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Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for TECHNOLOGY: Library BMRTOOLS contains the following commands

George Moroses 0 761 Article rating: 5.0

INSTALLBMR

  • Installs BMR Explosions from *SAVF or *LIB
  • Installs objects after backing up replaced objects
  • Installs source after backing up replaced source
  • Installs Webtop Metadata
  • Installs /InforBMR subdirectories
  • Writes all activity to log file and spooled file report
  • Optionally runs DBUPDATE command

DBUPDATE

  • Installs new or updates existing database tables, views, indexes, triggers, procedures, logical files.
  • Installs source for above objects
  • Sets authorities to replaced objects based on previous object settings
  • Sets journalling on replaced objects based on previous object settings
  • Installs Priming Data
  • Installs SSAOVR updates
  • Installs message file updates for core message files
  • Installs message file updates for NLV message files if included in explosion

This enhancement reduces the time required to install BMR Explosions. There still may be manual steps required after the processing completes, but the overall time required is dramatically reduced.

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: Order Entry Action Code / Function Key Security

George Moroses 0 774 Article rating: 5.0

Access to Order Entry/Maintenance has traditionally been controlled by using LX Program Security to grant or remove authority to ORD700. LX Company Security and LX Warehouse Security further control which transactions a user is allowed to create or maintain. A separate 8.4.2 enhancement allows security managers to control which types of transactions a user is allowed to create or maintain, through LX Order Type Security and LX Order Class Security. Building on these LX transaction security features, the Order Entry Action Code/Function Key Security enhancement allows security managers to further control what actions a user can take regarding an authorized transaction.

Security managers can now control the actions each user is allowed to be restricted from in the Order Entry job stream. The benefit is easily illustrated by some examples:

  • Regular users can be allowed to create and revise customer orders but are restricted from deleting an order.
  • Salespersons can be authorized to full authority with quotes and can be allowed to create customer orders but not to revise or delete them.
  • Or, salespersons could be restricted from 1=Create in Order Directory, with the result that they could only create an order by copying a quote, if they are authorized to 3=Copy in Quote Directory.
  • Only selected customer service users can be allowed to create RMAs, by controlling 1=Create in RMA Directory. A different group of customer service users who handle the actual returns can be authorized to create the return orders or credit memos from those RMAs, by controlling 3=Copy in RMA Directory.

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for FINANCE: Release Holds from IDF Order Inquiry Host Job

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This enhancement provides the ability for IDF Order Inquiry to release order holds via a host job.

LX IDF Order Inquiry displays numerous details about an order, order lines, special lines and related files. An Order Inquiry user can copy, modify or delete an order through WebTop calls to ORD700 Order Maintenance, if authorized. Among the many details Order Inquiry also lists the Hold Codes for customer hold, credit hold, user hold, margin hold, and credit card hold. This enhancement provides the capability to release holds through a host job function that executes ORD680B, Order Hold Mass Release.   Batch Hold Release host job has been added to IDF Order Inquiry. The Order Inquiry user must be authorized to ORD680 in LX program security, SYS600.

ORD680 has been modified to accept parameters for multiple executions by host job. The user can release holds for a single order, a range of orders, or for multiple individually selected orders.

The following hold releases can be requested:

  • Credit hold – orders on credit hold by the system (01) or by a user (02) are released from credit hold.
  • Customer hold – orders on customer hold are released.
  • User hold – orders on user hold are released.
  • Margin hold – ORD680 re-evaluates orders or order lines that are on margin hold.
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Kathy Barthelt
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Infor LN & Baan Tip: Cash Flow Functionality and Setup

A cash flow statement provides a historical view of the movement of cash within a company. This statement offers an overview of both the origins and destinations of cash, aiding management in evaluating the company's ability to fulfill short-term financial obligations. To differentiate between various sources and uses of cash, reason codes can be utilized. When interacting with cash transactions in relevant sessions, users have the option to input or review the corresponding cash flow reason. The cash flow statement organizes cash transactions based on these reasons. LN software system maintains year-specific opening balances for cash flow transactions. Should the need arise, users can manually input opening balances in the Opening Balance Cash Flow (tfgld2118m000) session.

To set up the cash flow statement, use the following sequence of sessions:

  1. Group Company Parameters (tfgld0101s000): If you want to generate cash flow statements in any of the financial companies of the group, you must select the Cash Flow Statement check box.
  2. Reasons (tcmcs0105m000): Define reason codes for the sources and uses for cash that you want to distinguish. The Reason Type must be Cash Flow.
  3. Purchase Types (tcmcs2101m000): For the purchase types related to cash transactions, select the default cash flow reasons.
  4. Sales Types (tcmcs2102m000): For the sales types related to cash transactions, select the default cash flow reasons.
  5. Chart of Accounts (tfgld0108s000): For ledger accounts used for cash transactions, select the default cash flow reason in the Cash Flow Reason field. The ledger accounts must have level zero and must not be a text account, an intercompany account, or an integration account.


To enter and view cash flow transactions: Transactions that must be included in the cash flow statement must have a cash flow reason linked to them. For most transactions, ERP LN derives the default cash flow reason from the sales type, the purchase type, or the ledger account.

If you manually enter cash transactions, you can enter a cash flow reason. You can view cash flow transactions in the following sessions:

  1. Cash Flow History (tfgld2519m000): This session displays, for one cash flow reason, the opening balance, the closing balance, and the movement during one financial period.
  2. Cash Flow Transactions (tfgld1523m000): This session lists the transactions by cash flow reason.

In both sessions, on the Specific menu you can click Opening Balance to start the Opening Balance Cash Flow (tfgld2118m000) session. Use this session to view the calculated opening balances for a cash flow reason or to enter manually an opening balance, if necessary.


To print the cash flow statement: Use the Print Cash Flow Transactions (tfgld1419m000) to print the cash flow statement. You can print the report for one financial company and one fiscal year, and for a range of financial periods and cash transaction reasons.

To print the cash flow statement, use the following sequence of sessions:

  1. Cash Flow History (tfgld2519m000): On the Specific menu, click Cash Flow Transactions. The Cash Flow Transactions (tfgld1523m000) session starts.
  2. Cash Flow Transactions (tfgld1523m000): Click Print. The Print Cash Flow Transactions (tfgld1419m000) session starts.
  3. Print Cash Flow Transactions (tfgld1419m000): To print the cash flow statement, in the Report field, select Cash Flow Reason Transactions.


Other related KBs which would be helpful in Cash Flow process queries:
1998168 How to link child Cash Flow Reason Group to Cash Flow Reason

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