You can even cross the streams… Emacs in the Browser Using Codespaces
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We are about 50% browser users so far and they’ve all said they will never go back to the smart client. That said, I’m a little worried about the switch from the classic configurator to the Kinetic one as there seems to be a few bugs in there.
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It’s not ready in 2024.1 either, especially for Data Directives. I find it much simpler and less of a headache still to login to our server, into the smart client, and work on BPMs (method or data) in the Classic version than the browser.
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Welcome @JasonB !!
The CFG is still a royal PITA. It’s going to take some re-thinking. But I will say that it’s getting better. We stopped working on it to wait for the editors (the last thing Epicor was working on in the timeline) and will give it a proper go in 25.1.
We live and die on the CFG and can’t take any chances with it.
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I’ve still been holding off as well but it feels like playing chicken. I’m 78% convinced it might be better just to do everything in Epicor Functions and Appplication studio. Seems like configurators get minimum attention.
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I asked some very pointed questions and I’m told that the CFG is not going away, and that 25.1 should provide the final missing/dysfunctional tools we need to migrate. My fingers are crossed!
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Tim, will the command line BAQ export/DMT processes still work? We have quite a few power shell scripts that do this sort of thing. Naturally the server on which they run would need to have the power tools installed. We are on-prem.
Thanks - Carol
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Great Question… (Something I actually dont know). @Pat_F do you have an answer for this? will you still have a command line ability to run a BAQ Export?
can you show how your ps script looks like?
Hi Tim - wish I could help but you have the wrong Pat!
@timshuwy, I think you are looking for @pferrington 
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Maybe your responsibilities have been expanded.
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Hi Olga. Thanks for taking a look at this. Here’s the meat of the powershell script.
Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $DMTPath -ArgumentList “-User $User -Pass $Pass -Export -BAQ GetPartsForUD32 -Target $Source -NoUI ConfigValue=Epicor10”
Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $DMTPath -ArgumentList "-User $User -Pass $Pass -Update -Import UD32 -Source $Source "
Sounds like Functions will start as a power tool with a preview browser version in 2026.1. The power tool version will be removed after 1 year.
I’m good with this as long as the new editor works the same if not better than the current one.
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Agreed.
I can’t see why they don’t have a common editor for BAQ, BPM, and Functions. It could be so much better than having separate ones that aren’t as good as even Classic’s were.
I vote just to leave the client there with a big asterisk that says NO UPDATES. I get it, how you can force people to do something they dont want to if they have an option.
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