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IFM – Functions in process• Phase I – “Establishment”
– All table maintenance• Entities, divisions, ledgers, withholding tables…
– 45% of menu options
• Phase II – “Transactions”– Journal entries– Cash receipts– AR Invoices– AP Invoices
• Phase III – “The rest”
InforInforApp 2App 2
POPO Infor ERPInfor ERP
Infor Integration-Enterprise Software Bus
• Enable functions Enable functions onceonce to interact with the bus to interact with the bus• May now interact with any other application May now interact with any other application
enabled for the busenabled for the bus– Let App 1 = SupplyWEBLet App 1 = SupplyWEB– Let App 2 = EAMLet App 2 = EAM– Both can use PO’s in the ERP systemBoth can use PO’s in the ERP system
•Web inquiry and maintenance over all client architecture applications
•Access from anywhere– MAPICS User ID– Whatever additional security you want
•Zero-install on user PC– Must have IE 5.5 or higher
Same objects & functions as Power-Link
FinanceReceivablesPayablesLedger
EngineeringItem RevisionsBills of MaterialRoutingsProcesses
ProcurementRequisitionsVendorsBuyersPO’s
Customer Service
CustomersContractsCO’s
ShipmentsInvoicesContainers
MaterialsWarehousesLocationsReceiving
ProductionSchedulesFacilities
OperationsPlannersMO’s
All Available over the Internet
PowerLink – List window
Net Link – List window
System-Link
•Program interface tool to MAPICS•XML inquiry and maintenance over all
client architecture apps installed•Conceptually like offline load
– Much more advanced architecture
•Create your own UI (web pages)•Non-UI applications (system-to-system)
System-Link
•Provides access to the almost 300 Power-Link objects using XML
•Honors security •Applies business rules and edits •Includes the Simulator•With Enterprise Integrator access
custom/other objects
XML Request A
DAPTER
XML Response
XSL
Apply style sheet
MAPICS XA
Auth CASSecurity
Inq
DataBase
Read
Rules
Result
Edit
Update
Rules
System LinkXML Integration with your web siteXML Integration with your web site
We give you the XML
1. Display the target view or card in Browser
2. Menu option to get XML– Correct syntax– Includes login– Intelligence– Attributes on cards
•Lists cards, too
CamPlay
Get the System-Link request for this item.• Item = 1000 • Card file = Item master
Define required data
…and if you remove a field from a card it will automatically disappear from the XML results
Integrate XA with your web page…
Integrate with Desktop applications
Agenda
1. What is XA Release 7?2. What are the improvements?
3. Is Release 7 ready for You?4. Migration Planning5. Operational Considerations6. Summary
Is Release 7 Ready for You?
R7 is implemented on a large scale in large companies– Polaris, hundreds of
users, multiple sites– Vestas, hundreds of
users, multiple sites, multiple countries
Is Release 7 Ready for You?
R7 is implemented on a large scale in mid-sized companies
“XA R7 is a tremendous tool for our business. Users are now able to access key information, without the need for specialized queries and reporting help from IT. The ability and ease of which our people can locate up-to-date data, and export to Excel is extremely valuable.” IT Manager, electronics manufacturer
“XA R7 has provided an integrated business solution for our company. Information flows seamlessly, and via PowerLink, users are able to quickly access real-time information to make business decisions and respond to issues quickly. It has enabled an improvement of our business processes, and is the backbone of running our business.” VP Finance, industrial equipment manufacturer
Is Release 7 Ready for You?
R7 is implemented on a large scale in mid-sized companies
“Finding vital production information, such as customer order and manufacturing order status, is five times faster with XA R7. Once you move to this toolset, you would never want to function without it.” Production Control Manager, Ind Equipment Manufacturer
“ The workbench capability in XA R7 allows us to analyze material and purchase requirements exactly how we want to see them. This type of analysis previously required sometimes hours of digging, but is now easily seen on one screen – without having to go to multiple places in the system!” Materials Manager, Ind Equip Mfr
“We were sold by the ease with which you can customize the PowerLink user interface. The ability to quickly and easily add custom data files with relationships to XA data, and have those files immediately available in the PowerLink interface is extremely powerful” IT manager, Wire manufacturer
Agenda
1. What is XA Release 7?2. What are the improvements? 3. Is Release 7 ready for You?
1. Planning and Preparation2. Initial Install and Test Migration3. Integration, Tuning and User Training 4. Final Migration and Go-Live5. Post-Migration Support
Plus….
