Syntax for Automation in H5 shortcut in M3CE

What is the syntax for using an automation in a shortcut in M3CE? I the new UI I have managed to add shortcuts which works until I log off, then they stop working.

I have tried the following examples to open MMS177:

_automation?data=<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><sequence><step command="RUN" value="MMS177" /></sequence>

mforms://_automation?data=<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><sequence><step command="RUN" value="MMS177" /></sequence>

_automation?data=%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22utf-8%22%3F%3E%3Csequence%3E%3Cstep%20command%3D%22RUN%22%20value%3D%22MMS177%22%20%2F%3E%3C%2Fsequence%3E

mforms://_automation?data=%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22utf-8%22%3F%3E%3Csequence%3E%3Cstep%20command%3D%22RUN%22%20value%3D%22MMS177%22%20%2F%3E%3C%2Fsequence%3E

All of them works as expected until I log off. Once I log in again and try the links, they are open in a separate tab in the browser and no longer work.

In the end I would like a dynamic link (which also works until logged of) but I took this example for simplicity.
Any other options for dynamic link to a program not bookmark enabled apart from a H5 script?

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Jack Rubillar

Hi, this is a known issue in the new H5 UI. The fix for this is scheduled for the June M3CE update. Try creating the link in the Classic UI (4th sample) and it should work properly in both Classic and New UI.

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Daniel Henningsver

Thanks, I only tried the link in the Classic UI where it also didn't work, but never thought of test creating them through that UI. I've now got it to work in both UI!

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If you just would like to run a program you should not be using automation links at all.

Try this: mforms://bookmark/?program=MMS177

For Homepages and Mingle links:

?LogicalId=lid://infor.m3.m3&program=MMS177

For the last one you need to know the logical Id instance. If you are in Homepages you can have it as a template to make it portable.

{lid://infor.m3}?LogicalId={logicalId}&program=MMS177

Daniel Henningsver

I agree, I just had the simple link for simplicity in this example, my actual link contained dynamic values from the row as well. which I wanted to populate fields in MMS177 with.

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