JPH0113139B2 - - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (a) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a file update method for updating a management file in a POS system.

(b) Prior art and problems POS (point of sale system) has been introduced in department stores, etc., but in department stores, POS (point of sale system) is installed in certain sales floors for reasons such as strengthening the sales floor.
OS terminals are often moved to other sales areas.

The center's processing system also manages the movement of these POS terminals. For example, data indicating which line a POS terminal is connected to and which store, such as the POS terminal number, line number, and store code, is stored in the center's management file for each terminal. In offline mode after the store is closed, the contents of this management file are updated to POS installation information that corresponds to the new sales floor configuration. In the conventional method, the presence or absence of movement is determined, and if there is movement, the management file is updated, so the operator who performs batch processing in offline mode needs to be careful and make judgments on this point, and the operation is complicated. It was hot. Therefore, even if the POS location is moved,
It was desired that operators who perform batch processing in offline mode would not be aware of POS location changes, and that management files would be automatically updated during normal batch processing regardless of whether POS locations were moved or not.

(c) Purpose of the Invention The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks. Information regarding the next day's POS location movement is input and stored during online processing, and is stored during offline batch processing after the online processing is completed. Automatically
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a file update method that improves batch processing efficiency in a POS system by also updating a management file related to POS placement movement.

(d) Structure of the Invention The present invention provides a management file in which a plurality of terminals are connected to a center processing device via a line, and the center processing device stores installation information having a line number for each of the terminals; In an online system having an update information area for storing update information of the installation information and a management file update processing means, a flag part is set in the update information area and a flag indicating whether update is necessary is set in the flag part. and means for determining the setting information of the flag unit, and after the online processing is completed, the processing device at the beginning of the batch processing:
A file characterized in that the determination means determines a flag in the update information area, and updates the installation information of the management file based on the update information in the update information area only when the flag indicates that an update is required. This is an update method.

(e) Examples of the invention The present invention will be explained below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram explaining one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a management file for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an update information area in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows an example of a POS system, in which a terminal _T1 is installed in a sales floor I with a sales floor code _B1 , and is connected to a center 1 by a line _L1 . Similarly, terminals T ₂ and T ₃ are installed at sales floor J (sales floor code B ₂ ) and sales floor K (sales floor code B ₃ ), respectively, and are connected to the center 1 by lines L ₂ and L ₃ .
is tied to The installation condition data for these terminals is stored in the management file 3 of the file device 2 of the center 1.
is housed in.

Figure 2 shows the configuration of management file 3, with section G ₁
Installation condition data of terminals _T1 to _T3 are stored in the order of _-G3 . For example, columns C ₁ to C ₆ of item G ₁ store the machine number N ₁ , line number L ₁ , terminal address A ₁ , sales floor code B ₁ sales floor name I, and telephone number E _{1 of terminal T 1 .} has been done.

In Figure 1, in order to reinforce sales floor K, if you want to relocate terminal T ₂ (machine number N ₂ ) installed at sales floor J to sales floor K from the next day's online processing, new information will be sent as update information. The installation information Q is input from the input unit 4, which is a setting means, during online processing. The processing section 5 stores the input installation information Q in the update information area 7 of the main memory 6, and writes flag information "1" indicating that update is required in the flag section F.

As shown in FIG. 3, flag information "1" is set in the flag section F, and columns C' ₁ to C' ₆ contain the terminal T ₂
New installation information (Q) for the new installation is stored. In other words, machine number N ₂ , line number L ₃ , address
_A2 , store code _B3 , store name K, and telephone number _E3 . In FIG. 1, terminals T ₁ to _{T 3} and a processing unit 5
The online processing is performed by the data file D of the file device 8.

After completing this online processing (closing the shop), the processing section 5 starts up the batch processing program 9.

As a result, the first instruction _P0 is executed and the determination routine Z is activated. This determination routine Z checks the flag section F of the storage section 7.

In this case, since the flag information "1" is set, the update program R ₁ in the file device 10
~Start R _o . The update programs R ₁ to _{R o} access the management file 3 of the file device 2,
Its contents are updated with the installation information Q in the update information area 7 of the main memory 6.

That is, the contents of item _G2 of the management file shown in FIG. 2 are updated with the installation information Q shown in FIG. The update process is performed by the work area WA of the main memory 6, and the updated new management file data is output to the file device 11 and becomes the management file 12.

The updated management file 12 is applied from the next day's online processing. When the storage of the management file 12 is completed, the batch processing program automatically advances to the instructions after P1 of the processing program ₉ and is executed.

When the flag section F of the storage section 7 is "0", the determination routine Z immediately transfers the real power to the batch processing program 9, so that the instructions P ₁ to _{P o} are executed by the processing section 5.

In the present invention, a new instruction _P0 is added to the beginning of the batch processing program 9, and a determination routine Z activated by the instruction _P0 is added.

(f) Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention allows the update of the management file to be performed at the beginning of batch processing using the flag that was input during the online mode and set in the update information area when moving from the online mode to the offline mode. Since it automatically determines whether or not it is necessary, updates the management file if necessary, and executes subsequent commands, it eliminates operator judgment, simplifies operation, and improves processing efficiency. This has the advantage of preventing operational errors such as forgetting to update a file.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram explaining an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a management file explaining an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an update information area in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a configuration diagram, and the symbols used in the diagram are as follows. 1 is a center, 2, 10, 8, 11 are file devices, 3 is a management file, 4 is an input section, 5 is a processing section, 6 is a main memory, 7 is an update information area, 9 is a batch processing program, A ₁ , A ₂ , A ₃ are terminal addresses, B ₁ , B ₂ , B ₃ are store codes, C ₁ , C ₂ , C ₃ ,
C ₄ , C ₅ , C ₆ , C′ ₁ , C′ ₂ , C′ ₃ , C′ ₄ , C′ ₅ , C′ ₆ , D
is the data file, E ₁ , E ₂ , E ₃ are the phone numbers, F
is the flag part, G ₁ , G ₂ , G ₃ are the terms, I, J, K are the store names, L ₁ , L ₂ , L ₃ are the line numbers, N ₁ , N ₂ , N ₃ are the machine numbers, P ₀ , P ₁ , P _o is the instruction, Q is the setting information, R ₁ , R ₂ ,
R _o is the update program, T ₁ , T ₂ , T ₃ are the terminals, Z
indicates a determination routine.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A plurality of terminals are connected to a center processing device through a line, and the center processing device stores a management file that stores installation information including a line number for each terminal, and a management file that stores installation information including a line number. In an online system having an update information area for storing update information of a management file, and a management file update processing means, the update information area includes a flag section, and means for setting a flag in the flag section indicating whether update is necessary. , means for determining the setting information of the flag section, and after the online processing is completed, the processing device determines the flag of the update information area by the determination means at the beginning of batch processing, and determines whether the flag indicates that an update is required. A file updating method characterized in that the installation information of the management file is updated based on the update information in the update information area only in the case of the update information area.