WORKED!!!!
> THANKS FOR THE INFO.
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "b_ordway" <cooner_55421@...> wrote:
> >
> > I received a one-off from Epicor, have you check with them?
> > If you are lucky they already have a fix for your version.
> > In my case they didn't but the tech I worked with really stuck with it
> and got development to deliver a new one-off for my version.
> > It did take a couple of months though.
> >
> > It was a dll replacement the file - installed on the client(s)
> workstation.
> > It fixed "out of memory" errors for reports that failed only when
> selecting big ranges.
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "cubcrafters_it" <jason.navarrete@> wrote:
> > >
> > > So this appears like it might be an issue with the size of the XML.
> If I run the report for June 1st - June 28th, it's successful, with an
> XML size of 60.2MB and 1513 page, but if i run it through June 29th, it
> fails, and the XML data is 63.4MB.
> > >
> > > How do you larger companies run the really really big reports?
> > >
> > > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> Tim <tim@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character
> in the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.
> > > > ... my best guess
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> Behalf Of cubcrafters_it
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:15 PM
> > > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Subject: [Vantage] "Invalid character in a base-64 string" error
> running Inventory WIP Recon Report
> > > >
> > > > How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If
> we want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted
> detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string"
> error.
> > > >
> > > > Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month
> and then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.
> > > >
> > > > We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other
> people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?
> > > >
> > > > The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports
> Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some
> sort of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You
> must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable
> access. )
> > > > (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report
> Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
> > > > (2) To search through old msg's goto:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> > > > (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo! Groups Links
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
> This e-mail and any attachments may contain proprietary and/or
> confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please
> notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail or at 410-472-2900 and then
> delete the message without using, disseminating, or copying this message or
> any portion thereof. With e-mail communications you are urged to protect
> against viruses.
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Good Day Brian:

CLEAN() eliminates non-printable characters, which probably would be
a a problem.

I was thinking that characters like $, <,>,/,@,#, etc were ( also?)
the problem - that is all but numbers and letters.

TIM: what did you delete to fix the problem?
> > We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character
in the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.




Len

________________________________

From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Brian Roberts
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 11:40 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: BAQ for non-alphanumeric characters RE: [Vantage] Re: Large
Report Issue?




In Excel, CLEAN().

No idea about a BAQ.

Brian.

From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf
Of Len Hartka
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 11:07 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: BAQ for non-alphanumeric characters RE: [Vantage] Re: Large
Report Issue?

Good Day:

How, in a BAQ, Or Excell, would I filter to find non-alphanumeric
characters in the [Customer Comments] field, since there are so many
different characters?

I suspect I could search for each character, but again, which ones
to be sure I get all, and often searching for " or * doesn't work.

Anyone done this?

Len
Leonard C. Hartka, IS Project Manager\ERP Specialist
Sun Automation Group
66 Loveton Circle
Sparks, Md. 21152
410-329-3560 ext. 120
410-329-3564 FAX
443-255-7192 Work Cell
len.hartka@... <mailto:len.hartka%40sunautomation.com>
<mailto:len.hartka%40sunautomation.com>

www.Sunautomation.com <http://www.sunautomation.com/>

________________________________

From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf
Of P
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 9:22 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Large Report Issue?

I called Epicor for that one off for the 'system out of memory' error.
IT WORKED!!!!
THANKS FOR THE INFO.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"b_ordway" <cooner_55421@...> wrote:
>
> I received a one-off from Epicor, have you check with them?
> If you are lucky they already have a fix for your version.
> In my case they didn't but the tech I worked with really stuck with it
and got development to deliver a new one-off for my version.
> It did take a couple of months though.
>
> It was a dll replacement the file - installed on the client(s)
workstation.
> It fixed "out of memory" errors for reports that failed only when
selecting big ranges.
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"cubcrafters_it" <jason.navarrete@> wrote:
> >
> > So this appears like it might be an issue with the size of the XML.
If I run the report for June 1st - June 28th, it's successful, with an
XML size of 60.2MB and 1513 page, but if i run it through June 29th, it
fails, and the XML data is 63.4MB.
> >
> > How do you larger companies run the really really big reports?
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
Tim <tim@> wrote:
> > >
> > > We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character
in the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.
> > > ... my best guess
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf Of cubcrafters_it
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:15 PM
> > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: [Vantage] "Invalid character in a base-64 string" error
running Inventory WIP Recon Report
> > >
> > > How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If
we want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted
detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string"
error.
> > >
> > > Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month
and then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.
> > >
> > > We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other
people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?
> > >
> > > The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports
Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some
sort of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You
must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable
access. )
> > > (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report
Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
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<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/>
> > > (2) To search through old msg's goto:
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There is the contains filter

customer.comments contains "/" or
customer.comments contains "&" or
.....

Would be very inefficient and not for routine use.

In a regular progress program you could use the index() function but in a BAQ don't see a way to use it, not that I would expect it to be any more efficient.

