SAP Presort Release Notes

Presort

Release Notes

Presort 8.00c

April 2009

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Presort Release Notes

What’s in this release?

Presort 8.00c includes information about the following features:

 “Intelligent Mail (IM) barcode updates” on page 8  “First-Class palletization” on page 14  “Rate case change set for 11 May 2009” on page 16  “Selvage” on page 18  “First-Class and Standard Mail automation and machinable letters” on

page 20

 “Standard Mail machinable and irregular parcels and Not Flat-Machinable

pieces (NFMs)” on page 23

 “Mail.dat 09-1” on page 27  “Other changes” on page 29

Parallel installs Make sure you run all of your pre-rate-case jobs before you install Presort 8.00c.

If you need to prepare both pre- and post-rate case jobs, inst all this versio n to a different location from the location where your current version resides.

Directories now updated monthly

Supported Operating Systems

Starting with April directories, your directory updates will be available monthly. In the past, you may have chosen to receive your directories monthly or bimonthly.

Run Presort on one of our supported operating systems. Presort does not run on unsupported operating systems, such as Windows 98, NT, and ME.

Operating System Compiler

Windows XP Professional, 2003 Server, and Vista

Visual Studio 2003

(32-bit and 64-bit) HP-UX 11.11 (32-bit and 64-bit) (PA-RISC) aC++ 3.39 HP-UX 11.23 (64-bit Itanium) aC++ 6.06 Red Hat Linux 4.0 (32-bit and 64-bit) gcc 3.4.6 Suse Linux 9 (32-bit and 64-bit) gcc 3.3.3 Suse Linux 10 (32-bit and 64-bit) gcc 4.1.0 AIX 5.2 (RS/6000) (32-bit and 64-bit) Visual Age 8.0 Solaris 8.0 (32-bit and 64-bit) Sun Studio 11

Vista users If you are a Vista user and want to run the Presort online help, you must download

and install the WinHlp32.exe file from Microsoft. This executable is not installed with the Presort application. For download and installation instructions, go to

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607

Run Edjob and scripts You must run Edjob on all of your existing Presort jobs to update the m to the new

changes and functionality included in this release of Presort. For instructions on running Edjob, see the Edjob User’s Guide.

What’s in this release?

SAP BusinessObjects Postal File Preparation

Did you know that SAP BusinessObjects offers a Mail.dat tool? SAP BusinessObjects Postal File Preparation is an affordable solution that

supports the ability to claim full-service rates. The software has also passed the USPS label certification process for Intelligent Mail tray labels.

For more information, see “Mail.dat 09-1” on page 27.

Presort RAPID users Presort RAPID 8.00c is compatible only with other current RAPID products. If

you own more than one RAPID product, upgrade all products to the current version at the same time. Installing all products at once ensures compatibility across all products and prevents the possibility of data corruption.

The current RAPID product versions are:

 Presort 8.00c  DataRight IQ RAPID 7.90c  International ACE RAPID 7.90c  Match/Consolidate RAPID 8.00c  ACE RAPID 8.00c

Presort Release Notes

Contacting Technical Customer Assurance

You can contact Technical Customer Assurance for help with your SAP BusinessObjects product through the SAP Service Market Place (SMP).

1. Go to SAP Service Market Place (http://service.sap.com

2. Click SAP Support Portal.

3. Enter your S-User ID and password, and then click OK.

4. When prompted for a digital certificate, click OK.

5. Enter your S-User ID and password again, and then click OK.

Optional: Setting up your Single Sign-on allows the site to remember your login and not prompt for it so frequently. To do this, click My Profile at the top of the page. Then click Maintain My Single Sign-on Certificate on the left of the page and follow the instructions.

Report a product error 6. In the SAP Support Portal, click the Help & Support tab.

7. Click Report a Product Error. The Report a Product Error - Customer

Messages window appears.

8. Using the SAP Message Wizard, you can log your message in four steps.

Steps Instructions

Step 1: Choose System Select the SAP BusinessObjects system that your

issue relates to.

Step 2: Prepare Solution Search Create a description of your issue that you can

search on.

