Managing applications

Infor EPM applications are collections of Infor EPM content that are designed to meet particular business needs.

Typically, the content of an application includes dashboards and reports, an OLAP database, processes, and predefined roles and permissions.

Applications can be commercial applications, extended applications, or custom applications. This does not affect how applications are used, but it does affect how they are managed.

Commercial applications are installable, or are built Infor EPM tools. You can extend commercial applications with your own content but you cannot change or delete the commercial content or any of the commercial roles. Commercial applications are versioned to enable control of updates.

In the Applications dashboard, you create, install, update, and package applications.

Note: For some tasks, such as updating or deleting an application, the application is automatically taken offline. Plan your application management to minimize disruption to other users.

Custom applications are those that are developed in-house, by creating blank applications and then adding content. You can continue to add or remove content from custom applications as required. Custom applications are not updated by Infor, therefore, there is no versioning of custom applications. In the Applications dashboard, the version number for custom applications is always 1.0.0.0 and the Vendor column is empty.