Application Development

Infor Mongoose is Infor’s rapid application development framework that offers users a no-code/low-code/full-code experience. This means our framework can provide benefits to our customers regardless of their technical expertise.

Whether you are building an extension to one of our Infor ERP’s or building a complete stand-alone application, Mongoose will help you design, build, and deploy quickly and easily. Mongoose maximizes a developer’s time by utilizing various wizards to reduce the need to “drop into code” and by exploiting our flex layout, user components and HTML5 designer, you will be confident that Mongoose will provide you with the ability to create the UX/UI your company is looking to achieve.

The framework also comes with many built in features like, a full reporting engine, integrated workflow, full user management, and a robust background task manager. All things that most applications could need to leverage right at your fingertips.

Concepts & Definitions

Development Framework	A software framework that provides a standard structure and set of components to help developers build applications.
Extensibility	The ability of a software system to be extended with new features or functionality without major changes to the existing code.
Low Code	A development platform that provides a visual environment for building applications with little or no coding with the use of a library of pre-built components that can be assembled with drag-and drop.
Full Code	The ability to include Custom Assemblies and form scripting to your application.
Metadata	Data that translates and connects the backend data to the front end data.
Runtime Mode	Mode in which users can use and interact with the application in normal day-to-day operations.
Design Mode	Mode in which developers can edit and modify forms in the application.

Components

Forms	A window through which you can interact with information in a database.
Fields	An area within a record which is reserved for a specific piece of data.
Records	A collection of values or fields of related information.
Collections (IDOs)	An IDO (Intelligent Data Object) collection consists of a set of properties that make up a collection of information that can be API or table based.
IDO Extension Class	a .NET class that allows developers to extend the functionality of an existing IDO by adding methods and event handlers. IDO extension classes are compiled into a .NET class library assembly and stored in the IDO metadata database.
Application Event System	The application event system is a powerful and flexible set of tools that is designed to help extend and customize how the system works. You can use these tools to define and monitor application events across the system, rather than being limited to a single form.
DataViews	Advanced data grids that you can create to query a custom set of data, quickly and easily. The basic DataView presentation is similar to an Excel spreadsheet, displaying data in columns.
Critical Numbers	Key performance indicators, or KPIs, that you can use to get a quick view of important statistics or track progress.
Runtime Builder	Tool used for a specialized set of Mongoose forms that are designed to allow authorized users to create simple forms in Runtime Mode, without having to enter into design mode.
FormSync	Utility that can be used to retain and upgrade customizations made in the previous version of the application. It can also be used to copy customized objects from one forms database to another.
Form Control	Form Control is a version-control tool for objects being developed for the presentation layer (client tier) of an application in Windows client.

Key Benefits & Integrations

Architecture

Infor OS App Designer

Infor OS App Designer (OAD) is an extensible application design tool that is part of the Infor OS Portal platform. OAD is designed to be a serverless, multi-tenant, cloud-based development framework.

With OAD, you can develop widgets for the OS Portal, using a no-code approach, based on predefined templates that are ready to be connected to a data service. The data service layer can connect to any API within the API Gateway. OAD uses design wizard that guides you through the required steps to assign data to, configure, and publish an instance of a widget template.

Key Concepts & Definitions

No-Code	A development platform that doesn’t require any coding or knowledge of development to create applications.
Widget	A small, single purpose application composed in OAD.
Template	A preconfigured layout of a widget, made up of various components.
Component	UI organisms inside of the widget template, such as a list or data grid. Each component may be connected to one data property.
Element	A piece of a component inside of a widget template. This can include a button, hyperlink, image, or a label in a list.
Attribute	A configurable aspect of a certain element.
Input Parameters	Types of data that can be sent to the API.
Output Parameters	Types of data that can be received from the API.
Data Property	A dimension of the data service that can be mapped to a specific element. They correspond to an output parameter of the API in question.
Translations	Changing one section of text to another section of text based on a pre-defined translation in the “translations” tab. Translations are defined by the user, not auto-generated, and categorized by user language.
Data Service	A pipeline through which data can come, either from ION APIs via API gateway, data lake, or a static list defined by the user.

Architecture

Want to learn more?

Quick Reference

There are numerous valuable resources available to enhance your understanding of the Infor Platform. One of the most helpful tools is a quick reference sheet, which can provide a concise overview of key information. You may find the following Cheat Sheets particularly useful for your learning and reference purposes.

• Infor Mongoose
• Infor OS App Designer

Courses

Infor U Campus offers learning tracks that combine video-based and instructor-led teaching. If you are an Infor customer, check out the Mongoose and OAD courses available on Infor U.

• Mongoose: Developing Applications Foundation Part 1
• Mongoose: Developing Applications Foundation Part 2

Topical videos

Need information on a specific feature, function or just a quick overview? These short videos may be just what you are looking for. Check out our playlist on YouTube.

Written Guides

Product documentation is the go-to reference for how specific parts of the product work. For online, searchable, easy to understand docs see this component’s documentation.

• Infor Mongoose documentation
• Infor OS App Designer documentation