Infor OS CE: Feature Rollout for November 2020

This month marks the following new feature roll-out to users of Infor OS Cloud Edition (CE).

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Release Highlights

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Enterprise UX

• Cache Last Homepage:
  • Replicating the desktop experience, we now cache the last Homepage when navigating away from Homepages in Infor Go.

• Username and Password Save as Part of OS Browser Support During Login:
  • Infor Go will now be able to save the username and password at the login screen.

• Choose Authentication Type:
  • Administrators can now choose the authentication type available for Infor Go users:
    • User Pin and Device Authentication (default)
    • User Pin
    • Device Authentication

• Option to Use Biometrics or User Pin Authentication:
  • After first sign-in, the user will be prompted to select pin-based authentication or device biometric authentication.

• Warning Message When Adding Third Party Application:
  • When entering the URL on non-Infor application, we now show a warning message that the application may not load if they do not use https.

• Portal Maintenance Window Messaging:
  • Infor customers will now see a temporary placeholder page when an application is under maintenance.

• Portal Outage Window Messaging:
  • Infor customers will now see a temporary placeholder page when an application is taken offline unexpectedly.

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Intelligent Digital Assistant

• API Fulfillment Request Timeout Handling:
  • If an API Fulfillment request times out, the skill execution fails instead of capturing the timeout as a HttpStatus code 408 and allowing Response Conditions to handle it accordingly.

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Enterprise Application Integration

• API Maintenance Window Support:
  • When CloudSuites (that don’t support zero downtime upgrades) have planned/unplanned downtimes, they can publish start/stop of maintenance mode. During a maintenance mode, if an end user tries to execute the API, the system will send an API response indicating that the CloudSuite is under maintenance.

• Token Management for Infor Apps:
  • Access token and Refresh token parameters for Infor authorized apps are now configurable in the registry.

• New Timestamp when Publishing from OneView:
  • When publishing from OneView to Data Lake, a new timestamp is generated for the data object.

• Filter & Router Enhancements: Header Values
  • Filtering and Routing based on header values has been extended to all document types.

• Inbox Usability Enhancements: Infor Go
  • When viewing tasks, alerts or notifications in Inbox on a mobile device, you can now scroll across the whole height.

• Workflow Authorizations in Workflow Modeler:
  • In the workflow modeler, the workflow authorizations are now visible.

• Inbox Usability Enhancements: Desktop
  • A vertical splitter is available to resize the panes.
  • You can click on a message text to expand it.

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Data Fabric

• Upload .ndjson to the Wizard:
  • Data Catalog now supports uploading ndjson context with .ndjson content file extensions.

• Auto-clear Compass Cache on Purge:
  • Purging data objects by filter will automatically clear the Compass cache for that object.

• Atlas: Base-2 Unit of Measure
  • Atlas now presents data object file sizes in base-2.

• Compass NULL Experience:
  • Compass better helps users identify when dealing with non-existing or NULL contentwith cell highlighting and a NULL value.

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A similar set of features will be available in the next on-premise release of Infor OS. A full list of new features, bugs fixed, and other documentation can be found on Infor Xtreme.  Learn more about Infor OS here or contact us anytime.

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