Infor-ION-Event-Interoperability
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in03 Monday Sep 2012
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inActual Migration
The entire migration process is logged in the following:
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inBaan Project conversion
Due to table changes for the Baan Project package for SP2 you must run a
conversion session. You must run this conversion for each company in Baan.
You are advised to execute this conversion even if you do not use Baan Project
now. Running the conversion now allows conversion to future BaanERP
releases. If you already used this conversion when installing SP2, you can skip
the the actions in this section.
Take the following steps to run the conversion:
1 Start the Create Run time Data Dictionary (ttadv5210m000) session.
Complete the fields as shown below.
2 Click Create Run Time. When the conversion is ready, click OK to
continue.
3 If you have other package combinations which you wish to use with SP3, you
must run the Create Runtime Data Dictionary (ttadv5210m000) session for
each package combination.
4 Change company to the company number for which you want to use Baan
Project. To do so choose Change Company from the Options menu.
Do not choose company number 0.
5 Start the Intitialize Rate . . . (tppdmconv_cy2) session.
6 Choose Continue. When the initialization is ready, the following message
appears.
7 If you click OK the dialog box appears once more. You must click the Close
button in the upper-right corner to close the dialog box.
8 Repeat the steps from step 3 through step 7 , using the tppdmconv_cy2
session for each company for which Baan Project data must be converted. Do
not perform these steps for company 0, because this company contains setup
data.
SLI Conversion
Due to table changes for the SLI module in the Finance package in SP3, you
must run a conversion session. You must run this conversion session for each
company you use in Baan. Even if you do not use Baan Finance you are advised
to run the conversion. Running the conversion now allows conversions to future
BaanERP releases.
Follow these steps to run the conversion.
1 Start the Create Run time Data Dictionary (ttadv5210m000) session.
Complete the fields as shown below.
Once you have just run this session for the Baan Project conversion for the
correct package combinations, you can continue with step 4 of this procedure.
Select the following check boxes:
– Domains
– Tables
– Check before create runt.
– Reconfigure Tables
Enter the Package combination, for example b50sp3.
2 Click Create Run time. When the conversion is ready click OK to continue.
3 Choose Change Company from the Options menu.Change company to the
company number for which you want to use the SLI module.
Do not choose company number 0.
4 Start the Correction Program for Sales Invoicing (cisli9000m000) session.
The following window appears.
5 Click Process. This process initialize the new table fields
– cisli100.dtxd (Date for Sales Invoice Tax)
– cisli205.txdt (Tax Date)
The cisli100.dtxd parameter field is set to invoice date.
The cisli205.txdt field is the date that is used to determine the tax period in
during the posting process. This field receives the same value as the field
cisli205.idat (Invoice Date). After the conversion the package SLI will run as
before, but now you can define the sales invoice tax date as one of the following
dates:
n Invoice date
n Order date
n Delivery date
After choosing one of these options, the field cisli205.txdt will be filled with the
correct date and tax will be calculated according to this setting.
Help
The Windows Help files are linked to a Help group. This help group is associated
with a package combination. You must install new Help files when the package
combination changes, even if there is no new Help information.
n From the BaanERP Tools menu, choose Software InstallationÐ
Installation. Open the Download Help Files (ttadv8245m000) session. This
session has two options:
– Download Help Files
This command installs the Windows Help files on your client. Select the
packages for which you want to see Help and choose Download Help
Files from the Specific menu.
– Edit HTML Help Transfer Script
When you install HTML help on an HTTP server, you must edit the
HTML Help transfer script. This script is used for transferring the HTML
Help files from the application server to the HTTP server. To execute this
script, you need access to the HTTP server.
Installing Detailed Service Requirement
Planning (DSRP)
Before you can use the Installing Detailed SRP (tssoc2266m000) session to
install both Baan Automation Server and Detailed SRP, you must first unzip
these files in their own directories:
n $BSE/c_plus/ts/ba/BAServer.zip
n $BSE/c_plus/ts/srp/SRP.zip
03 Monday Sep 2012
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inCreate package VRC
Please note that the following procedure to create a package VRC, does not cover
all possible details and issues. Screens in the instructions may look different due
to your current setup. For example, you may or may not have installed a previous
service pack.
If you have already created a VRC for a previous service pack, creating a new
package VRC is not mandatory. If you have not created a package VRC for the
service pack you must follow the steps described below. On a UNIX server, you
must execute these steps as user bsp.
Follow these steps to create a package VRC for a service pack.
1 Use the browser to navigate to the Baan Tools.
2 Start the Package Combinations (ttaad1520m000) session.
3 Insert a package combination. You are free to choose a name, for example
b50bU, description: BaanERP_B50b Service Packs and Table Definition Path
: ${BSE}dict.
