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Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for TECHNOLOGY: User Provisioning

George Moroses 0 5389 Article rating: 5.0

Enables integration between LX and Infor OS Federation Services (IFS) to automate user provisioning.

  • Bi-directional user synchronization between Infor OS and LX:

    • Infor OS user creation or changes automatically create or update users in LX.

    • IBM i user profiles can be created if needed.

    • Updates to SYS600 user data are reflected in Infor OS.

  • Security Role Integration:

    • LX Security Roles and Units are published as IFS Security Roles via SyncSecurityRoleMaster BODs.

    • LX receives inbound SyncSecurityUserMaster BODs from IFS to create or update user records in SYS600.

    • SYS600 Exit Points trigger ProcessSecurityUserMaster BODs to request user creation or updates in IFS on behalf of LX.

Available Versions: 8.3.5, 8.4.1, 8.4.2

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for TECHNOLOGY: Application Personalization

Kathy Barthelt 0 45975 Article rating: 5.0

Users can personalize sessions and apply special formatting to the data displayed in sessions. The personalizations and formatting settings that are specified by the users are stored on the LN server. Administrators can maintain these settings.

  • Session personalizations

    Users can personalize sessions in various ways. users can, for example, hide fields, change labels, customize the toolbar, and move fields to another tab. Administrators can maintain the personalizations defined by the users. For example, an administrator can export personalizations to an XML file, import personalizations from an XML file, and copy personalizations to another user, to a DEM role, or to a company number.

  • Report personalizations

    You can use the Report Designer (ttstppersrep) to personalize the layouts and style of reports, without modifying the standard reports or using an external reporting solution. The changes are stored as personalizations.

    You can also generate new reports that are based on a selection of fields from the application data model. These reports are generated in the extensibility package. You can personalize these reports in the Report Designer (ttstppersrep), or modify them in Infor LN Studio.

    For details, see the Infor LN Report Designer Development Guide
     
  • Conditional formatting

    users can define conditions to apply special formatting to the data displayed in LN sessions. The users can define multiple conditions per session and different types of formatting, such as a specific color for particular fields or rows, and a warning symbol for particular rows. Administrators can maintain the formatting settings specified by the users and can define system-wide formatting settings.

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: Deleting Purchase Orders

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  • If Finances is implemented, we recommend that you do not delete order data in a fiscal year that has not yet been fully closed. This is because the GRINYA process uses information that would be deleted by this action. For best results, check whether the logistical balance for non-invoiced receipts matches the balance of the GRINYA accounts for the periods up to which you want to delete purchase order data.
  • When a purchase order is canceled, you can only delete the purchase order and the related tables. If only a purchase order line is canceled, the line can be deleted and archived.

You cannot delete a purchase order (line) if:

  • The linked warehouse order is closed but cannot be removed.
  • The purchase order is linked to a PCS project that is not yet archived. When the PCS project is archived, the purchase data is also archived and you can delete the purchase order.
  • A consignment replenishment order is not yet consumed completely.
  • The invoice is yet to be completely matched and approved.
  • The invoice amount is not yet inserted as turnover history.
  • The sales order or service order that is linked to the purchase order line, and for which an internal invoice must be sent from the purchase office to the sales office or service office, is not yet invoiced. In this case, you cannot delete the purchase order line before the sales order or service order is invoiced.

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for FINANCE: Cash Forecast Reports and Inquiries

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To produce the cash flow forecast, the combined information from the following is used:

  • Customer and supplier accounts
  • Open sales and purchase orders
  • Purchase quotations
  • Purchase requisitions
  • Standing orders
  • Projects
  • Financial budgets

You can use the bank balances of the bank relations that are maintained in the Bank Relations (tfcmg0510m000) session, to generate the reports with details of cash inflows and outflows of the company for a specified period of time.

