I once wrote a "wraparound" to the savelist commands which datestamps the lists on creation and use. Also allows the user to flag a savelist as one that should not be overwritten or deleted. A purge program allows them to purge out savelists that are no longer necessary or haven't been accessed in a given period of time. Really helps keep the items in that file down. But, like Jeff Butera said, colleges especially might need to keep lists around for a while and this really helped some of our schools manage that. -Dianne
Jeffrey Butera wrote: >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Savedlists can be outdated as soon as they are created.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. ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