The Windows Help files are linked to a Help group. This Help group is
associated with a package combination. You must install new Help files when
the package combination changes, even if there is no new Help information.
See the installation manual on how to install new Help files.
4 When asked if you want to create the ${BSE}dict/ddb50bU directory, click
Yes and exit by clicking Close. (the directory name is an example).
5 Use the Package VRCs (ttadv1511m000) session to check the VRC structure.
6 Start the Package by Package Combination (ttaad1121m000) session. From
the Group menu, choose Duplicate.
7 Select the first record to be copied, then select the last record to be copied.
8 Enter the name of the new package combination.
9 Change the values of the columns Version, Control, and Release for each
package as shown in the Package by Package Combination dialog box.
Choose Save from the File menu to save the changes.
10 From the Specific menu, choose Rebuild DD (Data Dictionary).
11 Start the Change Package Combination by Company (ttaad1101m000)
session.
12 Complete the fields as displayed above and select all companies, for example,
from 000 to 820.
13 Click Change.
14 Start the Change Package Combinations for Users (ttaad2200m000) session.
15 Click Change.
16 Click Close. The package VRC has now been set up correctly.
17 Run the Create Tables (ttaad4230m000) session and supply the following
information (be sure that you are in the right package combination, for
example b50bU)
Company: From 000 to 900 (for example)
Package : From to zz
Table : From to zzz999
After a while the message xxx Tables Created appears. Click OK.
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inTo install the service pack on NT
Follow these steps to complete an NT service pack update:
1 For NT insert the service pack CD-ROM. The installation program starts
automatically. The following dialog box appears:
2 Click Next. The following dialog box appears:
3 If you accept the terms, click Yes. The Select environment dialog box
appears.
5 Select the components you wish to update. You must select the application
components. Selecting the porting set components is optional but highly
recommended. Click Next.
6 The Update Type dialog box appears:
7 Select Full Update (recommended). Click Next. The Update configurations
dialog box appears:
8 Select BaanERP B50b. Click Next. The Setup Information dialog box
appears.
9 Click Next to continue or select Back to review your settings.
10 Now the setup process starts copying files. If a read-only file is detected, you
are requested to overwrite it by clicking Yes or otherwise to click No.
11 The following dialog box appears.
12 Now BaanERP is ready for the Baan user logon. Type the password and
select Connect to start BaanERP. The following message appears:
Patch your software
13 Run the Patch Objects After Error Solving (ttiex3226m000) session and
supply the following information:
Package: tt
Objects : from:
to : zzzzz
After the patch process is ready, the message Patch your Software will not appear
again when you start the BaanERP software.
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inActual Migration
The entire migration process is logged in the following:
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in5 To install the Service Pack
The installation manuals are available as PDF files on the documentation CDROM
that is part of the service pack for BaanERP.
The UNIX-based installation guides are:
U7071B US INFORMIX Installation Guide for BaanERP on UNIX
U7074B US ORACLE Installation Guide for BaanERP on UNIX
U7079B US DB2/6000 Installation Guide for BaanERP on UNIX
U7081B US SYBASE Installation Guide for BaanERP on UNIX
For Microsoft BackOffice, the installation guides are:
U7077B US Microsoft SQL Server Installation Guide for BaanERP on
Windows NT
U7075B US ORACLE Installation Guide for BaanERP on Windows NT
U7072B US INFORMIX Installation Guide for BaanERP on Windows NT
Open the Welcome.htm file (in the root directory of the documentation CDROM)
by using your Web browser to view a complete list of the BaanERP
documentation.
For a UNIX update read the instructions in this sequence of sections:
n Unix update
n Create Package VRC (optional)
n Baan Project Conversion
n SLI conversion
n Installing Detailed SRP
For an NT update read the instructions in this sequence of sections:
n NT update
n Create Package VRC
n Baan Project Conversion
n SLI conversion
n Installing Detailed SRP
5 To install the Service Pack
To install the Service Pack
Release Notes Service Pack 3
5-2
UNIX update
For all UNIX service pack updates, you must carry out the following steps.
Before you start to update, please note the following:
n BaanERP5.0b cannot be updated with this service pack at run time. You must
log on as Root and use the rc.stop command in /bse/etc to stop the BaanERP
environment for the service pack update.
n You can use the normal installation guides that are listed earlier to install the
service pack. Because some components are already available on your
system, the installation process will skip certain steps that are described in the
installation manual for the initial installation. You can follow the steps
described in the section “Installing the software” later in this chapter. For
your convenience steps 1 through to step 7 are described.
