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The Infor LX User Group (LXUG) is an independent user group recognized by Infor as the official voice of the LX software user community. The LXUG is dedicated to maximizing the benefits of the use of all LX products, tools, and services for the user community.

Mission and Purpose:

o Partne Read more...r with Infor in developing a vision for the LX Software
o Provide a forum for effective communication of information between clients, user groups, affiliates, and Infor
o Provide networking opportunities and the exchange of ideas and strategies among LX User Groups, clients, and Infor
o Enhance user understanding of LX products, services, related technologies, third-party business partners, and future direction
o Provide a communication channel to disseminate new and other information to LX user community
o Give LX users a collective voice to articulate issues
o Provide Infor, via this group, with input and feedback relative to the LX suite of offerings
o Provide representation to Infor Global User Group Advisory Board
o Actively participate with INFOR to identify initiatives and bring about changes resulting in measurable process and product improvements

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Thu, September, 5th 2024
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Tracy Johnson Infor LX User Group
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Does anyone have experience creating a purchasing approval workflow with multiple levels and attachments?

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We have a manual process where we are allowing team members to create purchase requisitions in excel. Then they pass this sheet along to have it approved through the different levels. Accounting reviews the account codes, etc. After all of this, it is then passed along to our Purchasing department who keys the req and converts it into a Purchase Order. Afterwards, we have custom coding that sends this to the vendor. The volume is 200-300 new reqs per week.
We would like a seamless  Read more...process within LX that does not require all of the manual work. While we are currently working on a project to implement IDF and WebTop, we are currently 100% green screen LX version 8.3.5. Any advice on how other companies has handled this would be greatly appreciated. Show less...
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Michael Raber
We have build that for several customers (not LX, but XA) and I will talk about that at the EUIG meeting in Milwaukee. Please contact me directly (michael.raber@mjr.gmbh) for further informations (also from a technical point of view).
Loring Kaveney
@michaelraber😉 Thank you for your fast response and your strong community Partnership!
Jon Segasture
We too would like to have a PO approval workflow in IDF, but it's tricky because the next approver can be determined on which way the wind is blowing. After it's approved though, we use LX Connector to create Purchase Orders from a maintenance system, it's a pretty simple BOD to implement. After the PO is generated, the acknowledgement is automatically emailed to the vendor.
Phil Catlin
Tracy.. I'd be interested as well! We need 2 signatures, and people have varying purchase approval limits that are daily limits, (so once they've requisitioned OR approved their daily limit they are out of the approval path). We handle it manually as well for now.
Tracy Johnson
@jonsegasture Thank you for the update. Fortunately we have a pretty straightforward delegation list. But it is multiple levels depending on the dollar value. In addition, the approvals are sequential and not concurrent. At the moment, when the piece of paper has been walked around, entered in LX and converted to a req - we then are able to send it to the vendor. I'll look into what you guys are doing with LX Connector to see  Read more...if that can help that portion of our process. Show less...
Tracy Johnson
@philcatlin I see an opportunity for a solution that could help multiple companies! I'll keep everyone informed as we push through this. Currently we use Intellichief for invoice approval. Once it is approved, we then send the information back to LX. We had reached out to them for this portion - since it seemed very similar in my mind with the workflow approvals. However, it seems that they have not done this previously for the  Read more...purchase requisition approval process. So we hit a dead end with them as well. Show less...
Carl Brown
Hi Tracy (all),

Cobwebb has built a PO Requisitions Workflow using Tungsten TotalAgility. We have deployed this for a number of Infor System21 customers, but it's an ERP agnostic solution, so there is no reason why we could not integrate this to LX. There's a short taster video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4wdmcGGVHY.
Tracy Johnson
Thank you @carlbrown. I'll watch the video to learn more.
David Rapacz
We would recommend using Infor OS Workflow capabilities for this purpose. IDF applications can play a role in a workflow process, but IDF does not provide Workflow as a solution. There are some presentations in the 'Files' library on WOL that may provide some insight:

https://ibmi.workoutloud.com/CloudDownload/74474
 Read more... https://ibmi.workoutloud.com/CloudDownload/74499

Also, please feel free to reach out to me at david.rapacz@infor.com for further information.
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Tracy Johnson
Thank you so much @davidrapacz. I appreciate the files. I thought I had remembered seeing this solution last year at inPower but I couldn't remember the details. I'll dig in deeper and see what direction we want to go in.
Mon, August, 26th 2024
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Michael Eck Infor LX User Group
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A reminder that inPower 2024 is rapidly approaching!

