What are the tools you use to manage your various customizations (Mongoose Forms, IDOs, Reports; SSRS; SQL SPs, Tables, UETs, etc.)?
And how do you use them to assess patch impact?
I need to find a better way to manage all this and need your recommendations.
So far, I've been describing my customizations in an Excel (Google Sheets) file, in which each tab is a Form (at first) or a Customization (when several Forms/IDOs/SPs/etc. are involved).This system is becoming messy, being live with CSI for one year already; it's not enough now, since:
We're using CSI 9.01.01 on-premise.
I've heard of Form Control; I've seen that Source Control tool can be linked to a User, and that Form Scripts can be automatically opened in Visual Studio (2013/2015).
What are the best options:
I'm dealing with this right now & it's making me nuts. Infor hasn't really done much on the "developer side" to make these things easy for us (IMO). There's definitely going to be a bit of "roll your own…
LOL. Sorry, I guess this is/was a serious question. The short answer is, there are no good options. Certainly not a comprehensive tool that captures all enhancements, versions them, lets you revert back…
Thanks, although quite depressing... heheh.
Is FormControl of any help?
Also, for the second part of my question: how do you analyze the impact of a patch before applying it?
I'm dealing with this right now & it's making me nuts. Infor hasn't really done much on the "developer side" to make these things easy for us (IMO). There's definitely going to be a bit of "roll your own" involved in any solution you come up with. (Tim's explanation is probably the best I've seen so far). Things I've seen/done/noticed/rambling in no order
Ok, I think that's enough pre-coffee nonsense from me this morning :) If I think of anything useful I'll chime in :)
One other thing I forgot to mention:
If you can get to 9.01.10/11/12, I believe Infor has implemented the 'upgraded' Extend And Replace for Forms. If it works "as advertised" it will allow you to extend an Infor Form (like a C# class), make changes to the Form but updates/upgrade won't get applied. they will get applied to the Vendor version of the Form. You'll still need to go through and fix your Forms but it might help make things more manageable.
We're still trying to schedule our upgrades here.