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Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for FINANCE: Clear Rounding Differences for Documents with Period Change (tccri7214m000)

Kathy Barthelt 0 617 Article rating: 5.0

Use this session to adjust the rounding difference transactions, calculated during the internal conversion, for inter-period postings.

Inter-period postings are the postings made to the ledger accounts defined in the Finance Company Parameters (tfgld0503m000) session for fiscal and reporting period changes.

If inter-period postings exist, very big rounding differences are calculated . If you run this session, those rounding differences are replaced with values that properly deal with an observed period change.

If inter-period postings exist, during the internal conversion rounding differences can be calculated for the wrong period. If you run this session, those rounding differences are deleted and the rounding differences are created for the correct period.

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for FINANCE & TECHNOLOGY: Add Number of Assigned Users to SYS600

George Moroses 0 1001 Article rating: 5.0

LX has added the number of users assigned to a Role or Unit to the first screen of SYS600. When displaying the list of profiles on the first screen of SYS600, the list previously included the counts per profile of assigned Roles and Units when the profile was a user. A new column called Users have been added to show the number of assigned users for Roles or Units.

This enhancement provides a quick way to see the number of users assigned to a Role or Unit.

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for FINANCE: Currency Differences

Kathy Barthelt 0 1246 Article rating: 5.0

When currency differences are posted, several parameters affect the way the entries in the General Ledger are created. This section explains the possible parameter settings:

  1. Ledger accounts by currency

  2. Writing off currency profits

  3. Fixed exchange rate

  4. Writing off currency differences for anticipated payments


1. Ledger accounts by currency
This parameter is recorded in the Finance Company Parameters (tfgld0503m000) session...

Infor LX/BPCS Tips & Tricks for FINANCE: Inventory Transaction History to Ledger Book Journal Line Relationship

George Moroses 0 406 Article rating: 5.0

This enhancement provides IDF relationships from Inventory Transaction History (ITH) to Ledger Book Subsystem Transaction (GXR) and from Ledger Book Subsystem Transaction (GXR) to Ledger Book Journal Line. To implement this enhancement, request and apply MR 81558.

This enhancement provided the following relationships:

  • Inventory Transaction History
  • Relationship to Ledger Book Subsystem Transaction (1 to Many) Default view ‘General’
  • Ledger Book Subsystem card Default view ‘Inventory Processing’
  • Default subset ‘Inventory Processing’

This enhancement provides users with complete traceability from inventory transactions (ITH) to ledger book journal lines (GLH), regardless of how many ledgers are used and journals created. Due to the bi-directional relationship, users can see the source ITH detail from the journal lines.

Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for FINANCE: Set Up and Calculate Currency Differences

Kathy Barthelt 0 2518 Article rating: 5.0

To set up and calculate currency differences for foreign currencies:

  • Use the Company Parameters (tfgld0503m000) session to specify the profit and loss ledger accounts, 12 profit and loss dimensions, and transaction type for a posting exchange rate differences that is calculated using the FIFO method. To specify this data, use the Currency Diff. FIFO tab. The reports printed from the Print Company Parameters (tfgld0404m000) session, include the Currency Differences FIFO fields.
  • Use the Calculate Currency Differences (tfgld5201m000) session to calculate the currency differences resulting from transactions posted on accounts for which the field Currency Analysis in the session Chart of Accounts (tfgld0508m000) is set to Required.

The True Cost of Disconnected Data: From Operations to the Executive Suite

Kathy Barthelt 0 100 Article rating: No rating

Disconnected data—information stored outside your core ERP system—creates inefficiencies and blind spots across every level of your organization. While spreadsheets, email orders, and external reporting tools may serve a purpose, the lack of integration between these systems leads to far-reaching consequences.

Operations Impact

  • Inventory levels and supplier shipments are tracked in spreadsheets, disconnected from your ERP.
  • Dealer portal email orders require manual entry into the system, slowing fulfillment.

Finance Impact

  • Budgeting data lives in isolated spreadsheets, unlinked to ERP sales or quoting information.
  • Open purchase orders and invoices must be manually matched and approved, consuming valuable time.

Technology Impact

  • Countless reports are generated outside the ERP just to keep teams “up to date.”
  • Significant time is wasted exporting ERP data into external data cubes for analysis.

Executive Impact

  • Leaders struggle to compile an accurate view of inventory and financial health when data comes from multiple sources.
  • A lack of real-time visibility into shortages causes lost sales and customer dissatisfaction.

Disconnected data isn’t just an inconvenience—it drains productivity and delays critical business outcomes.

The Business Costs of Disconnected Data...

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

George Moroses 0 1288 Article rating: 5.0

​This enhancement introduces the IDF Ledger Book Journal Line Analysis business object, which displays reference information on summarized journal lines. To implement this enhancement, request and apply MR 81558.

Key features include:

  • Ledger Book Journal Line Analysis

    • Provides analysis attribute details.

    • Has a 1-to-many relationship with Ledger Book Journal Line Source.

    • Default view: General.

  • Ledger Book Journal Line Source

    • Has a many-to-1 relationship with Ledger Book Journal Line Analysis.

    • Displays the Ledger Book Journal Line Analysis detail card.

This enhancement enables users to access detailed reference information on summarized journal lines, improving analysis and reporting capabilities.

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Tips:  LX | BPCS | M3

Tips: LN | Baan

Use this session to to define which fields must be audited, and when they must be audited.

Note: 

  • It is not required to define the fields that must be audited. Only if not all fields in a table must be audited, you must specify the fields that must be audited. You can only specify fields for a table for which you selected Specified in the Field Selection field of the Audit Tables by Profile (ttaud3120m000) session. If you selected All in that field, all fields in the table are audited, and no fields can be specified.

  • For a detailed explanation of the relation between audit type and field specification, refer to the section How to determine the net result of the audit configuration in the Audit Configuration Management topic.

  • The audit functionality uses the positive approach, which means that you can only specify which tables and fields must be audited, but not which tables and fields must not be audited. Therefore, through the appropriate menu, commands are available to load all (key) fields. You can then delete the fields you do not require.

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