2. Title: My New Favorite Argos Feature Session or, How Argos Helps Keep Banner Working for us Bruce Knox University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service bknox@uaex.edu Title Page

3. This is about taming common data errors that occur in all systems. How to reuse “one time” debugging efforts. A quick Argos How To. Plus tips to improve the effectiveness of email notices.Topic

4. My New Favorite is an old Argos Feature, Scheduled Reports delivered via email.Topic

5. Some call these messages “Official SPAM”. email notices

6. I call them exception reports. email notices

7. But, I also think of them as nags. email notices

8. My Email CC or BCC

9. Example: Rave Alert Warning

10. The Report

11. Argos: Rave Alert

25. Example: Payroll Calendar Exceptions

40. Helping the Application Manager

45. Tracking the program source

53.  This is about taming common data errors that occur in all systems.  How to reuse “one time” debugging efforts.  A quick Argos How To.  Plus tips to improve the effectiveness of email notices.Summary This is about taming common data errors that occur in all systems. How to reuse “one time” debugging efforts. A quick Argos How To. Plus tips to improve the effectiveness of email notices.

54.  When you locate a data problem, save the SQL code.  Save it in a DataBlock.  These can quickly be made into very simple reports.  Email the reports (they should all be very small).  Make the Subject convey record counts and get the application manager’s attention.  Track reports using the built-in Argos features to ID the Path, and Object that created the report.  Bcc can do a great deal of good if you can tolerate the extra mail.Summary

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