Chantelle Cory is a JD Edwards Administrator/CNC at LSB Industries, a chemical product company that specializes in the agricultural, mining and industrial markets. Cory joins us to talk about the benefits of Object Use Tracking in JD Edwards.

She refers to Object Tracking as “fun, investigative work” where you get the opportunity to analyze and investigate your data. If you, like Cory, are trying to uncover what different users are doing within your JD Edwards system and how to sort through the clutter, don’t miss this webinar!

Requirements and Set-Up

Please keep in mind that you can’t use Object Tracking without JD Edwards Apps 9.0. Object Tracking, Cory reminds us, was released recently with 9.2.1.2., and added functionalities have been added to 9.2.2.

Cory provides a short step-to-step guide about how to configure Object Usage Tracking to get started:

• First, run Object Usage Tracking Configuration (P980042T)
• Then, Ensure “System Level Tracking Enabled” is checked.
• Click the row to enable or disable
• A warning should appear when you change things on your screen, saying, “Information: Restart server is required.”

Collect, Analyze and Clean Up

Three key steps are involved in the object tracking process, all of which involve action items with data. While continuing the example of a Nancy Drew-esque detective scene, which also relies on a complex system of assimilating and sorting data, she further explains her collect, analyze, clean up the system.

The Collect stage involves sorting which users are using what applications. You can review this information in the various places in which you sort data, including the Object Path Master File Tag Table, Object Usage Tracking Configuration Lists and Object Usage Tracking Detail File.

The Analyze stage summarizes and reviews a complex amount of data by objects, pathcodes, timestamps, product codes, etc. You can see when and why users were plugged in to these objects. “What questions can I answer?” is the defining question for this part of the process, which Cory also describes as the “fun part” of using Object Tracking.

The Clean Up stage poses the important questions regarding purging data and set up a retention plan accordingly.

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