ION Connection

Inbox is for receiving BODs to the Infor Lawson system from other systems.

Infor Process Automation (IPA) requires a connection to the ION system to be configured.

Note: 
  • The ION connection uses JDBC which requires that external .jar files are configured on the server and locally on the machine where Infor Process Designer is running. Verifying .jar files required for JDBC connections

  • IPA does not support version 3.0 of the IOBOX schemas.

  • Depending on the version of Infor Landmark Technology Runtime, not all options are available.

Property Description
Configuration name

The name of the configuration that this connection is associated with.

More information about configuration sets is in another section.

JDBC Driver

The JDBC driver class name

Database URL

Location of the database of the ION tables

User User name
Password Password
DB Schema The name and location of the DB Schema
Test Connection

After saving your configuration, click this button to test the new or updated connection. Alternatively, click Actions > Test Connection.

If the properties are set up correctly, a success message appears. If the properties are not set up correctly, an error message appears.

Note: 

The success message looks like this:

Disregard the "Test Connection Error" text.

Enable ION Pulse Integration If selected, this setting enables User Actions to show as tasks in Infor OS Portal.
Logical ID Specify the ION Logical ID to be used when sending ION Pulse BODs for Infor OS Portal integration.