Did you hear the noise from the celebration? PB is celebrating its 25th birthday, born July 1, 1991. And then more news about changes to the support form / SAP community network and Appeon.
Oh no, more crying, here "we", the industry, the government, building way too many big enterprise, warehouse, conglomerate approach, all in one, "systems" just to try to find a way to segregate into something usable. Many drop down values in the 1000s if not six figures (like the ICD10 codes, anybody having fun converting from ICD9), and on and on ... sorry but I need to go find help and co-workers with PB 12.6 build 4081 and PB 12.5.1 (4015) over and over and over and more generically PB Classic over and over and over. Generally I found the functionality and support from the old Sybase support system to this new SAP support system to be exceptional (not so much else). This support is my issue lifeline in many cases. In all honesty driven by a small group of respectful people since 1997 ;<0)... I hope somehow granularity can continue with Appeon (which I have been excited about but don't count on much yet).
Further, I have accomplished many things with PB. One is using PB for "batch" processing, even running an exe as a scheduled job to perform data summation, or something else apparently unique is my ability to convert data. Writing huge PB "scripts" that run "once" to start up a system. Sorry, I don't have time for the book so I'll get to the point. Currently I have script in a button that processes one file out into several. The script is over 2000 lines long. When performing a build, the build hangs on the window so long that I canceled. I really expected the build to fly but suspect either something wrong with PB 12.6 (4081) or the VM / Citrix platform (yeh, I know smaller scripts objectizing, book). I wonder about PB 12.6 having another EBF, but want to wait for PB ## from Appeon. I have performed 100s, over 1000 builds on "local" installations, C drive, with little issues.
I am afraid that Appeon is going to expand, Enterprise, alter GUI like VS, change PB too much also. However, the propaganda has been encouraging and I sure am believing in Santa Claus and the New Year. Even if Appeon / SAP do everything I wish, I still have to deal with the Bureacracy of the State and others who are not upholding their responsibility for what they have allowed to be built.