GMA/SAM Export

In addition to Burt, you can also export route and truck information to GMA’s SAM application, which is used in insert packaging. This allows circulation data to be transferred automatically to the GMA inserter. This export can be run for publications or TM products.

Note:

1. The GMA/SAM Export is a licensed add-on feature. You must license and activate the “GMA/SAM Export” add-on record before you can use it. Contact the Newscycle Support Center for assistance.

2. The GMA/SAM Export will not export InsertPlus insert or mix information. Inserts must be entered and mixes created in SAM. InsertPlus ad zones, however, may be exported.

Before running the export, Circulation route types must be mapped to GMA “account types”; account types are exported as part of the route information. This is done using the GMA/SAM Account Type option on the Setup menu in Utilities. Currently, this option is available only in Circulation’s character interface.

Several Business Rules in the Route Services section control various aspects of the SAM Export, including what is exported in the Zone Group, Content Code, and Plant Code fields, and whether mail draw is exported.

To export route and draw data to the SAM system:

• Select GMA/SAM Export from the Utilities | Export menu to display the GMA/SAM Export window.

  
• Click Add and complete the following fields.

  Field	Type	What to enter
  PRODUCT	setup	Specify the publication or TM product whose route information should be exported. Note that draw must be created during TM processing prior to running this export for a TM product. Mail numbers will not be exported for TM products (only publications).
  DRAW DATE	date	Enter the date for which route information should be exported.
  DRAW TYPE	predefined	Indicate whether actual, pending, or advance draw should be exported.
  DEPARTURE SEQUENCE	setup	Select the truck departure sequence that should be used in the export. Only trucks in this sequence will be selected.
  TRUCK SEQUENCE	setup	Select the truck sequence that should be used in the export. Only routes dropped by this truck sequence will be selected.
  ACCOUNT GROUP TYPE	predefined	Indicate the entities that should be exported as account groups and zones. The choices are ad zone, Zip code, truck, parent truck, district, distribution zone and carrier ID.
  ZONE TYPE	predefined	Indicate the entities that should be exported as zone types. The choices are ad zone, Zip code, truck, district, and distribution zone.
  INCLUDE DRAW BATCH	open	This field allows you to include a suspended draw change batch (or batches) in the SAM export file, so that multiple export files can be generated for different draw scenarios. When the export is run, a message is written to the process log indicating which batches were included in the export.
  CIRC GROUP	open (10)	Enter the circulation group ID that should be exported. This may default from Business Rules.
  EXPORT FILE NAME	open (30)	Specify the file name for the SAM export file. This will be the name of the draw file; the global file will have this name with “GLBL.txt” appended to it.
  EXPORT MESSAGES	yes/no	Select this checkbox if you want messages records (1 through 6) to be exported. Messages will not be exported if this checkbox is not selected.

• Click OK and then Continue to run the export. The files will be exported to the /dti/exchange/cm directory. See Appendix B for the file format. A processing report will then list the number of records exported and any errors that occurred during the process.