IPS (Business engine Interactive Program Services), how to use and use case.
Fazlan Haniffa
M3 Tech | Integration | IEC| XtendM3 | Infor OS | ION | MAK | Workflows | IDM | Mashup | JScript | Cloud Computing| Saas | MEC | IPA | Event Hub| API's | TPM
One of the features of Infor CloudSuite MT is, Interactive program services (IPS).?This can be utilized when there are no API’s available for a particular functionality.?IPS allows to convert a standard M3 process into an API that can be deployed to ION API Suite. ?
Let’s look at a use case.
Customer would like to close all DO’s (Distribution orders) that are older than 30 days which are not delivered.
You will find that currently there are no API’s available to close DO’s. Let’s see how we can do this.
1.)???Using IPS create an API to close DO’s
2.)???Create a schedule job that can run overnight to close all DO’s that are eligible for closing.
3.)???Create the event trigger for schedule job.
4.)???Create a custom BOD that would read through the DO’s and create a BOD containing all the DO’s that are eligible for closing.
5.)???Build a data flow that can split the custom BOD to and call a workflow.
6.)???Build a workflow that will call the custom API created in step 1
Step 1: Creating an IPS to close DO’s
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Step 2: Schedule job - MNS260
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Step 3: Event trigger for schedule job
Step 4: Custom BOD to read through DO’s table and create a BOD containing all the eligible DO’s
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Step 5: Data flow
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Step 6: ION API and Workflow to execute ION API.
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Digitization & Usability expert | Senior Architect for IT solutions @Elvenite | Helping the world become smarter
5 个月This was really an eye-opener! Thanks for the article Fazlan Haniffa ??
Practice Lead - Analytics, Consulting and Engineering
2 年Awesome...finally someone that understand and can deliver ION value! Next up, close off MO please and followup with a CO.
Senior Consultant at Infor
2 年Thank you for sharing ??
Brilliant article Fazlan, you have nailed process automation in a single post .... I might have to get on a call with you to see if I can replicate this process.... ??
Chief Architect - Infor Services at Fortude
2 年Good article Fazlan !