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Managing the Plugins

Owned by Subhasree Banerjee (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Aug 12, 2022
3 min read

Plugin Manager is a new introduction in Ginesys ERP. Plugins are third party software, integrated into Ginesys ERP for various processes payment, CRM etc. 

In order to automate the set up / update process of config and integration files of plugins, the Plugin Manager module has been introduced in Ginesys ERP.


 Add Plugin

Prerequisites

  1. The users' role must have access to the Add app operation in the Plugin Manager feature in POS Manager - Setup - Configure through Roles in Ginesys Web - Admin - Security.

Step-by-step guide

The process is divided into the following steps:

  1. Go to Ginesys Web > POS Manager - Setup - Configure - Plugin Manager.
  2. All the previous created Plugins will be listed here.
  3. Click on the Add button.
  4. Plugin Manager window will open.

  5. There are three Tabs available in the Plugin Manager window - General, Config File, Site Allocation. 

  In the General tab there are two sections available - Plugin information and Hook map.


        Plugin information

  • Plugin Short Code: This is the short form of the Plugin name (Mandatory Field). 

  • Plugin Name: This is the name of the Plugin (Mandatory Field).
  • Plugin Type: This is the type of the Plugin (Mandatory Field).
  • Plugin Assembly name:  
  • Target Config File Name: 
        Hook Map

  • Hook Type

  • Class Name: 
  • Method name:

          In the Config Files  tab there is a section available -Config Files Repository . There are five fields operations available - File Name, File Size, Is default, Modified On and Modified By.
              

Application of multi config file

If site-wise multi-config file is required, then they can upload all such files from their local system under the same tab.

          In the Site Allocation  tab there are two section available - Available Sites and Assigned Sites . 
Select the proper site to enable the plugin at that sites. Click on the Right Arrow to move the selected site to Assigned Sites.

    6. Click on Save & Close button to save the created site. 


 Edit Plugin

Prerequisites

  1. The users' role must have access to the Edit app operation in the Plugin Manager feature in POS Manager - Setup - Configure through Roles in Ginesys Web - Admin - Security.

Step-by-step guide

The process is divided into the following steps:

  1. Go to Ginesys Web > POS Manager - Setup - Configure - Plugin Manager.
  2. Go to the Action button.
  3. Click on the edit button.

  4. Plugin Manager window will open populating the records in the particular fields. 
  5. Edit the data as per requirement. 
  6. Click on Save & Close button to save the edited details of the site.


 Export to Excel

User can download an excel file of total record of the Plugin Manager through Export to Excel feature in POS Manager - Setup - Configure through Roles in Ginesys Web - Admin - Security.

Step-by-step guide

The process is divided into the following steps:

  1. Go to Ginesys Web > POS Manager - Setup - Configure - Plugin Manager.

  2. Go to the Actions > Export to Excel.

  3. User will get a notification - "Excel Exported Successfully."

  4. One excel file will be downloaded containing the total record of the Plugin Manager.


Points to Remember

  • For a site, if a specific config file is not selected from the LOV, the default config file of the plugin will be applicable.
  • Under the existing Site Master, the 'Plugins' Tab has been introduced so that plugins that are already available can be allocated to a site.

Both ways are possible, either one can allocate sites to a plugin or allocate plugins available to a site.


Important AutoUpdate information

'Update Plugin' tab has been introduced under Ginesys POS AutoUpdate to execute the process of downloading integrations files for a plugin at POS.

Important

 Note : Demonstration and usage of the same will be shown by our integration team once users start using this tool .