You can also manually specify the Opening Balance for the cash forecast. Use the sessions below to print and generate the reports:

  • Cash Forecast Summary by Date Range/Currency (tfcmg3518s000)
  • Print Cash Forecast Details by Date Range/Currency (tfcmg3412m000)
  • Print Cash Forecast Summary by Period/Currency (tfcmg3410m000)
  • Cash Forecast Summary by Date/Currency (tfcmg3519s000)
  • Print Detailed Cash Forecast in Cash Forecast Currency (tfcmg3413m000)
  • Cash Forecast Components by Date/Currency (tfcmg3520m000)
  • Print Forecast Components by Date/Currency (tfcmg3420m000)

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: Override inspection days lead time at item-facility

George Moroses 0 24880 Article rating: 5.0

Item Facility Master has a new attribute to define the override inspection days lead time CICP.ICINSD.

  • When an item facility has a defined override inspection days lead time, that value will be used instead of the system parameter inspection days lead time.

MRP exception report, MRP200B
Purchase planning report, PUR285B
Purchase order / Requisition maintenance, PUR500D3
Purchase order consolidation / release, PUR640B1
Vendor splits, PUR653B

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for TECHNOLOGY: Improve WebTop Grid Support for MRP320D Master Schedule Detail Inquiry

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This enhancement improved the subfile utilized in MRP320D Master Schedule Detail Inquiry -SCR001 by expanding the subfile with data rather than clearing the subfile as user pages. This change provides full support for the WebTop 4.8 Grid decorator.

This enhancement updated the approach used to populate the subfile to allow a deployed Webtop Grid to function correctly. There is no visible or user-impacted change to the way the program functions.

This enhancement provides improved functionality and full support of a Webtop grid applied to the subfile.

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for FINANCE: IDF Ledger Book Journal Line Analysis

George Moroses 0 18709 Article rating: 5.0
  1. This enhancement added the IDF Ledger Book Journal Line Analysis business object for displaying reference information on summarized journal lines. This enhancement provided Ledger Book Journal Line Analysis business object and a bi-directional relationship to Ledger Book Journal Line Source.
  2. This enhancement provides the user with detailed reference information on summarized journal lines for analysis purposes.

✨ You're Invited: LN NAUG Face-to-Face Annual Meeting 2025

May 13–15, 2025 | Naperville, IL

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Why You Should Attend

LN NAUG Face-to-Face is the must-attend gathering for Infor LN and Baan ERP users across North America. Join fellow ERP professionals, decision-makers, and industry experts for three days of knowledge-sharing, innovation, and networking you won't find anywhere else.

💡 Get Inspired by real-world success stories from LN users

🤝 Connect with peers and solution providers shaping the future of Infor LN

📈 Level Up your ERP strategy with sessions on automation, analytics, integration, and more


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Are ERP System Blockages Thwarting Your Progress?

Are ERP System Blockages Thwarting Your Progress?

After a week of blocking the Suez Canal, the now-famous cargo ship, Ever Given has been freed from the 27,000 cubic meters of sand and mud that were surrounding the ship. Supply chains are flowing again. I for one am very glad to hear that the ship has been freed since coffee, toilet paper and a whole host of other items were being held up! In all seriousness, it was and is a crisis that will have ripple effects on the global economy.

As I often do, I started to relate this crisis to the world of ERP that we live in. Although we are not responsible for dealing with a situation like what happened in the Suez Canal, we all deal with problems in our jobs every day. Some of these problems are small, and some are not so small. Some problems are caused by human error, some by prevailing winds that blow us in a particular direction, and some by circumstances out of our control. It is what we do about the problems we encounter that make all the difference. We could bury our heads and hope the problems somehow go away on their own, or we can take action and do something to bring about the change necessary to get past the blockage.

I see “blockages” every day in working with my customers. Sometimes it is a lack of understanding of best practices in a given department, or a reliance on tribal knowledge that determines how and why something is done in the system, or inefficient manual processes destroying a company’s efficiency, or hundreds (or thousands) of customizations standing in the way of an upgrade, or employees labeling an ERP system as “no longer a fit” when their company is only using 10% of the available functionality in the system.

So, maybe today we could focus on what it would take to remove the “blockage” that we have in our way. What benefits could we realize if we worked together to bring about incremental change? Could we actually get that upgrade done? Could we start operating based on industry-leading best practices? Could we increase our market share? Could we decrease our costs and boost our revenue? All of this is possible.

Contact me today so that we can begin to work together to solve the problems that stand in the way of your progress.

solutions@crossroadsrmc.com or 800.762.2077

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