Terminology

This table provides an overview of terminology that is associated with Infor Mashup Designer.

Term Description
Application A mashup that launches from Infor Smart Office.
Bookmark In Infor M3, a bookmark is a way to store a shortcut to a specific location in an Infor M3 component, typically, a program. You can access the component with pre-set values in your mashup through a bookmark.

For a DetailPanel control, you must use bookmark-enabled components in your mashups. For other types of controls, you can use bookmark-enabled components but it is not necessarily required.

Infor delivers bookmark-enabled components. Many, but not all, programs have been bookmark-enabled.

To verify if the component that you want to access in a mashup has been bookmark-enabled, see Identifying bookmark-enabled content.
Control An element such as a query or other input box, a selection button, a design element and so on that you add to a mashup application.
Deployment You can deploy a mashup that only you can use or prepare it as an Infor application that your system administrator can deploy as a shared application for other users.
Infor Mashup Designer A development environment for creating mashups that includes these components:
  • A XAML editor
  • Ability to perform point-and-click formatting of controls
  • Project viewer: Add, remove files associated with a mashup project directly from the editor screen
  • Preview feature: For viewing your in-progress mashup (for testing purposes)
Panel A type of control that functions as a view within your mashup application. The type of panel you create determines generally how controls are displayed in the mashup or in a portion of the mashup.

Various types of panels are available. More information is in other sections.
Profile If the Mashup is installed through LifeCycle Manager, which is typical, the associated Infor Smart Office system profile is available to mashups. This means you can also include the associated URIs and scripts of the system profile to the deployed mashups.
Project A logical structure for all files related to a mashup that you have created. These files have the extension .manifest.
Template Infor Mashup Designer delivers templates for creating mashup applications. When you select New Application from Template from the Infor Mashup Designer New menu, you will select the appropriate tab and then select the template that is most similar to what you are trying to do.

To create a new application from a template, from the Infor Mashup Designer main menu, select New > Application from Template, click the tab for the type of mashup you are creating, for example, Document Archive or Infor M3, and then select the template that most closely resembles what you are planning to create.

You can also create a new application from scratch. From the Infor Mashup Designer main menu, select New > Application.