Infor Process Automation (IPA)

What is IPA (or LPA Lawson Process Automation)

IPA is a tool that enables users to automate business processes. IPA is an umbrella term for two software components. Infor Process Designer and Process Server.
The Designer is a utility that allows users to graphically define a business process.
The process server allows a user to maintain processes and administration setup.

Main differences between PFI and IPA

IPA is built on Landmark
Designer is built on Eclipse (I know it’s the same in the latest version of PFI) “Same same but different”
Admin tool based on SmartOffice (Lawson Canvas) and it encopasses everything. A single app to rule them all.
Reduced footprint: Menu.do and RMI Server are gone, Java clients are now part of Smart Office, Event manager and scheduler are now part of Landmark.
Now works with a single data area at a time. In fact you have to specify your data source when you log in.
Process/Logs stored in database. You XML files are now .lpd files and they’re stored directly in the database not in pfrepository
Inbasket is now a part of Smart Office / Rich Client. Also in Ming.le and workspace.
A true debugger that allows you to set breakpoints, check variables, and move step by step through nodes