Integrations with Infor OS and M3 - Infoteam

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Integrations with Infor OS and M3Bjorn ToroldTechnical Solution Consulting, [email protected]

InfoTeam 2018

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What we are used to

• Direct ODBC/JDBC Access

• MI Programs and API

• MEC / IEC

• MBM, EBM, ABM, etc…

• EDI

• Web Services

• Meta Data Publisher MI Test and other tools



I N D U S T R Y S P E C I F I C S O L U T I O N

Infor M3 Business Suite

Implementation Accelerator Output Solutions Country Versions

Financial Accounting Internal Cost AccountingMulti Company

CoordinationFixed Asset Management

Product Data Management Production Planning Manufacturing Execution Quality Management

Supply Chain & Demand Planning

Inventory ControlSourcing &

ProcurementTransport

ManagementWarehouse

Management

Sales ManagementMulti Channel Sales

ManagementPrices & Rebates

Sales Hub Management

Bonus & Commissions

Financial Management

Manufacturing Management

Supply Chain Management

Customer & Sales Management

Core Infrastructure & Technology

Infor OSCommon user interface, flexible integration, embedded business intelligence,

automated workflow and alerts, social business, localization and document management

Industry PLM

ConfigurePrice Quote

Demand Planning

eCommerceRhythm

Factory Track SchedulingWorkbench

Integrated BusinessPlanning

Customer LifecycleManagement

M3 C

OR

E E

RP

BirstAnalytics

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Delivered with design thinking

IN F OR S T R A T E GY

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REPRESENTS THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF THE Xi

PLATFORM

Infor Operating Service

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Applications Services undergoing “surgeries”

App /

ServiceIntegration / API Workflow

Single Sign

On

Analytics

Event

Management

Mobile

Social Collaboration

Documents


Infor Soho Infor Ming.le®

Homepages

App Builder

Mongoose PaaSInfor ION Infor Coleman Infor Data Lake

Infor Graph Infor IoT Infor Federated Services

Infor Document Management

Infor Local.ly

Infor Search


Get control over your

documents before they go to

the masses.

ION Workflow Integration

Presenting the right

documents at the point of

decision so users don’t

waste time searching for

information.

In-context

Whether it is a physical or

electronic document make

sure it is captured in one

repository.

CaptureGet access to your documents

on the go and even access

them offline.

Mobile

Infor Document ManagementIntegrating all of your content across Infor CloudSuite

IDM - Output Management Architecture

3rd party systems

Document Templates

Document Generation

Document Distribution

MONITORS WORKFLOWS

ION SERVICES

APIs

MAPPING

utilizes

IDM- DOC GEN PROCESS


Homepages

App Builder




Infor Local.ly

Infor Search

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HomePages

What: Start Pages

Who: end Users

How: built in edit mode

Tech: built-in

App Builder

What: Composite Screens

Who: Business Analysts

How: Modeler (web)

Tech: Modeler / App

What: Full Apps

Who: Developers

How: Dev Modeler (web &

rich client)

Tech: backend as a service

Mongoose

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Infor OS: Extensibility Levels


Infor App Builder• A new approach to building composite

applications

• Browser / API based designer

• Targeted for a business analyst

• Apps exposed in Mingle and in the future as a mobile application

Infor App Builder

Example App

Released as part of XI 12.0.14


Mongoose Rapid Application Development

• Wizard-driven features to create tables, IDOs and base forms

• Basic functions pre-plumbed

• No separate development tool, it’s in Mongoose

• Code can be added as needed using standard Microsoft languages (VB.NET & C#)

• Minimise code via metadata (Forms, IDOs and Workflows & Alerts)

• Behaviour implemented via the event-driven architecture

• Code is .NET, built in Visual Studio, managed by the framework

• Uses Microsoft SQL Server databases

Why is it fast? How does it work?

Portals Widgets ERPsMobile Devices


Any data collection

Infinite storage

Data Services

Security built-in

Rich Data APIs

Smart datacatalog

A Data Lake enables enterprises to store all of their raw data, as-is, in one

centralized repository. Structured & unstructured data - co-existing.

