| Infor Companion-LN Plug-in overview |  |
| Infor Companion-LN Plug-in ( Web UI ) is the web based client user interface for various Infor applications, such as: Infor ERP LN. Infor DEM. Infor Companion-LN Plug-in runs in the Manufacturing tab in the Infor Companion. This tab consists of a work area with an application navigation menu bar. Note To the right of the work area, various web parts, such as Infor Documentation, Shortcuts, and Map, are displayed. These web parts are not specific to the Infor Companion-LN Plug-in. They are available in all applications in the Infor Companion. See the Infor Companion documentation. Menu bar, empty work area, and web parts Work Area When you start a session, the session is displayed in the work area. At the top of the work area, a pull-down menu button and an application navigation menu bar are displayed. ERP LN session started in work area When you close all sessions, the work area displays thumbnails of the recently used sessions. To restart a session, click the corresponding thumbnail. Pull-down menu When you start multiple sessions, only the last session is displayed in the work area. The other sessions are still open, but are not visible anymore. You can access the other open sessions through the work area's pull-down menu. You can open this pull-down menu through the button in the upper left corner of the work area. Work area pull-down menu The menu shows the sessions that are currently open. The session you are currently working in, is indicated by a green dot. To switch to another open session, or to the list of recently used sessions, select the corresponding menu item. Alternatively, use the Back and Forward commands. Application navigation menu bar The application navigation menu bar contains these elements:
ERP LN menu buttons or DEM navigation buttons | ERP LN menu buttons are displayed if the ERP LN menu browser is selected in your ERP LN user data. Click these buttons to open pull-down menus. These menus are used to browse ERP LN folder trees and start sessions. The menu buttons in the menu bar depend on the start menu in your ERP LN user data. Menu bar with ERP LN menu buttons and pull-down menus DEM navigation buttons are displayed if the DEM process browser is selected in your ERP LN user data. If there are many menu buttons, a chevron button is displayed at the end of the menu bar. Click this button to display a pull-down menu with the remaining menu options.
Options menu | This is the latest menu in the menu bar, or in the chevron button's pull-down menu. See The Options menu.
Menu bar in sessions The menu bar of a session contains command buttons and menu buttons. ERP LN session with menu bar Command buttons The menu bar contains these buttons:
Button | Description | Shortcut key
Save | Save the changes made to the record. The button's pull-down menu contains these commands: Save and Close (CTRL+L) Saves the changes made to the record and closes the session. Close (CTRL+Q) Closes the session without saving the changes made to the record. | CTRL+S
Revert to saved | Discard the changes made to the record. | CTRL+E
New | Add a new record. The button's pull-down menu contains this command: Duplicate (CTRL+D) Creates a copy of a record. | CTRL+N
Delete | Delete the selected record. | CTRL+Delete
Update the screen | Displays the current record data. | F5
Print | Print a report. Click the down arrow button to display the available print sessions. |
First record(s) | Jump to the first record(s). | CTRL+Home
Previous record(s) | Jump to the previous record(s). | Page Up
Next record(s) | Jump to the next record(s). | Page Down
Last record(s) | Jump to the last record(s). | CTRL+End
Views Edit | Contain standard commands for ERP LN sessions. See the "Basic Tasks" section in the Infor ERP LN Web Help. | N.a.
References Actions | Contain commands that are specific to the current session. These commands usually start related sessions and special functions. | N.a.
Help | Displays the online help for the current session. The button's pull-down menu contains this command: Properties (CTRL+SHIFT+8) Displays the session properties. See To display session properties. | F1
| Opens a menu with commands to personalize the session, define conditional formatting, define customer defined fields, etc. See: Personalize ERP sessions Conditional Formatting Customer Defined Fields | N.a.
Note The menu bar can contain 2 additional pull-down menus that are specific to the current session. |