Take the following steps to install the Baan software.
1 Log on as user root (do not use the su command) and set the TERM variable
to vt100 or any other valid value.
2 Change directories to the directory in which the Baan files were read by the
mas.read6.2 script and enter the following command:
# sh install6.2
The selection phase of the installation script (that is, before the last question
Are you ready for installation? is asked) can be stopped at any time by
pressing an interrupt, for instance, CTRL+C. The script can be restarted as
often as desired. From the script, a subshell can be activated by pressing
EXCLAMATION POINT. To end this subshell, type exit at the UNIX prompt.
You then will return to the script at the point where you left.
Never use the tee command to create a log file. The installation script will
start the bshell and if the tee command has been used, a bshell window will
not appear on the screen. During the installation, the log.install6.2 log file is
generated in the directory where the installation was started.
3 After a temporary bse environment is created, you are asked to supply the
path to the already installed BSE (Baan Software Environment) directory. Be
sure to enter the complete path.
4 The default value $BSE/tmp is suggested for the BSE_TMP environment
variable. Accept the default by pressing ENTER. Press ENTER to continue.
5 The process may ask if you want to write the values of the $BSE-related
variables to the systemwide profile /etc/profile. You should not write them to
the systemwide profile, so press ENTER to accept the default answer NO.
NOTE
CAUTION
To install the Service Pack
Release Notes Service Pack 3
5-3
6 The process may ask if you want to write the $BSE variables to the profiles
of the users. If you do not wish to write the variables to the .profile files of
the individual users, press ENTER to accept the default answer NO. Press
ENTER to continue.
7 The process may ask to enter the hostnames of the systems for which a
license is required. The installation procedure displays the name of the local
system as default. Supply the hostname(s) and press ENTER. Then press
ENTER to continue.
The following message appears:
THIS IS AN UPDATE
Do you want to reinstall old components too?
8 Type Yes and press ENTER. A warning appears that all processes that use
shared memory must be removed. If you have not done so, stop these
processes.
9 Type Yes and press ENTER. The following message appears:
Are you ready for installation?
10 Type Yes and press ENTER. An error message Check Fixes may be displayed
indicating that the preinstallation tool preinst encountered errors. If so, you
must check the displayed log.preinst file. Press ENTER to continue.
11 Now the installation process is started. Skip the steps in the installation
manual up to the step where you must install either BI or BW. Continue
following the steps from that point onward.
In case you have installed this service pack before, the installation process
may skip steps that were already performed during the first service pack
installation.
12 After you install the service pack, you must create a package VRC named, for
example, b50bU. To do so, see the section “Create Package VRC” in this
chapter.
13 Due to table changes for the Baan Project package you must run a conversion
session. To do so, see the “Baan Project conversion” section in this chapter. If
you have already run this conversion when you installed SP2, you can skip
this action.
14 Due to table changes for the Baan SLI module you must run a conversion
session. To do so, see the “SLI conversion” section in this chapter.
Even if you do not use Baan Project, or the SLI module, you must run this
conversion to avoid future conversion problems.
NOTE
NOTE
To install the Service Pack
Release Notes Service Pack 3
5-4
NT update
This section describes the installation of the BaanERP5.0b Service Pack 3 for
NT.
To prepare for installation
Follow these steps to prepare for the service pack installation on NT.
1 Before you start the service pack update, you must stop all Baan bshells on
your server. If you have multiple Baan environments on your server, you
must also stop the bshells for the Baan environments which you will not be
updating. You can use the task manger to check if all Baan bshells were
stopped.
2 Do not install the service pack from a mounted CD-ROM drive. The use of a
mounted CD-ROM drive causes NT related authorization problems when you
install the service pack. Always use the CD-ROM drive of the NT server
itself.
3 Before you perform a Service Pack 3 update on an NT system on which
Service pack 1 was not yet installed for a Dutch-language version, you must
remove the files install.info, restart.1288, and installed.dmp in the directory
$BSElibinstall from the BAAN environment. If these files do not exist, no
action needs to be taken. For other languages, removing these files is not
required.
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in4 Solved calls, known defects, and
Limitations
A large number of calls were solved in service pack 3. On the Documentation
CD-ROM for this service pack you can find a Microsoft Word file that contains a
description of all solved calls. This file is named Solved_calls3.doc.
Service pack 3 is an incremental service pack. It also contains the solved calls of
service pack 1 and service pack 2. On the Documentation CD-ROM you can find
a Microsoft Word files that contains a description of all solved calls in service
pack 1. (Solved_calls.doc) and service pack 2 (Solved_calls2.doc).
