Include additional attachments in IFS e-mail report is one of the top posts in my blog and received many good comments. One of the questions was that the methods used here are not compatible in IFS Cloud. Script used in above post was developed for Apps8. By that time, Command_SYS.mail has limited capability of handling attachments.... Continue Reading →
Automate IFS Printing via PL/SQL
Automatically printing an IFS report during a business transaction is one of the most common questions asked by customers. In this post I've described the basic PL/SQL logic which needs to be written to automate report printing without popping up the print dialog.
Authentication in IFS Cloud
This article explains about how authentication takes place in IFS Cloud and some examples with Postman for each OAuth authentication flow for end users and for integrations
Check XSL Transformer Output
In IFS Cloud, there's no easy way to test the transformer output. Visual studio Enterprise or Professional versions has a XML editor where you can easily test the transformer output but the Community edition does not have this feature. If you have Visual Studio Enterprise or Professional, check below link on how to do that.... Continue Reading →
Import Media Files with IFS Connect
IFS Connect is a simple integration framework yet you can do pretty nice things around it. This blog post explains such a trick done with IFS Connect for adding Media items into IFS and attach to a work order.
SOAP Integrations with IFS
SOAP stands strongly in the market even two decades and alongside with other modern integration protocols. Even today it's the go-to messaging protocol for many enterprise integrations and companies frequently use SOAP for their web services. It's no exception for IFS Applications and IFS provides wide range of web services both inbound and outbound. In... Continue Reading →
Using Functions in Oracle SQL
Oracle subquery using WITH clause is a popular choice among the developers. From Oracle 12C it's possible to define PLSQL function inside WITH clause. It's a handy feature which is really useful when making complex queries
Tips to avoid mutating table error in IFS event actions
Tips to avoid mutating table error in IFS event actions
Tip: How to change translations in IFS Report layout texts
Changing standard translations in reports is one of the most common requests we get from customers. I even got some development requests where customers need to use different translated texts in different layout. Luckily IFS report designer provides string functions which we can use to fulfil such requirements. In this post we will see... Continue Reading →
How I Built a Chatbot for IFS with Free and Open Source Tooling…
Love them or hate them, chatbots will be a big part of tomorrow's technology. Chatbots have become extraordinarily popular in recent years and applications in this area is getting wider each day. With the increase of integration capabilities of messaging platforms, rise of AI and the low code chatbot platforms, building a chatbot has been... Continue Reading →