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Is there a way to force a screen to refresh automatically right after displaying an error message from PL/SQL, so the user doesn't have to manually OK the error, click Refresh, and then click No to avoid saving?
Performance drawbacks have been noticed that seem related to the Oracle database's job_queue_processes parameter setting. What's the correct formula for sizing this parameter for an IFS environment, and how is it actually changed?
After deploying a customized version of a screen (where the underlying form name changes, for example from frmXXXXX to frmXXXXX_Cust), users with a Base Profile that has layout entries still referencing the OLD form name see the standard, non-customized form load instead of the new customized one — removing the Base Profile entirely lets the customized form load correctly. Is there a fix that doesn't require abandoning the Base Profile?
Can a Custom Logical Unit support document attachments, the same way a standard window/LU supports Object Connection-based attachments?
Is it possible to create a new Search Domain in Apps10, for example to make a Supplier's own part number searchable when searching for a Purchase Part by number?
Is it possible to programmatically create a sticky note on a record via PL/SQL, rather than through the client UI?
What's the best way to build a new Middleware Server (MWS) instance pointed at a database that already exists (for example a database restored/cloned from another environment), so the new MWS ends up aligned with the database's current delivery/update level, rather than the base version from the install media?
Is there a syntax to structure custom RMB menu options into a parent/child hierarchy, so several related custom menu items appear nested under one parent menu label, similar to how some standard menus group related actions together?
Why doesn't a custom-field view like a `_pub_cfv` view hold the same custom fields already added to the corresponding plain `_cfv` view for what seems like the same underlying data, and how are these `_pub`-suffixed views actually generated?
After upgrading to UPD7, company logos and report graphics on operational reports seem to now require being stored in the database, even though there's still a fallback path setting ('Base Path For Report Designer Graphics') in System Information — is this expected, and how are the correct images restored if they don't match?
Trying to unpublish an old, no-longer-needed Custom Logical Unit fails with 'ORA-20105: ProjectionConfig.PROJCONFIGINUSE: The Projection ... is in use by page configurations. Unpublish the page configuration first' — but there's no obvious place to find or unpublish that referenced page configuration.
Is there a way, through configuration, to make an IFS-defined mandatory field optional/non-mandatory?
In IFS Apps10, is unbundling of a replication message bundle provided as a standard feature, and does the middleware handle incoming messages centrally, or does it still require a separate Oracle service per remote site, which older/alternative architectures used and which reduces overall database performance as more sites are added?
Is it safe to publish changes to a Custom Object, like custom fields referenced on a Customer 360-style screen, in a live production environment while users are actively working, or should this wait for a maintenance window?
Given a KEY_REF string like `BOM_TYPE_DB=M^CONTRACT=1^PART_NO=15000^ROUTING_REVISION=2^`, is there a built-in framework function to replace just one specific named value inside it, similar to a hypothetical `Client_SYS.Set_Key_Reference(key_ref, 'ROUTING_REVISION', '3')`? The function doesn't seem to actually exist.
What's the best way to repoint an existing Apps10 Middleware Server at a different database?
A custom field of type DATE shows a Default Value column in its custom field details, but there's no way to actually set a default value for it. Is this a bug?
Migrating an Apps8 Demand Planner Server (DPS) from Windows Server 2008 to 2012 R2, a platform combination confirmed supported in IFS's own Platform Documentation, ForecastServer.exe still fails with an error trying to launch and configure the DPS service on the new OS.
What security and performance considerations should be kept in mind when developing a custom Aurena client page?
Trying to install the CrystalWebService 64-bit setup on a newer IIS version (like IIS10 on Windows Server 2016), the installer won't allow creating its required Virtual Directory in IIS.
Is there a guide for installing and managing Oracle Statspack on a customer environment to retrieve database performance information?
Is there a way to extract the actual SQL source of an existing IAL/database view when there's no separate design-time source file available, in order to duplicate it in another IFS environment?
Is there guidance on moving an IFS Oracle database from a Windows-hosted Oracle instance to a Linux-hosted Oracle instance?
A standard table (like the Task table) has used up every available spare User_Def field, and business rules need to reference additional fields on it that don't exist. Is there a way to add more User_Def-style columns, or does a brand-new table need to be created instead?
What are the current supported Oracle database versions for IFS Applications 8?
Creating a brand-new MWS instance on a server where a previous MWS instance existed and was removed (replaced by a cloned setup) fails with a WLST/Jython domain-creation error during the post-install step. What resolves this?
On Windows 10 running IFS Applications 9, dialog boxes sometimes get stuck behind the main application window, effectively locking the entire computer with no way to reach the task manager or any other application short of a hard power-off.
Is there an easier way to create a new Test environment (as a renamed copy of an existing environment, after an RMAN restore of the source database) than manually installing all of that environment's historical deliveries one by one?
IFS clients start failing with '[file] has a different computed hash than specified in manifest' errors, affecting Download All Packages and any Employee/Person form, across Live, Test, and Dev instances on different physical servers — reinstalling the signed application, reconfiguring the server, restoring from backup, and clearing the local ClickOnce application cache on client PCs have all failed to resolve it.
MainServer1's own middleware logs are growing large enough to repeatedly fill server disk space every couple of days, requiring manual cleanup of old log files. How can this log growth actually be controlled at the source?
When a custom LU and its fields are added, IFS automatically generates a package (the CFP) to insert, modify, and delete the custom data. Is it safe to directly modify a method in that generated package, like CF_New__, to add extra validation logic?
What are the steps to create a new custom RMB menu item that links to a specific Quick Report on a specific window?
After running f1mage following a customization deployment on Apps10, the updated IFS Enterprise Explorer client doesn't download/redeploy automatically to users the way it's expected to.
Is running the Oracle database for IFS10 on VMware (or virtualization generally) supported by IFS?
In a 4-node Apps10 Middleware Server cluster, one node starts up fine but the other three all fail to start, with nothing obviously helpful showing in the logs. What's a good troubleshooting checklist?
On Apps9, launched through a shared ClickOnce application via RDS (rather than a direct URL), the login screen keeps changing which username it remembers, even when users choose to save their password. Where is this login caching actually stored, and can the Extended Logon Options be suppressed instead?
Trying to join PART_CATALOG to TECHNICAL_OBJECT_REFERENCE on part number fails, since TECHNICAL_OBJECT_REFERENCE's KEY_VALUE column includes a trailing '^' character after the part number — stripping that last character off before comparing still doesn't produce a working join.
Has anyone had success running the IFS Enterprise Explorer client directly on a Mac?
After refreshing a Test environment's database from Live, stopping and restarting the Middleware Servers gets stuck indefinitely at 'Starting server ManagedServer1...,' with logs showing that server's previous process is no longer alive but the script still waiting for it to fully terminate.
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