September 23 through September 26, 2024 in Pewaukee, Wisconsin (20 minutes from Milwaukee).
The premier Infor LX, XA, and System 21 User Group conference will be even bigger and more impactful in 2024 and you won’t want to miss it! inPOWER will provide over 100+ inspiring sessions delivered by Infor, partners, and power users. We are looking forward to an amazing event and hope you will join us for education,  Read more...networking, entertainment, and FUN!


https://ibmi.workoutloud.com/Event/inpower-2024 Show less...
inPOWER 2024
ibmi.workoutloud.com inPOWER 2024 MeetingDates: September 23-26.  Monday for the Technical Enterprise Integrator Sessions,  Tuesday through Thursday morning for inPOWER.Lo...
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Fantastic post! See you there😀
David Rapacz
There is still time to register for this fantastic event. If you have never attended inPOWER, please consider doing so. Customers who have attended in the past prove to get more value out of their LX investment. If you have any questions, please contact me at david.rapacz@infor.com.
Fri, July, 26th 2024
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Mark Larson Infor LX User Group
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The latest LX 8.4.2 enhancements were announced in case you aren't following these KBs.

BMRTOOLS KB published
https://customerportal.infor.com/csmcore?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB3529435

Release Notes Updated and published
 Read more... https://customerportal.infor.com/csmcore?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB2295846

Bulletin KB Updated
https://customerportal.infor.com/csmcore?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1397381

Worth a quick review. Show less...
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David Rapacz
Please note that there is now a new tool to streamline the BMR installation process. I encourage all LX customers to review these new features and tools documented in these KB articles.
Marcel Cortilla
Thank you ! I will have a look 😀

Regards,
Marcel
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Marcel Cortilla Infor LX User Group
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LX 8.3.5 Sources question

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sources

Hello, I downloaded the ISO image for the LX 8.3.5 version sources, and it contained several SAVF files, one per version: ERPLX831S, ERPLX832S, ERPLX833S, ERPLX834S and ERPLX835S.

Each of them, when restored, are actually a library, with all the source files (QRPGLESRC, QDDSSRC, etc), for each version.
I guess that even the ISO image is for LX 8.3.5, it contains those 5 libraries and sources because the ones for example in ERPLX831S are the ones that have not changed since  Read more...that version, same for ERPLX832S, etc. Is this assumption correct ?

I am missing, however, many source members, for exemple the one for APH physical file DDS, the CLD501D1 RPGLE program, and many others.
Where can I download all those missing ones from ?

Thanks,
Marcel

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Mark Larson
Marcel, Objects and source that have not changed since base 8.3.0 would have been delivered on the base LX 8.3.0 ISOs.
Marcel Cortilla
Thank you very much Mark for your reply, but where can I download the base LX 8.3.0 ISO from ? I am not able to find it.
Fri, July, 19th 2024
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Jon Segasture Infor LX User Group
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I couldn't resist.
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Nick Olson - Shared w/ Group: Infor LX User Group
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Consider joining us for a Dive into IDF for LX.
Dive Into IDF for LX
ibmi.workoutloud.com Dive Into IDF for LX
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Tue, June, 18th 2024
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Mark Larson Infor LX User Group
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Have you ever wondered which BMRs you have installed in your environment, or what new BMRs Infor has passed that you don't have but maybe should?

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There is a new KB with instructions on how to find those answers and more. Each BMR Explosion comes with file ISALXOBJ. It contains the latest information about all passed BMRs and connects them to your objects via the user defined attribute. Take a look at https://inforsaas.service-now.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB3513890.
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Michael Eck
@marklarson: The link you posted takes me to a ServiceNow site that I don't have access to. On the Infor Customer Portal, that KB is available here:
https://customerportal.infor.com/csmcore?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB3513890
Ronda Garbin
I was able to search the KB on the Customer Portal, thanks for that!
Tue, June, 4th 2024
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Phil Catlin Infor LX User Group
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Has anyone implemented the ProcessSupplierInvoice BOD?

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ION

Looking at the BOD, the tax codes are ALL at the header level. How do you specify if 1 or more lines is either at a different rate or tax exempt?
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Phil Catlin
I also just found out that at adapter version 2.3 (LX version 8.3.5) there's no access to the User Fields on ACP400D4-01, (that's only available in version 3.0/LX 8.4.x) so that pretty much means it's not going to work for us at any rate.

It appears that the only use case is for items on an LX purchase order, and even then I'm not sure how you go about expensing those correctly given that you can't specify a GL account/alias or override the tax rate.

