While this may be true it is a poor design. The savedlists, hold, ph, and
como directories are traditionally temporary directories. If you must save
these lists then you should store them as you do other data in a file of a
different name. If you need the select list in a processes in the future you
can then copy it back or use a qselect.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Butera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [U2] Justification for removal of savedlists
On Monday 06 February 2006 09:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I wrote a small routine that will go through Savedlists, HOLD files,
> ST.PPROCES records, etc. and selectively delete the records that are no
> longer needed but I have been stopped by my VP.
>
> She wants justification for the process. I don't have the knowledge to
> be able to give her what she wants. I've tried the following arguments
> with no luck:
>
> Savedlists can be outdated as soon as they are created.
> Taking up too much server room.
Savedlists should never be re-used. By their very nature they are
ephemeral.
The above statement is application specific and not always true,
particularly
colleges running Unidata (Datatel).
Yes, we do purge _HOLD_ and other things out but savedlists are generally
held. Many institutions (for research purposes) may used savedlists for
cohort tracking across many semesters or years. In these situations you
*cannot* recreate the savedlist everytime as you have to ensure the group
you
initially select is the same group used months/years later - savedlists
give
you an easy method to acheive this (whereas the various data fields you
may
query against are constantly changing).
With the myraid of reports colleges need (both internal and federally
mandated
IPEDS, etc) savedlists provide an extremely useful tool.
--
Jeff Butera, Ph.D.
Administrative Systems
Hampshire College
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
413-559-5556
"Hindsight alone is not wisdom."
George W. Bush
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