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Signing on to FACTS

There are 4 ways FACTS to start FACTS:

A–The standard FACTS Sign-On screen is presented and the user enters the user code, password and company.

B–If the environment variables for auto start are set, they take precedence. The specific environment variables that are checked are: SSI_USER, SSI_PASSWORD, SSI_COMPANY, SSI_RUNPROG, and SSI_AUTO_EXIT. The Environment variables are set as described in the sign-in process.

C–After one or more FACTS sessions are running on the workstation (all for the same FACTS user and company, counting as a single FACTS user) subsequent sessions will automatically be signed-in. This option (where the initial user sign-in session is prompted and subsequent sessions bypass the sign-in) is not called “Auto Sign-In”, requires no configuration, and is available all the time for all users.

D–Auto Sign-in (ASI) is enabled and indicates when a user doesn’t have a current FACTS session running and the user is automatically signed in (bypassing the log in screen)

based on their domain and user name.

Option A: Logging into FACTS via the Sign On screen

Simply enter your

User Code,
Password,
Company Code
and press Enter on the keyboard or click Sign In.

Option B: Environmental variables for auto start

If the environment variables for auto start are set, they take precedence. The specific environment variables that are checked are:

SSI_USER
SSI_PASSWORD
SSI_COMPANY
SSI_RUNPROG
SSI_AUTO_EXIT

If SSI_USER is set, but there is any issue with any of the environment variable values (e.g. an incorrect password, unauthorized company, etc.) the PxPlus session will terminate. If all of the values are valid, the login process will proceed with the given values.

Options C and D: Logging into FACTS

For options C and D, command line options can be utilized to indicate which company to sign into and what program to run.

The available command line options are:

CO=xx, COMP=xx, or COMPANY=xx – to set the company number. If not set, the company will be defaulted from either the existing FACTS session or the user’s ASI default company.
PROG=xxxxxx or PROGRAM=xxxxxx – to set the program or menu to automatically run. The program will be run prior to presenting a FACTS menu. If the program is not a valid program or if the user doesn’t have permission to run the given program, it will not be run.
AUTO_EXIT, AUTOEXIT, or EXIT – used in conjunction with the PROG=, to indicate that after running the indicated program, FACTS should terminate automatically.

Option D: FACTS Auto sign in (ASI) (click here for more information)

Additional functionality for the Sign on screen

In Sign on Screen, System Administrators, local FACTS personnel and other technical users can still get to the INSTALL menu by clicking on the Infor® logo.

Click on the logo. In the entry prompt that appears, type

Install to access the INSTALL menu.

Exiting the Sign on screen

There are several ways to exit the Sign On Screen. You can

Press F4 at the User Code field
Press Esc
Click the End button.