INFOR OS

Infor Data Lake


Types of Data

Relational Database

Columnar Database

Mainframes

Structured Semi-structured

XML

JSON

Spreadsheets

Retail POS

Internet of Things

Unstructured

Social

Analytics

Logs

Clickstreams

Audio

Video

Geo


Homepages

App Builder




Infor Local.ly

Infor Search


The IoT Dilemma

Device

Readings

IoT

Hub

Business

Information

Business

Processes


AWS IoT Library


Thule Integration Examples

M3

MEC RestAPI

MS BizTalk

B2B

ECommerce

JSON

RestAPI

Warehouse 1

DSV

Warehouse 2

Astro

Warehouse 3

Syslog

Warehouse

China

SO99

HTTP

sFTP

sFTP

sFTP

AS2

< 1 ms


New Project


Thule Integration New Project

M3

MEC RestAPI

M2M OEE

MRestAPI

ION

OPCOpen Platform

Communications

M M M

M M M M

M M M M

M M M M


Homepages

App Builder




Infor Local.ly

Infor Search

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Overview

Industry standards based, loosely coupled, real time, integration hub

Part of the Infor OS Technology platform

Fully integrated workflow engine

Event based rules system

Facilitates Infor to Infor application integration as well as 3rd party

Full HTML5 based web UI for administration

Access to data via web services, database, FTP, JMS, ION API’s, etc.

High performance and highly scalable.

Infor ION


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What is a BOD?• BOD – Business Object Document

• A XML document that is a generic representation of a business object

• XML (Extensible Markup Language) - a common language used for information integration

• A common horizontal message architecture that provides a common understanding for all

• Based on Open Applications Group Integration Specification (OAGIS)

• The OAGIS definition has been extended for Infor use

For Nouns and standard Infor BODs see:

http://schema.infor.com/Trunk/InforOAGIS/BODs/Developer/

http://schema.infor.com/Trunk/InforOAGIS/BODs/Developer/


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ION Desk – The cockpit for

Integrations and Business Process Management

Establish Connection

points

Document Flows

Mapping XML

Workflow Builder

Monitor / Alerts

ION API

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Infor IONBusiness Process

Integration


Infor IONWorkflow Automation


Infor IONOne View (based on the Infor Data Lake)




ION AnySQL Connector


ION AnySQL Connector


IMS


What is ION API

ION API is a component of Infor OS (API Gateway) that provides a common security framework and enrichment cababilities for Infor and 3rd party products that runs in the Cloud or on-prem.



API Gateway




ION API gateway


ION API

registry - proxy


ION API

registry - target


ION API

ION API

REST / SOAPJSON / XML

OAuth 2.0

Orchestration TransformationPolicies Security

REST / SOAPJSON / XML

anonymous, basic authentication, mutual authentication, OAuth 1.0a, etc…

Legacy APIs

Varying technology,

security, standards,

formats, etc…

Public Managed

APIs

Common technology,

security, standards,

formats, etc…


ION API Categories

ION API

CRM ERP

API API

NATIVE API

ION API

CRM ERP

API API

MEDIATED API

ION API

CRM ERP

API API

ORCHESTRATED API

1 2 3

SOAP REST

REST

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INFOR IOBOX CONNECTOR

INFOR ION API CONNECTOR (BODs)

FILE: FTP, sFTP, FOLDER CONNECTOR

WEB SERVICE CONNECTOR*

JMS CONNECTOR

DB CONNECTOR

INFOR CLOUD CONNECTOR

INFOR ION WHEN DEPLOYED ON-PREMISES or

SINGLE TENANT

INFOR IOBOX CONNECTOR

INFOR ION API CONNECTOR (BODs)

FILE: FTP, sFTP, FOLDER CONNECTOR

JMS CONNECTOR

DB CONNECTOR

INFOR ENTEPRISE CONNECTOR

INFOR ION CE WHEN DEPLOYED MULTI-TENANT

BUSINESS APPS*: SAP, ORACLE, MS-DYNAMICS

ION API CONNECTOR

ION API CONNECTOR

FILE: sFTP

Connectivity Options

* Will be deprecated into ION APIs or API BOD Connector

ION API CONNECTOR

Infor ION

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AWS SINGLE

TENANT

DEPLOYMENT

ON_PREMISES

APPS

INFOR APPS3rd PARTY

APPS

3rd PARTY

MIDDLEWARE

AWS MULTI

TENANT

DEPLOYMENT

Hybrid Execution

EAM ERP

ENTERPRISE

CONNECTOR

INFOR APPSLOCATION X LOCATION Y

ENTERPRISE

CONNECTOR

ENTERPRISE

CONNECTOR

LOCATION Z

GTNEXUS

NETWORK

INTEGRATION

BOD SERVICE

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AWS SINGLE

TENANT

DEPLOYMENT

ON_PREMISES

APPS

INFOR APPS3rd PARTY

APPS/Portals

AWS MULTI

TENANT

DEPLOYMENT

Synchronous

Communication

EAM ERP

Infor ION API

Infor ION API

GTNEXUS

NETWORK

INTEGRATION


Homepages

App Builder




Infor Local.ly

Infor Search
