# Flow IFS Cloud Development Guidelines ## Flow IFS Cloud Development Guidelines - [Flow IFS Cloud Development Guidelines](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines.md): Read me - [OData Basics](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/getting-started/odata-basics.md): This page gives an brief introduction to OData - [IFS Cloud](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/getting-started/ifs-cloud.md) - [Terminology](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/getting-started/terminology.md): Terminology that you bump into while configuring flows interacting with IFS Cloud - [Useful Applications](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/getting-started/useful-applications.md): Here you will find recommended apps and tools to support your OData development - [IFS documentation](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/getting-started/ifs-documentation.md) - [IFS API Explorer](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/getting-started/ifs-documentation/ifs-api-explorer.md) - [Entity details](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/getting-started/ifs-documentation/entity-details.md) - [Setting up the OData connector](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/getting-started/setting-up-the-odata-connector.md) - [Configure connection between Flow Server and IFS Cloud](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/getting-started/setting-up-the-odata-connector/configure-connection-between-flow-server-and-ifs-cloud.md) - [Selecting which configurations are visible in Flow Server](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/getting-started/setting-up-the-odata-connector/selecting-which-configurations-are-visible-in-flow-server.md) - [Architecture](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/architecture.md) - [Flow development and distribution strategy](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/flow-development-and-distribution-strategy.md) - [Implementation](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/implementation.md) - [Operations in OData machine steps](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/implementation/operations-in-odata-machine-steps.md): List of different operations selectable in machine step; what do they mean and how they are identified. Refer to terminology section to what they mean. - [Missing operations](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/implementation/missing-operations.md) - [Translations](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/implementation/translations.md) - [Iteration](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/implementation/iteration.md) - [Join data sets](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/implementation/join-data-sets.md) - [Misc Tips and trix](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/implementation/misc-tips-and-trix.md) - [Document / Media Library Management](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/implementation/document-media-library-management.md): OData Connector services have specific services to simplify IFS Document Management file and media library file operations. - [Response status handling](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/implementation/response-status-handling.md) - [Errors from IFS](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/implementation/response-status-handling/errors-from-ifs.md): Page will include specific errors returned by IFS that has been identified so far, what they mean and how to handle them. - [Operation specific notes](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/implementation/operation-specific-notes.md) - [Set input parameters using flow script](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/implementation/operation-specific-notes/set-input-parameters-using-flow-script.md) - [Update](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/implementation/operation-specific-notes/update.md) - [WIP - Create](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/implementation/operation-specific-notes/wip-create.md): Under construction - [Read](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/implementation/operation-specific-notes/read.md) - [Configuration](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/configuration.md) - [Authentication models](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/configuration/authentication-models.md): This chapter describes different Authentication options between oData Flows and IFS Cloud. - [Setup Client credential flow](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/configuration/authentication-models/setup-client-credential-flow.md) - [Setup Password credentials flow](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/configuration/authentication-models/setup-password-credentials-flow.md) - [Setup Authorization code flow](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/configuration/authentication-models/setup-authorization-code-flow.md) - [Setup OpenID flow](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/configuration/authentication-models/setup-openid-flow.md) - [Obtaining Authentication related URLs from IFS Cloud](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/configuration/authentication-models/obtaining-authentication-related-urls-from-ifs-cloud.md) - [Projection administration](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/configuration/projection-administration.md): How to manage projections updates in IFS in OData Connector and flow apps. - [Administrating new projections](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/configuration/projection-administration/administrating-new-projections.md) - [Administrating updated projections](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/configuration/projection-administration/administrating-updated-projections.md) - [Configuring projections in IFS](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/configuration/configuring-projections-in-ifs.md) - [Custom Entities](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/configuration/configuring-projections-in-ifs/custom-entities.md): Formerly known as CustomLUs - [Custom Projections](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/configuration/configuring-projections-in-ifs/custom-projections.md) - [WIP - Query Designer](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/configuration/configuring-projections-in-ifs/wip-query-designer.md): IFS offers a query builder for creating new projections for flow Read operations. - [Quick Reports](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/configuration/configuring-projections-in-ifs/quick-reports.md) - [Trigger Flows from IFS Cloud](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/trigger-flows-from-ifs-cloud.md) - [Trigger User Flows via External Navigation Links](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/trigger-flows-from-ifs-cloud/trigger-user-flows-via-external-navigation-links.md) - [Trigger Machine Flows via BPA using commands](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/trigger-flows-from-ifs-cloud/trigger-machine-flows-via-bpa-using-commands.md): This section describes how to trigger Flows from IFS cloud BPA - [Trigger Flow via Event Action](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/trigger-flows-from-ifs-cloud/trigger-flow-via-event-action.md) - [Debugging and Testing](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/debugging-and-testing.md) - [Aurena debugging](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/debugging-and-testing/aurena-debugging.md) - [Inspect in web browser](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/debugging-and-testing/aurena-debugging/inspect-in-web-browser.md) - [IFS debug console](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/debugging-and-testing/aurena-debugging/ifs-debug-console.md) - [OData Connector Log](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/flow-development-with-odata/debugging-and-testing/odata-connector-log.md) - [Custom Request](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/advanced/custom-request.md) - [C# usage in the OData connector](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/advanced/c-usage-in-the-odata-connector.md): Under construction - [Different methods](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/advanced/c-usage-in-the-odata-connector/different-methods.md) - [Building request](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/advanced/c-usage-in-the-odata-connector/building-request.md) - [WIP - Code examples](https://docs.novacura.com/flow-ifs-cloud-development-guidelines/advanced/c-usage-in-the-odata-connector/wip-code-examples.md) --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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