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Module 1 — Configuration Promotion

Sync your IFS environments.
In 3 clicks. Nothing missed. No risk.

Compare your IFS configuration tables across environments, see every difference, resolve dependencies automatically, and promote with full confidence — with a complete history of every operation.

Typical result
Before ERP Control 2 to 5h / promotion
With ERP Control 3 clicks — < 1 min
that is 40h saved / month on average
40h
saved
per month
3
clicks for a
full promotion
0
missed dependency
between tables
100%
of operations
tracked and auditable
The problem

Promoting an IFS configuration manually is risky by nature

Your consultants spend hours identifying which tables changed, in what order to promote them, and which dependencies to account for. One mistake, one oversight — and it is a production bug on Friday night.

The IFS Data Migration Tool covers this need, but it is complex, expensive, and requires rare technical profiles. You deserve better.

Without ERP Control — what your teams go through
Manually identifying changed tables in each environment
Resolving table dependencies by hand — with the risk of an oversight
No traceability: impossible to know who promoted what, and when
PROD promotions are not locked — governance relies on human discipline
What the module does

6 features for risk-free promotions

Every feature was designed to remove a source of error or wasted time in your IFS promotions.

Functional tree of IFS tables

Browse the IFS table tree organized by business area — Finance, Supply Chain, CRM, Project Management. Find the tables to promote in seconds.

Line-by-line delta comparison

See exactly what differs between your source (CFG) and your target (UAT/PROD) before promoting anything. No surprises at execution time.

Automatic dependency resolution

ERP Control automatically detects and resolves table dependencies. The execution order is computed for you — never again a foreign-key error in PROD.

POST / PATCH / DELETE orchestration

The platform automatically determines whether each row should be created, updated, or deleted in the target environment — based on its actual state in IFS via the ODATA API.

Partial or bulk promotion

Select exactly the rows to promote — a single one, a subset, or the whole table. Partial promotion is as safe as bulk promotion.

Full history by UUID session

Every promotion is tracked: user, table, affected rows, row-by-row result (success/failure), timestamp. Identified by a unique session UUID — immutable and auditable.

In practice

A promotion in 3 steps

What your consultant used to do in 2 hours now takes less than a minute.

1

Select the environments

Choose your source environment (e.g. CFG) and your target environment (e.g. UAT). ERP Control connects via the ODATA API and automatically analyzes both instances.

2

Review the delta and select

The interface shows, row by row, what differs between the two environments. Select the rows to promote — one or several tables, specific rows, or everything.

3

Launch — ERP Control does the rest

The platform resolves dependencies, orchestrates the API calls in the right order, and tracks every operation. Result visible in real time, row by row.

Business benefits

What it concretely changes for your IFS projects

Your IFS consultants get back 40h per month
That time is reinvested in higher-value work — functional analysis, process optimization.
Zero PROD incidents from a missed dependency
Automatic dependency resolution removes the main source of error in manual promotions.
Full auditability for your IT and auditors
Every promotion is tracked with a session UUID. Find in 30 seconds who did what, when, and with what result.
Accelerated IFS project cycles
Every testing or go-live iteration is 3 to 5 times faster. Your IFS go-lives meet their deadlines.
ERP Control — Configuration Promotion

"What we used to do manually in two hours — with the constant risk of forgetting a parent table — now takes three clicks. And everything is tracked for audit."
CS
Senior IFS Consultant
Manufacturing industry — IFS Cloud deployment

Questions about this module

Everything you need to know about configuration promotion in ERP Control.

ERP Control connects to all your IFS environments via the standard ODATA API — CFG, TRN, UAT, PROD. No ERP modification is required. The connection is configured once in the environments repository.

No — that is a deliberate choice. PROD is locked by a technical lock coupled with the Governance & Approval module. Any promotion to PROD requires explicit approval from a designated owner. It is not organizational, it is technical.

Each row is processed independently and the result (success, or failure with a precise error message) is shown in real time. Rows in error are clearly identified in the session history. You can relaunch only the failed rows without re-promoting what already succeeded.

ERP Control supports all tables exposed via the IFS ODATA API. The functional tree is configured for the standard configuration tables (Finance, Supply Chain, CRM, Project Management, etc.). Additional tables can be added through the tree configuration.

The Promotion module is operational in 2 to 3 days: platform installation, ODATA connection setup to your IFS environments, functional tree configuration, and validation of a first test promotion. The 2-week POC lets you validate on your real data.

Ready to see configuration promotion in action?

2-week POC on your real data. IFS connection in under a day. Zero client-side installation.

Or contact us directly: benoitg@erp-control.com · +33 6 15 82 56 22