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We recently deployed the IFS Cloud 25R2 upgrade to our environment. Post-deployment, we noticed that our default mail sender settings in IFS Connect (MAIL_SENDER1) appear to have changed or reset.I want to understand the standard behavior of the 25R2 installer regarding IFS Connect sender templates:Does the 25R2 deployment automatically restore MAIL_SENDER1 back to its default core values?What is the best practice to ensure our custom mail sender parameters are not affected during major release deployments?Any insights from anyone who has experienced this during their 25R2 upgrade would be greatly appreciated.

Hi, In our Customer-Configuration we only use the General Information, the Address (location) and the Communication Method.We don’t use invoice/sales/Message/Contact/etc.With this minimum we can create a request or a recurring service for this customer. Our goal: Prevent the usage of this customer and his address (location configuration) in the request and recurring service. How can we mark this customer for not beeing used? even technically prevent the usage? Are there any better possibilities than to rename the customer and the address? Best RegardsMichael

I feel like I am missing something.  I have created this data source, almost a copy of one of the in the box data sources.  But when I try to go to the Element Designer the Datasource is not in this list (I’ve typed the whole thing out to show it isn’t in the drop down) If I go to a permission set that I am in and click on the “Granted Lobby Data Sources” nothing shows up either. The really weird thing, is I can see the Datasource Designer I created on my initial browser tab.  But if I open up a new tab and go to it, it is not there.  I am looking through the documentation to see what I am missing and just can’t seem to find anything.  Anyone have any ideas?

We have implemented Master Scheduling in IFS Cloud to support raw material forecasting and procurement planning. We have registered all purchasing parts as MS Level 1 parts and import forecasts through a migration job based on our own forecasting logic. We would like to understand whether there is any standard functionality available that can recommend or automatically suggest changes to existing Purchase Orders before creating new requisitions.For example:If forecast demand moves earlier, can IFS recommend bringing existing Purchase Orders forward? If forecast demand moves later, can IFS recommend postponing or pushing back existing Purchase Orders? Can Master Scheduling generate action messages for rescheduling open Purchase Orders instead of creating new supply proposals? Are there any standard planning parameters or setup options that support this process?Our objective is to optimise existing supply orders first and reduce unnecessary new requisitions when demand dates change.Any g

Need to offset one supplier invoice against a credit note. there was a value difference, where the supplier invoice value was higher by 40 than the credit invoice. Therefore, I raised another credit invoice to tally amounts. but still the system generated “ORA-20110: InstallmentUtility.PAYINSTAL30: Amount paid (33605.00) for installment 1 of Invoice 406 is bigger than open installment amount (33605.00)” error message.To test a different way, I lowered the invoice amount by doing a mix payment to tally amounts with the credit invoice, but the system generates the same error message.Any suggestions to sort out this issue?

Hi,  When we enable M102 - Pre accounting Purch Order Part Lines posting control for a particular code part on IFS with control type C58 - Mandatory Pre Posting, I expected the system to trigger a pop up at the point of saving the Purchase Order Lines to enter the pre postings. In my case, this did not happen, it worked as expected when the M108 - Pre accounting Purch Order No Part Lines is defined as mandatory - where at the point of saving a no part order line the system triggers the pop up window to define the pre postings. Can I know the reason behind this difference in behavior is and if there is anything additional that needs to be done to achieve similar behavior as the no part order lines instance. Thank you.  Best RegardsAkila    

I would like to make a small push for a very nice and simple e-sign functionality that was released in IFS Cloud 23R2. It's more or less zero install and zero setup, you can just start using it once you have bought at least one pack of e-sign transactions. Have a look at this video to see how it works:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aed1j9VOPDUAt the time of writing (the latest release in 23R2 but this will apply to 24R1 as well) this feature is limited to Cloud deployment/residency (Remote/on-premise is not supported).Here's also a screenshot of the main user interface, which is the dialog where the user fills in the recipient information:If you are on IFS Cloud and in Cloud deployment, don't hesitate trying this out.A special SKU is needed, that will grant a pack of esign transactions. The customer does NOT need any Adobe licenses of their own.Is this something that is interesting to you as a customer? 

