[ Tips & Tricks ] Generate Sources for Epicor Functions (EFX)

Epicor can generate Sources for Epicor Functions which provide a valuable learning opportunity to understanding the workings of a function.

Just like BPM Sources, EFX Sources will also be generated in the ServerPath\BPM\Sources folder.

If you are like me, you benefit from the?Server\BPM\Sources?folder.

1. You can use it to learn how Epicor generates code when using Widgets
2. You can keep track of revisions to your EFX (until an upgrade)
3. You can keep track when someone changed a EFX (until an upgrade)
4. You can easily?grep?them and find all EFX where you are using certain column or a snippet of code

1 - Enable Globally via web.config

The first option that can generate EFX Sources is to edit your?web.config?and navigate to the?appSettings?node & add the following:

<add key="DumpEfxSources" value="true" />        

2 - Enable Individually via EFX Maintenance

The second option which is applicable to Epicor Kinetic ERP 2021.2.x and is not available in Epicor 10.2, you can enable Dump Sources individually via?Epicor Functions Maintenance.

Conclusion

Now when you work with Epicor Functions you can see the generated code and use it as a learning opportunity.