Tinoway integration
The Tinoway integration of BaanService Remote (version 2.00.000.4
SP1through SP4) does not work with BaanERP5.0b SP2. Tinoway has developed
a new version BaanService Remote 2.1.3 that solved the defect. This solution is
validated for service pack 3 and service pack 2 for BaanERP5.0b.
Defect and solution outbound advice
The Service Pack 3 for BaanERP5.0b contains a defect that is discussed below.
Description of the defect
Assume the following:
n You have a production order.
n In the Bill of Material for the end-item, a material exists with backflushing
switched on.
You issue this material (for example, 50 pieces) for your production order in the
Material to Issue for Production Order (ticst0101m000) session. The Direct
Process Outbound check box is selected. Your warehouse does not hold
sufficient inventory of this material (for example, 30 pieces).
In such a case, the outbound order line in the Outbound Order Lines
(whinh2520m000) session must be split into two lines:
n 30 pieces, status shipped
n 20 pieces, status open
4 Solved calls, known defects, and
limitations
Solved calls, known defects, and limitations
Release Notes Service Pack 3
4-2
However, BaanERP creates three lines:
n 30 pieces, status shipped
n 20 pieces, status open
n 20 pieces, status open.
The creation of the last line is not correct; it should not have been created.
This defect can cause the following problem. If a customer generates and
releases the outbound advice and ships the goods in a batch process (while new
material is arrived in the warehouse), both lines will get the status shipped. In the
Material to Issue for Production Order (ticst0101m000) session, the To issue by
warehousing field will have the value –20, whereas no inbound line is available
with a value of + 20. Because this field should have the value 0, you cannot
close the production order.
Solution of the defect
This problem will be solved in Service Pack 4 for BaanERP5.0b. The Scopus
defect number for this problem is 7784; the solution number that belongs to this
defect is 18835.
An FTP-path is availabe:
If your Current VRC is:
B50_b:
ftp://www.support.baan.com/updates/B50b/18835std.dmp
To keep the dump compatible, more solutions than necessary to solve this
particular defect are available in the dump.
See the Scopus system for additional information.
Solution Defect
18722 75581
18815 75616
18754 76198
18753 76194
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inIntroduction
To support all languages available for Infor ERP LN in a single environment,
you must install ERP LN in Unicode mode. Unicode is the standard for
Multilanguage support and provides a unique code for each character,
regardless of language.
Prerequisites
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in3 Functional enhancements SP1
Service pack 3 is an incremental service pack. It contains the functional
enhancements of the service packs 1 and 2. The service pack 1 enhancements
are described in this chapter.
Linking order types to transaction types’
In SLI you could not immediately link an order type to a transaction type. This is
still not possible, but with the new functionality you can store billing request
settings that can be reused next time. You can achieve reuse by linking billing
request to billing request sets. You can run the compose/print/post session by
billing request or by billing request set. When you choose the billing request set,
the system copies all billing requests attached to that set to new billing requests
and changes only the cut-off date. This process enables you to establish the link
between, for example, order types and transaction types.
Currency Selection for COGS (Cost of goods
sold)
The distribution package delivers the amount in local home currency. The central
invoicing package however expected the amount to be in reference currency. In
the end the COGS was posted with the reference currency as transaction currency
but with an amount that corresponds with the amount in local home currency.
With the new service pack this problem is solved. The COGS is posted in
reference currency.
Bank format CLIEOP03
The CLIEOP payment method is a Dutch payment method. This payment
method allows companies to send their payment transactions in CLIEOP files to
Dutch banks. These files are in plain ASCII format with a fixed record layout.
The files are processed at the banks to which they are sent. Because of the
introduction of the euro, a new record layout is developed for these CLIEOP
files. This new format is called CLIEOP03 and allows companies to pay in euros
as well as in Dutch guilders.
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Functional enhancements SP1
Release Notes Service Pack 3
3-2
Warning regarding the Currency Rates
(tcmcs0108m000) session
A new parameter, Express in base currency, is introduced in this session. This
parameter can be set each time a currency rate is entered, and it allows the user to
express a currency rate in the base currency as well as in the other currency.
The parameter is introduced because the euro legislation states that the currency
rate between the euro and each participating EMU currency must be expressed in
the participating EMU currency., for example, 1 euro = 2.16 Dutch guilders.
If a new currency rate is entered with an opposite value of the Express in base
currency parameter compared to already existing currency rates, data
inconsistency can occur. This is the case when the effective date of the new
currency rate lies between the effective date of the already existing currency rates
and the currency rate date of already existing documents that make use of the
already existing currency rates.