Migration Planning
Create custom R7 checklist based on your path• CISTECH’s template Excel Worksheet *• Update with latest information from Infor
documentation• Assign responsibilities and target dates• Manage your implementation effort• Download at XA User Community Site
*Not intended to be used as a complete step-by-step guide
• Contain Java applications (.jar files)• Client configuration stored here• Fixes for clients are placed in IFS for
download and applying to clients at login
Planning and Preparation
LinkManager• Manages Java Servers
– Power Link – Net Link– System Link
• Use Link Manager console to– Move services to auxiliary servers – Start/Stop Environments– Install latest Java PTFs – SH14777 includes Link Manager User Guide
Planning and Preparation
Auxiliary Servers:• Improve performance and relieve the
workload on the AS/400 resources
• Possibly eliminate the need to upgrade provided the machine is not already at
capacity Not going from green screen to browser and
R7 at the same time
• Net Link and System Link a must
Planning and Preparation
Select desired machine to run the process
Planning and Preparation
Install PowerlinkInstall Java Runtime Environment
• Java Runtime 1.4.2 is required• Installed only once per PC• Navigate to URL for LinkManager or
PowerLink installation (in next slides)
1. Click on Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 in the Title to begin installation
2. Follow prompts and accept certificates
Planning and Preparation
Click
Planning and PreparationInstall PowerLink
Agenda
1. What is XA Release 7?2. What are the improvements? 3. Is Release 7 ready for You?4. Migration Planning
5. Operational Considerations6. Summary
XA Java Architecture Basics• Global Environment
– Manages Java connections for all environments– 2 Jobs run under QUSRWRK
• MPXMGRSRV• MPXREGSRV
– Must be started before you can start Environment Java U-job
• Will automatically start with the first environment U-job
• U-jobs will delay for start of Global Environment
– PSICTLJVS Command can be used to start jobs • Scheduled job or part of after commands in iSO
backup job• SH14910 – Instructions for Controlling Java Servers
Operational Considerations
Apply PTFs for Java Architecture
• XA Server PTF process has not changed• SH14855 – R7 Client Updates
– Download and place in AFDWEB folder– Use command in cover letter to restore to
IFS RST DEV('/QSYS.LIB/QGPL.LIB/SH14855670.FILE')
OBJ(('/MAPICS/fixes'))
• Apply using Link Manager • Clients will be updated automatically
the next time they connect
Performance Tuning in R7
• Custom subsets and views may cause performance degradation– Complex joins between files– Choosing fields from multiple files– Temporary indexes have to be generated by
client job• Create Logical Files to service these
custom data base requests• How do you know what files, fields, keys
are needed?– SQL Viewer– iSeries Navigator SQL ….
Performance Analysis and Tuning– XA diagnostic tools
• CTL + D from summary screen
– iSeries Navigator• SQL Performance Monitors
– Execute an SQL statement– Analyze Results– List Explainable Statements– Visual Explain– Build the index
Performance Tuning in R7
CTL+D from the Summary info screen
Performance Tuning in R7
SQL Monitor allows you to see SQL statements
Performance Tuning in R7
Select All jobs or specific jobs by job number or user
Performance Tuning in R7
Sort by processing time
Performance Tuning in R7
Performance Tuning in R7
The index advisor will display the file and key fields identified
Performance Tuning in R7
Agenda
1. What is XA Release 7?2. What are the improvements? 3. Is Release 7 ready for You?4. Migration Planning5. Operational Considerations
6. Summary
One platform for total enterprise integration
QualityJDBCJDBC
Custom Custom System System
(SQL Server)(SQL Server)
Infor XAInfor XAUserUser UserUser
CustomizeCustomizeXMLXMLHTMLHTMLWSWS
Other SystemOther SystemXMLXML
Thin Thin ClienClien
tt
Web Web SiteSite
WSOfficeOffice
ExcelExcel
Why go to Release 7?
Summary-Why go to XA 7?
1. My Infrastructure is now ‘nimble’2. My ‘Enterprise’ is now connected 3. Information is now available4. My processes are more
streamlined5. My users are more productive6. Roadblocks (quality,