If you have  Read more...worked around all this.. I'd love to hear about it! Show less...
Jon Segasture
Unfortunately we came across the same limitations when we attempted to use it a few years ago and ended up using the LX Connector Invoice BOD.
Fri, May, 31st 2024
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Nick Olson Infor LX User Group
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Hi. Please vote for enhancement request 106288 to add MRP planning data to IDF.
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Tue, May, 28th 2024
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James Reinardy Infor LX User Group
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Querying LX Connector Inbox Table

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Does anyone have a SQL query that can successfully decode the XML fields in the LXC_INBOX_ENTRY table? We have been doing it using a linked server from SQL Server but would like to change this to a native DB2 for i query as there are issues with the linked server leaving connections hanging. It appears to be XML text stored in a BLOB column, but we just have not hit the right combination to properly display it. Parsing the XML gives us an error that the closing Envelope tag is incomplete,  Read more...even though we believe the XML is perfectly fine. Show less...
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Phil Catlin
James.. the content of that field is in CCSID(1208), at least in our case, the problem is that the table has that column defined as CCSID 65535, and there is no conversion table between 65535 and anything else. So I've never been able to write a SQL statement to convert it to anything.
I can retrieve it in a program and move it to a variable that has a CCSID of 1208... then I can do pretty much anything with it... the only other thing I've ever done is copy the field and paste it into  Read more...a "freeware" website that converts Hex to Text... In theory we could mod the table to change the CCSID of the blob.. then, in theory you'd be able to select cast(c_xml varchar(someLength) ccsid(37)) as XML from lxc_inbox_entry and get a valid result... Show less...
James Reinardy
Phil, thanks for taking the time to reply. I think I figured out a different way now that might work for you. This statement works for the most part: Select xmlparse(document cast(C_XML as varchar(4000) FOR BIT DATA) preserve whitespace) from LX841F.LXC_INBOX_ENTRY. We still have a problem where one of our applications that submits transactions for LX Connector is dropping off the last character of the closing tag. LX Connector doesn't care, but this statement does, so we have to fix  Read more...that bug before I can implement anything. I was trying to get this done before I retire, but looks like it might not happen now. I can at least leave detailed instructions.

Jim Show less...
Michael Eck
I, too, have been trying to find a way in interactive SQL or Run SQL Scripts to view the XML data. I have a Windows-based tool, Advanced Query Tool from Cardett Associates, that works well to view the data but still would like a solution for using the others. @jamesreinardy: I tried your xmlparse method but get the errors, "Query cannot be run. See lower level messages." which says, "User-defined function error on  Read more...member COR_O00002". If I'm missing something that your detailed instructions might help, I'll stand by and wait for them. Show less...
Phil Catlin
Jim.. unlike Michael's experience... that sql statement worked fine for me. (Running in "run sql scripts" from Access Client Solutions tool). Thanks for the tip!!
Michael Eck
Digging deeper, my issue is that my XMLs easily exceed 4000 characters and a lot even exceed the SQL limit of 32,717 characters.
James Reinardy
Michael, that makes sense. We have few that are long like that but it is not the norm for us. Phil, glad this worked for you.
Fri, May, 24th 2024
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David Rapacz Infor LX User Group
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An updated BPCS/LX Product Life Cycle policy has just been published. The latest version of this policy is always available in Infor Concierge, under Important Documents or in Service Now under a new KB3003020.

I encourage all customers to review the support status for their version of BPCS/LX. If you have any questions, I am available to discuss the specifics related to your release level. Please contact me at david.rapacz@infor.com for questions.
Infor BPCS-LX, Product Lifecycle Policy, English.pdf
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Loring Kaveney Infor LX User Group
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[WATCH VIDEO] Webinar: What You Miss at inPOWER 2023

Join the members of the LX User Group board to discuss what happened at inPower 2023, and preview the up-coming inPower 2024.

The Presenters:

Brain White – Red Gold bwhite@redgold.com
James Reinardy – Badger Meter jreinardy@badgermeter.com
Dave Rapacz – Infor David.rapacz@infor.com
Phil Catlin – Formica phil.catlin@formica.com
Jean Moreau - Dominion Blueline, Inc. j. Read more...moreau@bluelineinc.com
Jon Segasture - AB Mauri jon.segasture@abmauri.com
Tracy Johnson - Kubota tracy.johnson@kubota.com

https://youtu.be/expkVOPaLsM?si=WisqTRPiV1pfbRQu Show less...
Webinar: What You Miss at inPOWER 2023
youtube.com Join the members of the LX User Group board to discuss what happened at inPower 2023, and preview the up-coming inPower 2024.The Presenters:Brain Whit...
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Thu, May, 16th 2024
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Sue Buchelt Infor LX User Group
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LX Tips & Tricks

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Welcome to Infor LX Tips & Tricks! This space is dedicated to sharing and discovering the best practices, hidden features, and expert advice for maximizing efficiency with Infor ERPLX. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting, you'll find valuable insights and practical solutions to common challenges.
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Infor LX/BPCS Tip: Did you know? One Time Vendor – ACP100D2-02 (Vendor Master Maintenance)

