Using Infor Business Context

The Infor Business Context feature broadcasts contextual data from H5 application, which then triggers a related output from a subscribed Infor OS Portal context widget. For the feature to work, ensure that the context widget is subscribed to the Infor Business Context message of type inforBusinessContext.

Note: The Infor Business Context option is not displayed in the Context Publisher menu when the Auto Publish Infor Context property is enabled. All data matching the specified business context fields is automatically published when this property is enabled.

See application settings in Infor M3 Core Administration Guide.

  1. Open a program. If program opens in B panel, select a record.
  2. Select Tools > Context Publisher > Infor Business Context.
  3. In Infor Context Business, the business entities are mapped to specific fields. These entities differ depending on which M3 panel is opened.

    To use the Paparazzi context application, you must configure a reference between the business context and the corresponding BODs. You can only perform the required configuration by looking at the specific noun and how M3 data is mapped into the BOD elements.

    This table shows the available fields you can review:

    Field Description
    Noun This noun corresponds to the Infor Business Context.
    Document ID See M3 Business Engine BODs Mapping Documentation - Inbound and M3 Business Engine BODs Mapping Documentation - Outbound for details on how the M3 data is mapped into the Document ID of the BOD.
    Accounting Entity The M3 standard specifies that this is defined as <CONO>_<DIVI> (Company_Division). This can change during installation, ensure that the installation follows the standard.
    Location The value for the location corresponds to M3 Warehouse.

    See M3 Business Engine BODs Mapping Documentation - Inbound and M3 Business Engine BODs Mapping Documentation - Outbound.
    Revision ID This is usually blank.

    If you select Auto Publish, these entities are automatically published regardless of which record you open.

    To reset the values, click Use Default.

  4. Click Save after supplying the values.
  5. Verify that all subscribed context widgets are triggered to show information related to the current record.

    Context Publisher data is stored as personalization.