Item Text

Use this widget to view the text information of a specific item defined on 'Item. Open' (MMS001/T).

As a homepage or workspace widget, this widget depends on the Item List widget or as a context widget, this widget depends on M3. This widget retrieves data based on your selection in the Item List widget or in M3 where item text information is presented as a text block along with the item number and item name.  

APIs used in the widget

The Item Text widget requires application program interface (API) to retrieve data from M3 and vice versa.

This table shows details about M3 APIs available in this widget:
Program Transaction
CRS980MI GetTextID
CRS980MI SltTxtBlock
MMS200MI Get

To use and test the API, see procedure about Running of MI Transaction in Infor M3 Core Infrastructure and Technology User Guide.

Infor Business Context (IBC) messages

This widget retrieves data upon receiving these IBC messages:

  • InforItemMaster

From M3: When an M3 program publishes the InforItemMaster IBC message, this widget receives the message and retrieves the respective M3 APIs which return and display the appropriate data of a specific item.

From Workspace: When the Item List widget publishes the InforItemMaster IBC message, this widget receives the message and retrieves the respective M3 APIs which return and display the appropriate data of a specific item.
Note: Workspace is only available in Infor OS Portal.