Did you know that you can set up one-time vendors in LX? One Time Vendor (1,A): Specify Y to indicate that this vendor is a one-time vendor. Otherwise, could you specify N. The system removes a one-time vendor's information from the Vendor Master file after all transactions are reconciled. If this vendor already exists as a one-time vendor, you can specify N to change the vendor to a  Read more...regular vendor. Show less...
Fri, May, 3rd 2024
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Ronda Garbin Infor LX User Group
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Since migrating in October, we have a problem with one of our part numbers on the MRP300 screen. We ship to two destinations on the same day, and this is reflected in our KMR records. There are two records for each required date, but they have different sequence numbers. The records appear on the pegging but not on the main screen; so, it does not show consuming the projected on-hand.
Since the data is not on the green screen, I am doubtful that a different rendering will answer  Read more...this.
In our environment, the KMR records are inserted from an older custom interface, but they are functioning in every other aspect. Show less...
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Ronda Garbin
I was trying with this again today, altered the forecast to include separate details and switched to source code 2 via MRP100, etc. and they still don't show up in the MRP300 forecast area

Maintain Multiple Forecast Sources per Day field in the MRP System Parameter screen is set to 1=Yes

a different part number that I entered forecast for did show up in summary fashion??

what else should I try? I feel like the situation could come up in future with  Read more...milkruns etc.

not really worth the pain of re-opening an incident, they said they could not duplicate the issue, Show less...
Phil Catlin
Ronda.. just out of curiosity.. do you run MRP640 as part of the process?

If so, do a query against the FMA table for the shop order, and see what the value of MRDTE is.. We had an issue where MRP640 was resetting that date to 12/30/1900, and so the requirements were falling off of the MRP planning screens. (hint: you can get the data back by changing that date to a current or future date)

Infor DEV was able to recreate that and is issuing a patch to fix it.
Phil Catlin
BMR 81478 for version V835
Ronda Garbin
I did not see this until today, thank you for more clues! We're running V841. I do not think that we run MRP640.
Ronda Garbin
was there a similar BMR also to effect V841?
Phil Catlin
Yes, I remember seeing it when I selected the MR for 8.3.5, but with the switch over to customer portal, all my closed incidents are gone, and I can't find the relevant KB in the new system.
Lynn Hickey
BMR 81478 is delivered on LX v8.3.5 and V8.4.2. Please submit case in Service Now to request fix on v8.4.1.
Wed, April, 10th 2024
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José Manuel de Robles Guerrero Infor LX User Group
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In Infor LX 8.3.5 or in the new versions Infor LX 8.4.1 or Infor LX 8.4.2, does the ERP have any options for managing or controlling advance payments to suppliers?

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If this is not yet possible, could you consider adding this option in LX?, because several LATAM customers have asked about it
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David Rapacz
Jose, we support making prepayment to vendors through the manual payment process as an unallocated payment which can then be allocated to an invoice at a later date once an invoice is in hand. Here is the process:

The procedure for recording an unallocated payment is the same as for recording and allocating a manual payment in ACP700 except for the allocation and invoice allocation screens.

The model you are using for CEA must have a model line for the unallocated  Read more...liability amount.
The amount macros to be used are VP01UNDR for the debit and VP01UNCR for the credit amounts in the journal. The line type should be 3 = Invoice.

In ACP700D2-01, enter action code 1 to create, enter the payment reference and sub-reference.
In ACP700D4-01, enter the payment amount and hit enter. The amount in allocate to invoices will be populated. Use F6 to accept.
In ACP700D5-01, enter the amount in the allocate to pay field, field exit and F6 to accept.

When creating an unallocated payment, no amounts are allocated to a specific invoice. A message that the amount entered is not equal to the invoice or discount amount –F14 to override.

In ACP700D2-01, F5 to refresh the screen. You see that payment reference was created, but the allocated amount is 0.00. F6 to end the batch, then F3 to exit.

Once an invoice has been processed for this vendor, we can allocate the prepayment to an invoice using the same program, ACP700.

Enter the company, bank code and payment currency. The total payment amount will be 0.00, as we have already recorded the amount of the payment when we created the unallocated check. Revise the date parameters as required, you will most likely want to use the same payment date as the original payment, the due date and discount date should be set in accordance with the dates on the invoice to ensure the invoice is included in the selection screen (ACP700D5).

Use action 2 to revise the payment. And hit enter. The payment reference data is retrieved. Enter the same G/L reason code, you used in creating the unallocated payment.

In ACP700D4, the amount to allocate will default as the total amount of the payment. You can override the amount to allocate if you will only be doing a partial allocation.
F6 to accept.

Enter the amount in allocate to pay and enter the invoice number. Hit enter. F6 to accept.
In ACP700D2-01 F5 to refresh, the amount will display as allocated, F6 to end the batch. Show less...
José Manuel de Robles Guerrero
Thanks for your response and support

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