Step 3: Find Solution Search to see whether your issue has been

addressed already.

Step 4: Enter Message If you don’t find your issue already addressed,

enter your message to create a new error report.

Choose your system 9. In the System Search box, click the drop-down a rrow next to your install ation

and select your system.

10. Click Search.

11. Click the BOB link next to your system.

Prepare your solution search

Before you create a new customer message, search for Notes (Knowledge Base articles) about your issue. If your issue has already been ad dressed, you should not need to create another message for Customer Assurance.

12. In the Search Term area, type your question, and then click Continue.

13. Read through the search results to see whether any of them addresses your question.

Contacting Technical Customer Assurance

Enter your message 14. If you do not see any Notes about your question, click Create Message.

15. In the Component box, choose the product that you want to create a message

for. You do so by clicking the icon next to the Component window to see a drop-down list. (By choosing the correct component, you ensure that your message is logged for the appropriate Customer Assurance team.)

16. To see a more detailed list, click the arrow by BOJ- SAP Business Objects and then click the arrow by BOJ-EIM. The names of your products are listed next to each component.

Code Products

BOJ-EIM-COR ACE, DataRight IQ, Match/Consolidate, IACE, FirstPrep BOJ-EIM-COM DeskTop Mailer, Business Edition, Presort, PrintForm, Label

Studio

BOJ-EIM-DEP DQXI, Data Insight, eDQ Infa, SAP Siebel, PSFT, Oracle,

Rapid Library

Enter the details of your incident

In the Problem Details area, required fields are flagged with a red asterisk.

17. In the Short Text box, enter a brief description of the question or issue.

18. In the Long Text box, enter further detail about what you are seeing or questioning.

19. If needed, attach files to your incident report (be sure to zip your files).

20. When you have finished, you can either send the message or save it.

 If you save the message, the message is not sent to Customer Assurance.

Instead, it remains in the Draft section of your “My Inbox,” from which you can send it later.

 To send your incident report, click Send Message. You can see the

messages you have sent by clicking My Inbox and viewing your sent items. When your question has been answered or your problem solved, open the message and click Close Message to keep your message inbox manageable.

Presort Release Notes

Documentation

Complete documentation set

Your installation of Presort includes the following:

 Presort Release Notes (this document)  Presort Job-File Reference  Presort User’s Guide  Presort Online Help

Most documents are available in PDF (Portable Document Format). You need Adobe® Reader® installed on your system to view this file.

Install Reader To install Adobe Reader, download the latest version from the Adobe website.

Access the latest documentation

Release notes and other documentation are available only in electronic format (PDF and help files). You can access product documentation in several places:

 On your computer. Release notes, manuals, and other documents for each

product that you have installed are available in the Documentation folder. Choose Start > Programs > Business Objects Applications > Documentation.

 On the internet. Go to http://help.sap.com and click SAP BusinessObjects at

the top of the page. Then click All products in the left column and choose Postalsoft from the drop-down menu. You can view the PDFs online or save them to your computer for viewing or printing.

Access product alerts To view product alerts, do the following:

1. Go to SAP Service Market Place (http://service.sap.com

2. Click SAP Support Portal.

3. Enter your S-User ID and password, and then click OK.

4. When prompted for a digital certificate, click OK.

5. Enter your S-User ID and password again, and then click OK.

6. Click SAP Support Infrastructure and then Business Ob jects Support on the

top menus.

7. Click Documentation on the left and then click Product Alerts .

Documentation

Intelligent Mail (IM) barcode updates

Starting in May 2009, you can use IM barcode basic-service and full-service options. Using the full-service option results in automated address correction notices for letters and flats, as well as start-the-clock information.

Presort supports IM barcode solutions for First-Class, Standard Ma il, Periodicals, and Package Services Bound Printed Matter letters and flats.

On 30 November 2009, the USPS will offer a discount on full-service rates. For more information, see http://pe.usps.com/PriceChange_May2009/PDF/

PriceList/PriceList.pdf.

