Infor M3 TechEd 2017

It is so exciting to be here in Sweden & to participate 2nd Infor M3 TechEd event. In the keynote session today (by Ole Ramsussen – Infor M3 Product Global Director) following key points were mentioned.

1. Infor Xi platform  
1. There are 3 extensibility levels for end users (HomePages), consultants(App Builder) & developers(Mongoose).
2. 13.4 highlights
1. Full support of Xi platform
2. Available both on-prem & cloud
3. Extensibility improvements
4. 288 performance improvements
5. Factory Track as warehouse mobility solution
6. Soho design
3. Cloud strategy 
1. Multi tenant ColudSuites 11.1 M3 CE planned to release in 2018 for F&B , Distribution enterprise, Fashion, Equipment & chemicals
2. M3 Cloud Edition 19.1 panned to release in 2019.
4. Infor M3 roadmap
1. Utilize the power of Xi platform
2. Remove tech legacy
3. Cloud strategy as above point #3
4. Strategically below components are going away.
1. IPA –> ION Workflow
2. LBI –> InforBI/Birst
3. ISO –> M3 H5 client/Mingle
4. Mashup Designer –> Infor App Builder
5. Infor OS : Infor Operating Services
1. A solution to fully integrate industry specific solutions with mobile first design  & science driven analytics.
2. Components incudes: UX, Collaboration, Extensibility, Security, Process integration, API gateway , Analytics, documents & reporting.
6. M3 Core Extensibility Framework
7. In Future, What will happen to the OutFile, & MEC
1. OutFile will completely be replaced with configurable XML file.
2. MEC will only becomes connector to M3. ION will take over all the integrations, including EDI, integration with other systems etc.
8. M3 Solution stack.
   Below diagram depicts it.
   

Access APIs , When you don’t have MI Test

When you want to run an API, MITest (external tool or inside ISO Client ) is a handy tool. But if you have them, for an example in H5 client you cannot call MITEST, still, there is a way to an API. You need to have LCM access or server view access.

Steps:

Following steps were captured in LCM.

1. Go to the Topology View in Infor ION Grid Management pages and find M3ApiWS.  The expand it.
   
2. Then Click on MI-WS. Then click on Global Management Pages (M3-API-WS). In the next
   
3. You will get the page where you can select Program, Transaction & run.
   

A New Beginning

Today we embarked a new journey. Brandix I3 became Fortude (http://fortude.co/) . I’m very proud that I WAS one of the first team at Brandix I3 & I’M now one of the first team at Fortude.

My Team & I, as M3 development team,  supported to grow Brandix I3, working with almost  all it’s customers. We are not going to stop. We are endeavouring as development HUB to grow Fortude exponentially. !