Discouraged Customization Areas¶
Most areas of IFS Cloud can be customized. This adds a lot of flexibility and control. In general we recommend keeping customizations to a minimal and but this general recommendation is mainly due to the extra cost and time added when trying to stay evergreen and taking new IFS releases.
I some areas we basically prohibit customizations. This is typically due to security and high risk of causing major malfunctions and data corruption. The areas are typically blocked from customization with a special @final notation in the model. This will simply block the tools from allowing changes.
The are some areas where we merely discourage the use of customization. Reasons could be high complexity and risk of introducing errors. High support load has been experienced in the past due to customization in there areas. The customizations tend to be complex and costly to maintain in these areas or the requirement to use unsupported tools are add in risk..
Here is a list of know trouble areas. Please refrain from customizing there, even if is might be possible.
This list is a living document and not to be considered exhaustive.
Reasons:¶
Deprecated - Will be refactored or removed in the future
Platform nature - This is build on a platform that does not encourage customization.
Complexity - This requires intimate knowledge of the code. It is hard to assess and predict impacts of making changes. It might ruin performance with even slight changes.
Security - High risk of introducing vulnerabilities
Source Code- Hard to customized as the code is unavailable or unextendible
List¶
| Product Area | Discouraged Customization Area | Type of Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asset Management | VB (macro - DOCMAN etc.) | Sourcing | Complexity |
| Experience | Integrations to Web Client | Technical | Complexity |
| Finance | Finance modules - Posting type related modifications | Functional | Complexity |
| Finance | Invoicing, Posting Controls etc. | Functional | Complexity |
| FSM | Schedule Board | Technical | Complexity |
| FSM | File Import/Export | Technical | Complexity |
| FSM | Contract Generation | Technical | Source Code |
| FSM | Warranty Calculation | Functional | Complexity |
| HCM | Position Structure based customizations | Technical | Complexity |
| HCM | Time and attendance module | Technical | Complexity |
| HCM | Time reporting using the Web Client interface | Technical | Complexity |
| HCM | HCM access logic in general | Technical | Complexity |
| HCM | HCM Time Registration & Expense Reporting (Web Client) | Technical | Complexity |
| Manufacturing | Master Scheduling / MRP | Functional | Complexity |
| Manufacturing | CBS/APB ( Specifically 'seperate' executables on older app versions that are developed outside the standard framework) | Technical | Source Code |
| Manufacturing | Shop Floor Workbench | Technical | Complexity |
| Project | Project / Project Forecast / Sub Contracting | Technical | Complexity |
| Supply Chain | Campaign | Technical | Complexity |
| Supply Chain | MRP/CRP | Technical | Complexity |
| Supply Chain | Customer and Supplier Statement Reports | Technical | Complexity |
| Supply Chain | Demand Planner | Technical | Complexity |
| Supply Chain | WADACO | Technical | Complexity |
| Supply Chain | Supplier Invoice Matching | Functional | Complexity |
| Supply Chain | Configure to Order | Technical | Complexity |
| Supply Chain | Price logic on Customer Order | Functional | Complexity |
| Supply Chain | Lead time calculations | Functional | Complexity |
| Supply Chain | Transaction Based Supplier Invoice Consideration | Functional | Complexity |
| Supply Chain | Inventory Put away Logic | Technical | Complexity |