Espresso Custom Configuration

Exploring

This program lets you add and maintain business object parameters and their values from within SYSPRO, for SYSPRO Espresso and other third party applications.

This is typically used to change the parameters in a business object without going into the source code.

Things you can do in this program include:

  • Define custom configuration company-wide

  • Define custom configuration at role level

  • Define custom configuration at operator level

  • Define custom configuration system-wide

  • Save XML configuration files to the Espresso Data Store

This program is accessed from the Program List pane of the SYSPRO menu:

  • Program List > SYSPRO Espresso

Topics

SYSPRO Rules Engine

Programs

Rules Administrator

Custom Configuration Options

Services

SYSPRO 8 Rules Data Service

SYSPRO 8 Rules Engine Service

Starting

You can restrict operator access to activities within a program (configured using the Operator Maintenance program).

Controls whether an operator can maintain Espresso searches.

You can restrict operator access to the fields within a program (configured using the Operator Maintenance program).

You can restrict access to the eSignature transactions within a program at operator, group, role or company level (configured using the eSignature Setup program). Electronic Signatures provide security access, transaction logging and event triggering that gives you greater control over your system changes.

You can restrict operator access to programs by assigning them to groups and applying access control against the group (configured using the Operator Groups program).

You can restrict operator access to functions within a program using passwords (configured using the Password Definition program). When defined, the password must be entered before you can access the function.

Solving

This functionality is only available from SYSPRO 8 2019 R2 onwards.

  1. Open the Espresso Custom Configuration program (Program List > SYSPRO Espresso).

  2. Select the New option from the toolbar.

    This loads the Custom Configuration Options program.

  3. Under the Configuration options section, define the new custom configuration file level.
  4. Under the Configuration item details section, select the XML parameters option at the Type field.
  5. Enter a Name for the XML configuration.

  6. Using the browse option at the File name field, locate and select the relevant XML file to load.

    Only valid XML files are accepted by the program.

  7. Save your selection.

    The tree viewin the Available Configurations pane is updated automatically and reflects the new configuration.

This functionality is only available from SYSPRO 8 2019 R2 onwards.

You cannot maintain a custom XML configuration file once you have saved it using the Espresso Custom Configuration program.

You have to delete the XML file entry and save a new updated XML custom configuration file.

Using

  • Columns in a list view are sometimes hidden by default. You can reinstate them using the Field Chooser option from the context-sensitive menu (displayed by right-clicking a header column header in the list view). Select and drag the required column to a position in the list view header.
  • Press Ctrl+F1 within a list view or form to view a complete list of functions available.

Referencing

Field Description

New

Define a new configuration.

This option calls the Custom Configuration Options program from where you can define the new item type, as well as the level to which the configuration applies.

Delete

Delete the selected configuration.

SYSPRO configurations cannot be deleted.

Copy

Copy the selected configuration.

This option calls the Custom Configuration Options program from where you can define the configuration details of the copied item, as well as the level to which the configuration applies.

A list of all the configuration items are displayed in this pane.

These are split into the following:

  • Default SYSPRO XML parameters
  • Custom configurations

The SYSPRO configurations cannot be changed or deleted, but you can copy them to create new custom configurations.

Each folder contains an XML sub group and an XML Parameters sub group.

The XML list includes all of the XML In files.

The XML Parameters list includes all XML parameters.

This pane is displayed when you select one of the components from the XML sub group of the Available Configurations pane.

This pane enables you to preview the XML code.

This pane is displayed when you select one of the parameters from the XML Parameters sub group of the Available Configurations pane.

The XML parameters and values are displayed in this pane enabling you to customize them further if required.

The XML configurations are updated with any changes made to these values.