M3 Automation

An M3 Automation is a type of link that opens an M3 program in a specific way. An M3 Automation link is used to automatically perform several steps, actions, and options in an M3 program.

This is a example of M3 Automation:

This M3 Automation link is used to open the 'Customer. Open' (CRS610), select customer 001 from the list, perform the 'Item/Customer' (CTRL+13) related option, and open the 'Customer. Connect Item' (OIS005) program with the Customer field that is already specified with a value of 001:

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