For those processing flats with basic-service or full-service barcodes: We recommend that you print the optional endorsement line (OEL) on every flat mail piece. Because the software doesn't know whether you inten d to print the optional endorsement line on your pieces, it automatically returns a barcode ID code for every piece. For those pieces on which you don't want to print the endorsement line, you need to change the barcode ID to “00”.

Barcode types Description

Basic-service With the basic-service option, the USPS requires you to use Intelligent Mail barcodes on your letter

and flat mail pieces in place of POSTNET barcodes. The USPS also requires the following information:

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CASS certified delivery point information that is included in the current POSTNET barcode.

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A USPS assigned Mailer ID, the class of mail indicated in a Service Type ID field, and the optional endorsement line (OEL) information in the Barcode ID field if an OEL is printed on a flat-sized mailpiece.

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A serial number containing numbers that you choose. You do not have to use a unique serial number on your basic-service mail pieces.

Full-service With the full-service option, the USPS requires you to include the following information:

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Use unique barcodes on letters and flats.

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Use unique serial numbers (Mailer ID plus sequence number) on letters and flats. The serial numbers do not have to be unique if a mailing has less than 10,000 copies.

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Use Intelligent Mail tray labels that have unique barcodes, on trays and sacks.

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Attach Intelligent Mail container placards, containing unique barcodes, on the outside of pallets.

Note:

The implementation date for placement of pallet placards has been moved from May

2009 to November 2009.

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Generate electronic postage statements and documentation, when required.

Other The Other option indicates to the USPS that you are using POSTNET or GS1-128 (formerly UCC

EAN Code 128) barcodes on your mail pieces. The USPS will accept POSTNET barcodes on your mail pieces until May 2011.

You can find information about all aspects of the Intelligent Mail barcode at http:/

/ribbs.usps.gov/.

Presort Release Notes

Intelligent Mail block A new block was added, and some parameters rearranged, to make it easier for

you to set up IM barcodes. The Intelligent Mail block is new to version 8.00c. This block must be present if you have the IMB Intelligent Mail Barcode parameter in the Execution block set to Yes.

The following IM barcode parameters, that were in the General Output block, were moved to the Intelligent M ail block:

 Pallet Mailer ID  Pallet Serial Num Start  Pallet Serial Num is Alphanum  Tray/Sack Mailer ID  Tray/Sack Serial Num Start

Edjob When you have the IMB Intelligent Mail Barcode parameter in the Execution

block set to Yes, Edjob does the following:

 Creates an Intelligent Mail block.  Moves the IM barcode pallet and tray/sa ck parameters and th eir settings from

the General Output block to the Intelligent Mail block.

Overview of

The following table lists new IM barcode parameters and fields.

parameters and fields

Parameter or field name Location Description

Automation Barcode Type Version Description

or Version Defaults

Indicates the barcode type being used on the mail pieces in a version. Options include:

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Full - The mail pieces in the version have full-service barcodes on them.

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Basic - The mail pieces in the version have basic-service barcodes on them.

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Other - The mail pieces in the version have POSTNET or GS1-128 barcodes on them.

PER IMB Nonsub Service Type Version Description

or Version Defaults

IMB Increment Serial Number Version Description

or Version Defaults

Allows you to convert the service type identifiers for your Periodicals non-subscriber copies.

T ells the software how you want it to assign piece serial numbers to basic-service or full-service mailings with less than 10,000 copies.

Convert Service Type for Non-Auto Intelligent Mail T ells the software to automatically convert full- and basic-

service type identifiers into non-automation service type identifiers. This conversion includes service types which are read from input files.

Assign Serial for Non-Auto Intelligent Mail Tells the software how you want it to apply serial numbers

to non-automation mail pieces.

Verify Input Serial Nums Unique Intelligent Mail T ells the software to verify the uniqueness of the mailer ID

and serial number on each piece that was read in from an input file.

PW.Bar_Type

Input file T ells the software to automatically creates a new version

for auto-dimension jobs when certain criterion are met. One of the criteria is that certain input fields, including the new PW.Bar_Type field, are present.

Intelligent Mail (IM) barcode updates

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