Yes, there were two sessions where users presented their custom solutions. After the second session, the judges voted on the best and that was announced later in the week. Two of the presenters were not able to be present and used Webex to show their presentations. (One of the WebEx presentations actually won.)
Mark W.
unrelated, that effort began far before this was up and running.
Same struggle for me too.
If we can push getting a few technical session, in my opinion, it would be better than an EPCOR sales pitch for 40 minutes of the out of box product. I get it though, each customers needs are different, the session have to be vanilla.
There is a void of technical tracks. We have an opportunity to fill that void. This is the reason why the Customization to the MAX sessions are packed, usually by the same folks year after year.
The lack of tech content is heard and they made the mistake of asking me for suggestions. I donāt think they expected me to give them a dozen ideas in a minute.
Awaiting your ideasā¦ let me hear them!
For me, I wish Customization to the MAX, was really, to the MAX. It was kind of elementary even for a guy who had less than 6 months experience in it. When I heard āmaxā and saw it was capitalized, I had different expectations 
Also Iām dying for more info on EpiBinding scripting. Cool, handy use cases.
Thatās an excellent point, Ken, and one that begs a question. Last year, after the passing of Mike England and with the impending demise of the Vantage Yahoo group, was any consideration given to the possibility of joining forces with the EUG so that all Epicor ERP users could brainstorm and mindshare within one community/forum?
Regards,
Scott
Not to get off topic @ScottLepley but what would the benefit of making this FREE marvelous technical resource under the umbrella of a pay service? Most here already have EUG accounts and those who donāt probably have a good reason for not doing so.
So refactor the āCustomization To Maxā into an overview and some drill down areas?
I know itās a tough task to drill into details on this stuff because itās really a MASSIVE amount of info. But looking back over the past year, I wish I would have known (instead of figuring out) things like:
These all sound cool to me.
I am pushing to have more customers sessions vs. Epicor sessions. Otherwise the conference is a big cattle herd. After a few, folks start to lose interest in attending, unless they are going to see the new features of their upgrade. Seeing how others use the software is a big draw for me. My boss is like we can always get our CAM to give a demo on xyz, do you really need to go? I need more selling points!!!
Get the vocal customer to be apart of the change.
A few more for me technically.
Rest framework
Common BPM error remedies (this record is already locked by another user)
Automation of BOM changes
Automation of PO Process
Automation of Shipping/Receiving
Automation of Reports
BO; what does what when to copy the trace log when not to
understanding the oTrans Events on the client
Memory Errors
To be fair though Chris, you are an experienced programmer, so you donāt just have 6 months experience, you are much more advanced than that. I think that Epicorās business model is to try to maximize the amount of customization that a customer can do without programming, because thatās a selling point to smaller (read more) businesses that donāt have software developers on staff. Plus custom code is harder for them to support with their rapid upgrade business model.
I think that the ranges (and separation) of classes from beginner through expert, and with and without custom coding are some of the strongest attributes of insights and that should be continued. I wouldnāt want too many lower level classes sacrificed for high level classes because if I want to get other people in my company involved and excited about Epicor at insights, classes over their heads is going to put them to sleep so fast they might as well have stayed home. And thus jeopardizing my ability to go because if I was the only one that saw value in it, I would be over ruled.
steps off soap box
Anyways, I really want to go again in 2018ā¦
I so agree. These are the essential must know topics.
Ken, I like the process centric viewpoint of things. Use all the tools of the framework and tech to solve those domains. Thanks!
PD - We had 3 courses on REST for last Insights - I taught two of them. What more did you want or just a repeat performance?
I didnāt make it to a REST Class last year. This year I will be hitting one or two up. So I hope they will be offered again.
There is a call for speakers. any hints on how to make my 500 words sound awesome/
https://www.epicor.com/customers/insights/call-for-speakers.aspx
Sorry, no clue. If I did, Iād probably get more courses I pitch in as well 
Looking for flights already, I might even stretch to staying there instead of Air BnB. I had a fantastic time last year and whilst the jet lag nearly killed me, I got a lot out of it.
Any idea when the course schedule will be posted? Itās hard to plan without knowing if thereās something you want to do on Sunday or Monday.
Bart, Iād love to see a repeat of your extended education class on REST as
I was in another class at the time.
As you can see from my posts here, I roll my face on the keyboard enough to get
some code to work when needed (Thank god for this site and Google searches
and friends) but like others here, Iām not a coder. Classes on using the
system tools without --or with minimal-- coding is what Iād look for most.
Especially sessions with new āuse casesā
āBest Practices for using Data vs Method BPMs and Overview of the BPM
Workflow Designerā Discuss when to use a Data vs Method BPM and why. How
to troubleshoot when designing a BPM, especially looping issues. Then dive into the
Designer to discuss the widgits. Examples: explore the various options under the
Condition widget (some of them get confusing sometimes) ie
āthe Added/Deleted/Updated/Changed/Allā rows options. Plus other widgets
like a few examples of how to use āSet by Queryā or āUpdate Table By Queryā
widget would be great. Review the options in the Auto Print widget.
Iād like to see a lab on setting up DMT for Import/Export via
PowerShell. I know there is a GitHub on this but an interactive class for
people would be nice plus some āDoās and Donātāsā from users whoāve done
this.
Then a few business case classes. I can think of some things we had, or are
having to, deal with which canāt be that unique. I know Iāve had to deal
with each of these in both companies Iāve worked for that used Epicor:
International shipping (NAFTA): How to setup Broker fields - UD fields
& BPMs to get broker data from Customer to Shipping forms. Any company
that ships to Canada/Mexico must find some way to deal with this.
Requisitions Request/Approved Auto-Email BPMs - We setup BPMs to auto
email to the Approval / Purchasing person when a new requisition is
entered/approved.
UCC128 labeling multiple boxes/package per pallet where each package
needs itās own unique UCC128 serial # label with X details demanded by
customers. Example of āX detailsā A: Supplierās Name and Address B:
Destination -Where merchandise is being shipped to C: Barcode -Carrier
information - as specified by transportation company moving shipment D:
Carrier Name, tracking numbers (PRO#, Bill of Lading, AWB, etc.) E: PO
number Readable number required, barcode optional below PO number F:
Facility number in bar code form (UD field) G: Readable facility number -
7 digit numeric H: SSCC 18 digit serial shipping container code - with
application ID ā00ā