Hi,I have enabled Project Budget Control settings as below for the Project and setup the Project Budget Control consumption checkpoint as Create Purchase Requisition Line. When I created a project supply request that exceeding the budget it does not block creation of the Purchase Requisition. But when I tried Create Purchase order line and Release Purchase order line as consumption check point this budget control option is working.Is there any reason for this?

Hey all,We're on IFS Cloud 25R1 and working through our Analysis Models - Power BI setup (Advanced Analytics, IC10126), following Deployment Scenario 3. Getting our Azure/ADLS Gen2 side sorted with our network engineer and had a couple questions for the community:1. Storage sizing for the Golden Workspace / ADLS Gen2Anyone have real-world numbers or a rule of thumb for how much storage the Parquet Data Sources end up using per functional Area (Finance, HCM, Procurement, etc.)? Just trying to get a ballpark so we're not over- or under-provisioning.Also curious if anyone's used Azure's Hot/Cool/Archive tiering on the ADLS Gen2 container to save on cost — like keeping current data Hot and tiering older Parquet snapshots down. If you've done that, did it cause any headaches with Power BI refresh?2. Turning on just a few models to startFor our initial testing, can we enable only one or two Area models (say Maintenance and Procurement) instead of the whole set, just to keep things lean and c

We would like to confirm whether the following requirement can be implemented using only the Excel Add-in, without any custom add-ons or extensions.We have already implemented the process from Material Request creation to Product Issue registration using the Excel Add-in.We would like to create and manage orders using the Note field as a key attribute.Orders should be consolidated when they have the same Note value. If an order with the same Note already exists, we would like to add new line items to the existing order only when specific conditions are met.Is there any way to implement the above requirement using only the Excel Add-in?Our current implementation approach is documented in the attached Excel file. Could you please review it and let us know whether there are any configuration options or changes that would enable this functionality?

Hi,We are using Cloud 25R2, you can see the screen below is using the entity ‘PurchOrderInvoice’: But if we search this entity on entity configuration page, we can only find this one: Do you have any clue on why it can’t be configured?Thanks.

We are implementing Pagero for e-invoicing in France, we are in version 24R1 and our version does not support the UBL format, we know the new format is available in version 25R2 (which we cannot update at this moment), can we request this structured file in a patch? or how do other IFS customers are handling this issue.  thanks,  

Hello,We received a request to setup 110 customers to auto invoicing so we usually setup the scheduled database tasks called batch create customer invoice and batch print customer invoice. However, it seems these database tasks only accepts one customer number per scheduled database task setup. Is there a way to automate multiple customers for these scheduled tasks instead of per each customer number? Note that these customers belong to different companies. Please advise. Thanks Note: We are currently in IFS10

We have turnkey finished good items that are MS items with MS Demand since they are directly forecasted.  The issue is when these items are purchased, they do not get action messages like MRP items do - MRP Action Proposals.For example - we will order the MS item based off demand.  When the demand changes and the delivery date may need to be advanced, pushed out or if there is no more demand it would need to be canceled, we do not see these messages.We see Early Order, Late Order or Remove order in MRP Action Proposals and would like to see the same messages for MS items.  Maybe there is a different way to set up these items so they are not MS and we can forecast them and see the MRP Action Proposals?  We are in IFS Cloud

Hi everyone,Has anyone encountered the following error when using the Copy Supplier function in the Supplier module?Field [INCENTIVE_AREA] in Supplier Tax Info may not be specified for new objects.We are using 25R2 SU2.I would appreciate any advice or guidance on the possible cause and how to resolve this issue. Thank you.  

