Hello to the ION Community,
How many of you are aware of or are you using a BOD customization tool in your integrations with ION?
Just recently a tool specific to the LX ERP system, called PI, has come to my attention. Since LX utilizes the same IDF level 2 architecture that XA does, I was curious why XA could not use this tool as well (or any other IBM-based ERP system). And for that matter, what other tools might exist that the community might be aware of?
Here's what I've learned so far about PI and some initial thoughts from my colleagues... I'd be interested in hearing if others have any experience with PI or similar tools. (Note: I do plan to bounce this off of the XA Community as well. Thought it would be interesting conversation for the ION folks too.)
PI - What is it?
It is specific to LX. It is part of the layer between LX and ION and stands for Process Instructions. These instructions are how they construct a BOD or deconstruct it for consumption into LX.
What MIGHT this imply?
Since LX also uses IDF Level 2, that means System-Link Requests are the layer that actually communicates with the LX business objects. This should imply that PI is a tool to translate between System-Link Requests and ION BOD’s. In XA, this translation layer is accomplished by raw style-sheets. So does this mean PI is a tool to customize/modify the style-sheets without actually having to directly customize or modify the style-sheets? If so, this would make PI an extremely useful tool!
