Managing applications

You manage applications in the Manage Applications dashboard. Select Dashboards > Applications Administration > Applications.

Infor d/EPM Platform applications are collections of Infor d/EPM Platform 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 supplied and installed on your behalf or are built using Infor d/EPM Platform 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, an icon indicates whether an update is available for an application. The Updates tab in the Details widget shows the installed and available versions and build numbers of each application. The Pending Updates list shows updates of a higher version than the currently installed version. Each pending update has an Install button. The button is disabled if an update can be installed only after installing an earlier update.

Note: For some tasks, such as updating or deleting an application, you must take the application 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 Manage Applications dashboard, - - is displayed as the version number and vendor for custom applications.