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IFS Cloud permission sets: why you cannot grant a page, and what to do instead

IFS Cloud permission sets: why you cannot grant a page, and what to do instead

In short: In IFS Cloud, security is granted on projections , not on pages. One rule, two opposite consequences: granting a projection opens every page that belongs to it, and granting a page from the ...

Aug 27, 2026

Cloning an IFS Cloud environment: the exclusion list, and what breaks afterwards

Cloning an IFS Cloud environment: the exclusion list, and what breaks afterwards

In short: A clone copies your production database into a non-production environment, which means it also copies the settings that connect that environment to the outside world: integrations, routing, ...

Aug 27, 2026

How to move a data migration job between IFS Cloud environments (DEV to PROD)

How to move a data migration job between IFS Cloud environments (DEV to PROD)

In short: IFS Cloud lets you move migration jobs between environments through migration groups: tag your jobs with a common Group ID, export the group to a file, then load that file with the standard ...

Aug 27, 2026

ERP Control vs IFS Data Migration Manager (DMM): which one for your IFS Cloud migrations?

ERP Control vs IFS Data Migration Manager (DMM): which one for your IFS Cloud migrations?

In short: DMM is IFS's native tool, powerful and free, built for large structured loads. The trade-off is real technical expertise: per-version templates, validation targets, fine-grained mapping, and...

Jun 26, 2026

ORA-20122: "Field … may not be modified" in IFS Cloud Data Migration — the Locked Field and How to Work Around It

ORA-20122: "Field … may not be modified" in IFS Cloud Data Migration — the Locked Field and How to Work Around It

Quick fix: ORA-20122 … Field [X] may not be modified means the field is insertable but not updatable through the API. You probably don't even want to change it — it's just present in the mapping. Open...

Jun 16, 2026

ORA-20114: FND_MODIFIED in IFS Migration — "record has already been changed" and the Forgotten OBJVERSION Field

ORA-20114: FND_MODIFIED in IFS Migration — "record has already been changed" and the Forgotten OBJVERSION Field

Quick fix: ORA-20114 … FND_MODIFIED during a mass update means the job isn't sending the OBJVERSION field — IFS's optimistic lock. Without it, IFS believes the record was modified in the meantime and ...

Jun 16, 2026

ORA-01400 "cannot insert NULL into ROWKEY": Migrating IFS Custom Fields Without Breakage (the OBJID vs OBJID_ Trap)

ORA-01400 "cannot insert NULL into ROWKEY": Migrating IFS Custom Fields Without Breakage (the OBJID vs OBJID_ Trap)

Quick fix: ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into ("IFSAPP"."…_CFT"."ROWKEY") when migrating custom fields means the Cf_New__ method isn't receiving the parent record's identifier. In Method List Attribut...

Jun 16, 2026

ORA-20110 in IFS Cloud Data Migration: the Violated Business Rule — How to Read the Code and Fix It (4 Real Cases)

ORA-20110 in IFS Cloud Data Migration: the Violated Business Rule — How to Read the Code and Fix It (4 Real Cases)

Quick fix: ORA-20110 isn't ONE error — it's the family of violated business rules . Everything is in the tag: ORA-20110: Entity.TAG: message . Read the entity (where it blocks) and the tag (which rule...

Jun 16, 2026

ORA-20111: "does not exist" in IFS Cloud Data Migration — the Missing Prerequisite (NOTEXIST2, FND_RECORD_NOT_EXIST)

ORA-20111: "does not exist" in IFS Cloud Data Migration — the Missing Prerequisite (NOTEXIST2, FND_RECORD_NOT_EXIST)

Quick fix: ORA-20111 … does not exist means IFS can't find a record your row depends on : either a context field missing from the job (e.g. CONTRACT / COMPANY ), or a parent object that was never crea...

Jun 16, 2026

ORA-20124: NULLVALUE "field is mandatory" in IFS Migration — When the Mandatory Field Isn't Even Empty

ORA-20124: NULLVALUE "field is mandatory" in IFS Migration — When the Mandatory Field Isn't Even Empty

Quick fix: ORA-20124 … NULLVALUE: Field [X] is mandatory has two faces. If the field really is empty: map it or give it a default value . But if the field is populated in your source — the baffling ca...

Jun 16, 2026

ORA-02291 "parent key not found" in IFS Migration: the Forgotten Entity Reference on Your Custom Tabs

ORA-02291 "parent key not found" in IFS Migration: the Forgotten Entity Reference on Your Custom Tabs

Quick fix: ORA-02291 … parent key not found when migrating a custom tab means one of your fields carries an Entity Reference : IFS doesn't expect the raw value, but the objkey of the referenced record...

Jun 16, 2026

ORA-20112: FND_RECORD_EXIST in IFS Cloud Data Migration — "Record Already Exists" Explained and Fixed

ORA-20112: FND_RECORD_EXIST in IFS Cloud Data Migration — "Record Already Exists" Explained and Fixed

Quick fix: ORA-20112 … FND_RECORD_EXIST means the migration job couldn't identify the existing row, so it tried to INSERT it again. Switch the job to INSERT_OR_UPDATE , then fix the key in Method List...

Jun 16, 2026

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