Infor OS CE: Feature Rollout for December 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

• Maintenance Window Message for Homepages Widgets:
  • Infor customers will now see a maintenance message when the underlying application is under maintenance.

• Ability to Set a Default App in Infor Go:
  • Administrators can now set a default application within Infor Go.

• Menu Widget: Add "Move to New Group" Option in Context Menu:
  • Added new right-click configuration options to the menu widget.

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Intelligent Digital Assistance

• Quicker Build Times:
  • Build speeds have been drastically increased based on certain factors:
    • Skill: Name, Description, API Fulfillment Field, Requirement Response Actions/Conditions, Request Parameters, Response Tab.
    • Custom Requirements: Name, Description, Adding/Modifying Multiple Choice.

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Enterprise Application Integration

• User Validation While Linking to Service Account:
  • You can only link valid users to a service account, while creating an Authorized App of type ‘Backend Service’.

• Linked Data Lake Flows in OneView:
  • From a timeline of a document that is processed in a flow out of Data Lake, you can drill through to the timeline where the document was added to Data Lake.

• ETL Tool Download:
  • The ETL Tool can be downloaded from ION Desk.
  • This feature is available if you are entitled to use the ETL Tool.

• ION API Template for IMS:
  • An ION API suite template is now available for the ION Messaging Service.

• Export and Import of Codes:
  • You can export codes to a CSV file and import them from CSV.

• Custom Oracle Database Driver for AnySQL:
  • As an alternative to the Oracle driver that is available out of the box, you can use a custom Oracle driver for AnySQL.

• Pause Connection Points:
  • In the Active Connection Points page you can pause more types of connection points.

• Task Watcher Widget:
  • A new Task Watcher widget is available.
  • You can configure the watch authorizations for workflows in ION Desk.

• Filtering and Routing Conventional JSON:
  • The filter and routing of a data flow now works for conventional JSON.

• Network Connector:
  • A network connection point is available to enable integration with an ION installation that is part of Infor OS on-premises.

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Data Fabric

• Panel Headers:
  • When collapsed, ION Scripting will now provide panel names to improve usability.

• Drill-Down to Metadata Wizard:
  • Data Catalog now supports application drill-downs into the metadata wizard.

• Metadata Property Validation:
  • Data Catalog will begin validating that any defined additional metadata properties exist in the actual schema.

• Archiving Objects Disabled:
  • Data objects will no longer be demoted to archive storage.

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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.

Don't see a feature you want?  Log into Infor Xtreme and click on Resources > Enhancement Requests.  You can enter your own and vote for others.