This chapter contains the following topics:
To make system-wide updates to:
Supplier information
Contract information
Commitment information
To understand the purpose for each global update program
Use global update programs to update multiple contracts in your system or to make system-wide changes that affect all of your contracts.
You can use the global updates programs to:
Unlock contracts so that you can make changes. A lock prevents you from viewing or changing any of a contract's information.
Update all of the account information in your system if you change any of your account numbers in your cost code structure.
Update the contract purge code for multiple contracts to purge them from your system.
Update the open amounts for all of your contracts if your data becomes corrupt.
Purge unnecessary contracts and audit trail information from your system.
Create commitment audit trails.
Balance your commitment and audit trail records.
Recalculate contract commitments in a foreign currency when you change the exchange rate.
Update the code that you use to generate payments to your subcontractors.
Global updates consist of the following tasks:
Update contract information
Update commitment information
Recalculate commitments
Update payment code
Purge contracts
See Also:
Work with DREAM Writer in the JD Edwards World Technical Foundation Guide for information about running a DREAM Writer program