Jim Kinneman
Encompass Solutions, Inc

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Len Hartka" <len.hartka@...> wrote:
>
> Good Day:
>
>
> How, in a BAQ, Or Excell, would I filter to find non-alphanumeric
> characters in the [Customer Comments] field, since there are so many
> different characters?
>
> I suspect I could search for each character, but again, which ones
> to be sure I get all, and often searching for " or * doesn't work.
>
> Anyone done this?
>
>
> Len
> Leonard C. Hartka, IS Project Manager\ERP Specialist
> Sun Automation Group
> 66 Loveton Circle
> Sparks, Md. 21152
> 410-329-3560 ext. 120
> 410-329-3564 FAX
> 443-255-7192 Work Cell
> len.hartka@...
>
> www.Sunautomation.com <http://www.sunautomation.com/>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of P
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 9:22 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] Re: Large Report Issue?
>
>
>
>
> I called Epicor for that one off for the 'system out of memory' error.
> IT WORKED!!!!
> THANKS FOR THE INFO.
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "b_ordway" <cooner_55421@> wrote:
> >
> > I received a one-off from Epicor, have you check with them?
> > If you are lucky they already have a fix for your version.
> > In my case they didn't but the tech I worked with really stuck with it
> and got development to deliver a new one-off for my version.
> > It did take a couple of months though.
> >
> > It was a dll replacement the file - installed on the client(s)
> workstation.
> > It fixed "out of memory" errors for reports that failed only when
> selecting big ranges.
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "cubcrafters_it" <jason.navarrete@> wrote:
> > >
> > > So this appears like it might be an issue with the size of the XML.
> If I run the report for June 1st - June 28th, it's successful, with an
> XML size of 60.2MB and 1513 page, but if i run it through June 29th, it
> fails, and the XML data is 63.4MB.
> > >
> > > How do you larger companies run the really really big reports?
> > >
> > > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> Tim <tim@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character
> in the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.
> > > > ... my best guess
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> Behalf Of cubcrafters_it
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:15 PM
> > > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Subject: [Vantage] "Invalid character in a base-64 string" error
> running Inventory WIP Recon Report
> > > >
> > > > How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If
> we want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted
> detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string"
> error.
> > > >
> > > > Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month
> and then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.
> > > >
> > > > We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other
> people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?
> > > >
> > > > The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports
> Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some
> sort of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You
> must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable
> access. )
> > > > (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report
> Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
> > > > (2) To search through old msg's goto:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> > > > (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo! Groups Links
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
In rechecking not sure contains would work. First you have to have a word index on the field, and not sure the non-alphanumeric characters would qualify as words especially since you can build "and" and "or" statements using several of the character we consider non-alphanumeric.

From Progress manual
"word [ [ & | | | ! | ^ ] word ] ..." where

Each word is a word to search for. The ampersand (&) represents a logical AND; the
vertical line (|), exclamation point (!), or caret (^) represent a logical OR.

Jim Kinneman
Encompass Solutions, Inc

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "jckinneman" <jckinneman@...> wrote:
>
> There is the contains filter
>
> customer.comments contains "/" or
> customer.comments contains "&" or
> .....
>
> Would be very inefficient and not for routine use.
>
> In a regular progress program you could use the index() function but in a BAQ don't see a way to use it, not that I would expect it to be any more efficient.
>
> Jim Kinneman
> Encompass Solutions, Inc
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Len Hartka" <len.hartka@> wrote:
> >
> > Good Day:
> >
> >
> > How, in a BAQ, Or Excell, would I filter to find non-alphanumeric
> > characters in the [Customer Comments] field, since there are so many
> > different characters?
> >
> > I suspect I could search for each character, but again, which ones
> > to be sure I get all, and often searching for " or * doesn't work.
> >
> > Anyone done this?
> >
> >
> > Len
> > Leonard C. Hartka, IS Project Manager\ERP Specialist
> > Sun Automation Group
> > 66 Loveton Circle
> > Sparks, Md. 21152
> > 410-329-3560 ext. 120
> > 410-329-3564 FAX
> > 443-255-7192 Work Cell
> > len.hartka@
> >
> > www.Sunautomation.com <http://www.sunautomation.com/>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> > Of P
> > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 9:22 AM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Vantage] Re: Large Report Issue?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I called Epicor for that one off for the 'system out of memory' error.
> > IT WORKED!!!!
> > THANKS FOR THE INFO.
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "b_ordway" <cooner_55421@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I received a one-off from Epicor, have you check with them?
> > > If you are lucky they already have a fix for your version.
> > > In my case they didn't but the tech I worked with really stuck with it
> > and got development to deliver a new one-off for my version.
> > > It did take a couple of months though.
> > >
> > > It was a dll replacement the file - installed on the client(s)
> > workstation.
> > > It fixed "out of memory" errors for reports that failed only when
> > selecting big ranges.
> > >
> > > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "cubcrafters_it" <jason.navarrete@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > So this appears like it might be an issue with the size of the XML.
> > If I run the report for June 1st - June 28th, it's successful, with an
> > XML size of 60.2MB and 1513 page, but if i run it through June 29th, it
> > fails, and the XML data is 63.4MB.
> > > >
> > > > How do you larger companies run the really really big reports?
> > > >
> > > > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > Tim <tim@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > We fixed the same thing by deleting a non alphanumeric character
> > in the customer comment field. You may have a similar thing.
> > > > > ... my best guess
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> > Behalf Of cubcrafters_it
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:15 PM
> > > > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > > > Subject: [Vantage] "Invalid character in a base-64 string" error
> > running Inventory WIP Recon Report
> > > > >
> > > > > How do all y'all run your Inventory WIP Reconciliation Report? If
> > we want to run it for an entire month, showing both posted and unposted
> > detail, it'll bomb out with an "Invalid character in a Base-64 string"
> > error.
> > > > >
> > > > > Finance has gotten around this by running it for half of the month
> > and then the other half of the month, but there's gotta be a better way.
> > > > >
> > > > > We've gotta be small potatoes in the manufacturing world, so other
> > people must have huge WIP reports...how do you make it work?
> > > > >
> > > > > The XML appears to be intact, and opening it up in Crystal Reports
> > Designer shows the report okay, but I have a feeling it's hitting some
> > sort of limit inside of Epicor that makes it bomb out.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ------------------------------------
> > > > >
> > > > > Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You
> > must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable
> > access. )
> > > > > (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report
> > Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
> > > > > (2) To search through old msg's goto:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> > > > > (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo! Groups Links
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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