| ERP LN (Manufacturing) to Companion Integration |  |
| This chapter describes the integration and explains the information needed to add Infor ERP LN (Manufacturing) as a solution in Infor Companion. About the integration The Infor ERP LN solution can run as an application inside the Infor Companion shell. Prerequisites The ERP LN solution must be installed on a server. To access online help from ERP LN in Companion, the help files must be installed on the same server where Companion is installed, as described in this chapter. SharePoint must be installed. You can install SharePoint in these modes: Standalone mode In this mode, you must create local users on the SharePoint server and grant them access. Farm mode In this mode, users can use their existing domain names in Companion and its sub-sites. Companion must be installed on a server and all of its prerequisites must be met. The ERP LN solution and Companion servers must be able to communicate. Infor Federation Services must be configured. See Configuring Federation Services for ERP LN with Web UI. Activating the LN solution in Companion A Companion-LN Plug-in file is installed with Companion. To activate this plug-in, select the Infor Companion-LN Plug-in option on the Companion Configuration screen from the SharePoint Central Administration. For complete steps on how to enable the application, see the “Enabling additional Infor applications” section in the Infor Companion Installation and Configuration Guide. Enabling the LN solution creates an LN (Manufacturing) sub-site and adds an icon to the Companion masthead. Deploying the LN solution in Companion To connect to the ERP LN application from Companion, you must provide this information about LN on the Companion Infor Application Deployment list screen, as described in the Infor Companion Installation and Configuration Guide: Note There may already be an entry for LN in this list. If not, create a new item.
Field | Description
Title | Specify Infor LN as the name of the deployed application.
Site | Use the drop-down list to specify the SharePoint sub-site associated with LN. The completed path looks like this: `http://server:port/ln` where server and port are the SharePoint server and port where Companion is installed.
Logical ID | Specify the logical ID for the LN site associated with this LN site page of Companion. The logical ID is a unique identifier provided during the installation of each Infor application. The value of the logical ID is unique for each instance of a given application. So, if you have more than one instance of LN installed, each instance has a logical ID. For example: lid://infor.ln.north-america, lid://infor.ln.emea; or lid://infor.ln.01, lid:infor.ln.02. This ID, in the format lid://infor.ln.site, where site is your LN site name, allows Companion to identify and communicate with the different applications with which it may be integrated. Important! You must map this logical ID to an ERP LN environment that uses the Federation Services protocol. To create this mapping, use the Web UI Administration Console. See Logical Id Mapping.
Application Version | Specify the version of LN, for example B61Ua7stnd.
Hostname | Specify the name of the LN Web/utility server.This hostname is also used for drill-backs to the application and for accessing the online help and documents from the Documentation Help Web part. The hostname must be a Fully Qualified Name (FQN).
Port | Specify the port used by the LN Web/utility server.This must always be the https port. The default for LN is 8443.
Context | Leave this field blank for LN.
Use HTTPS | Select this option if SSL is enabled for the LN user interface. Always select SSL for LN.
Default Tenant ID | Specify the tenant identification assigned to the application, if applicable. For example, infor is typically the tenant ID.
Configuring user access to the LN solution in Companion- SharePoint farm mode Note Skip this section if you performed the Companion installation in SharePoint standalone mode. For information about how to grant access to Infor application sub-sites in SharePoint standalone mode, see the Infor Companion Installation and Configuration Guide. Active Directory authentication To allow users to access the Infor suite site, which includes Companion and LN, you must first configure their accounts with rights that grant them access to the site in SharePoint. Infor Companion expects that upon sign-on, the user belongs to a predetermined security group in the Active Directory that is used by the domain. For access to the Companion and LN sites, all users must have their domain accounts associated with these predetermined Active Directory security groups:
Infor Application | Active Directory Security Group
Infor Companion | Infor
Infor LN | LN Users
You create these security groups in Active Directory, outside of SharePoint or Companion. For information about how to configure user accounts with security groups, see the Microsoft documentation about Active Directory. Configuring user access to the LN sub-site After you create the required security groups in Active Directory, you must configure user access to the LN sub-site in SharePoint. Complete these steps: Sign on to the Infor Companion site by using the site collection administrator account that you define during the Companion installation. See the Infor Companion Installation and Configuration Guide. Click the LN (Manufacturing) icon on the Companion toolbar to access the LN sub-site. Select Site Actions > Site Permissions and click LN. The list of groups may already have an entry for LN. If this entry is in the format Domain_Name\LN Users, you can cancel this process and skip the rest of these steps. Otherwise, continue with the next step. To add an LN user group, click New. In the Grant Permissions dialog, specify LN Users, which is the security group that is required for users to have access to the LN sub-site in SharePoint. Click Check Names in the lower right corner of the text box. If the name is valid, it is updated to the Domain_Name\LN Users format. Click OK. Installing the Help Files for LN The LN online help files are not included in the Infor Companion-LN Plug-in. To access the online help within Companion, you must add the help files to the server where Companion is installed. Complete these steps: Download the help files from Infor Support Solution #252697. Create an “Infor.LN” folder in the "%PROGRAMFILES%\Common files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS" folder. Create a “help” folder in the new "Infor.LN” folder. Unzip the contents of the LN help files, baanerp_ *.zip, EnterpriseServer_*.zip, webtop_*.zip, into the new "help” folder. After you install these files and you access the Infor LN sub-site in Companion, you see the LN documentation in the Documentation Web part. The application version used in the Companion LN deployment must match the version directory in the help. The default LN version is B61Ua7stnd, but if a customer creates multiple versions, you must copy the help in this directory to a new directory that matches the VRC (Version/Release/Customization) level in LN. |