Hi ExpertsI would like to know if it is possible to join two fields when performing the external voucher assistant. i have a file with surname and name.i would like to join them into the Party_type_ID but i am not familiar with the “detail function” functionalitycan someone give me a guide how to setup the Detail functions? Best RegardsSophal

Hi,I have a customer that would like to decrease their revenue at month end for RMA’s that are created/invoices related to orders that where delivered the previous month.I don’t see how to do this search in outstanding sale.Anyone knows how to get this information from IFS Cloud?

Hi Experts,I have encountered an inconsistency with the cost per hour calculation in the Costs tab. A resource group has been set up with a general cost of 50. The related Maint organization is having a cost rate. A Work Task (WT) was created and connected to this resource group. The task was then assigned to a user, time was reported, and the work was completed. However, we noticed that the Costs tab displays a different hourly rate than the expected value of 50. The Resource and Planning tabs reflect the correct hourly cost of 50 for the resource.Further testing was done by executing another WT using the same resource, but the Costs tab again showed a different cost per hour.   How is the per unit cost in the Costs tab being calculated? What could cause this discrepancy? What steps can be taken to ensure the actual cost per hour (50) is correctly reflected in the Costs tab? Are there any configurations or adjustments needed in Time Types or other related settings? I would a

I’m wondering if anyone on here has experience with using the Employee Expense function in IFS Cloud and what are the pros/cons of it? My company is currently using a third party employee expense reporting platform and we have to manually enter each individual expense report into IFS for payment once it is reviewed and approved by their manager. Hoping we can streamline this to save time as we are a growing company each year.Some questions that I have related to the Employee Expense function include:Would employees that need to submit an expense report have an exclusive login that is directly for the Employee Expense function ONLY or would they need regular access to IFS Cloud to get in and submit expenses? Not all of our employees have a need that they require access to our ERP system. How does the submission of travel receipts work (i.e. airfare tickets, meals from restaurants, hotel, etc.)? Are employees able to attach images to their expense reports? Is there a multi-level approval

Has anyone else run into this: IFS Cloud 22R2; Stock is in a Remote Warehouse Picking Location.  When you try to Report Picking using Shipment Inventory on a Shipment for this item, you cannot select the Shipping Location Type to move the Inventory.  They are not shown in the LOV.

How do you handle the costs for different time types when using Resource Groups and Job Rate Management?For example, we have a Resource Group ‘Engineers’ which allow you to add one cost value and sales part value.  We then assign work to engineers within that resource group via Mobile Work Order.When the engineer books their time they select one of the following time types - Standard, 1.5x, 2x, depending on their contractual hours.How does the costs associated with those time types get added to the work order if the resource group only has one cost assigned to it?  Similarly, how does the sales part relating to the time type get added to the work order to ensure the customer is charged the appropriate rate?

Dear developers,my goal is to create a list of all background jobs with a status of 'warning' within a week and send this list via email to a user. To achieve this, I wrote an SQL code and put it in a custom event.In this case I don’t need the custom event trigger.Or can I just use a condition in my SQL code?How can I handle it? Thank you in advance.

With IFS Cloud, clients can access the system without needing a Windows-based device, which is a great flexibility benefit. However, for developers, the use of Developer Studio still requires a Windows operating system. This means it cannot be used on macOS devices.Given that Developer Studio is based on NetBeans, which is a cross-platform application, it shouldn't be technically difficult for IFS to provide a macOS-compatible version. Offering such support would significantly enhance the development experience and flexibility for Mac users.Is there any plan or roadmap for this?

Has the issue been reported and is there a fix?Cloud 25.2.3Create Quicksight reports.  Report Definitions now exists.Run Refresh Server Cache/ReportALL Quicksight reports are deleted.  There is nothing in IFS Cloud or the report_defintion or the report_sys_tab.  

Hi,Is there a way to enable a function similar to price limits in Request Contracts? I am looking to create a contract line where the works are free of charge only if it is under a certain cost. e.g. $4000. If it exceeds $4000, the the works can be invoiced to the customer.  Thanks in advance.