# Conditional Formatting in Infor LN: Grid and Field Colors

> Source: https://netray.co/erp-help/conditional-formatting-infor-ln-web-ui-grid-colors
> Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems.
> Section: ERP Help

## Short answer

Row and field coloring by value is limited in the standard LN Web UI grids. Personalization covers layout, columns, sorting and filtering, while value-driven colors usually need a customization, an extension or a dashboard in a reporting tool. Decide what the color should communicate and pick the lightest tool that delivers it.

## Kind

how-to

## System

infor-ln

## Erp

Infor LN

## Module

Web UI / Personalization / Application Studio

## Query

conditional formatting infor ln

## Alternate Queries

- infor ln highlight rows color
- infor ln grid row color based on value
- infor ln web ui conditional format

## Applies To

Infor LN 10.x Web UI. Capabilities change between releases, so check your version's personalization options before building anything custom.

## Steps

### How to approach conditional formatting

**Items:**

- Write down the rule in plain words, such as late purchase order lines in red.
- Check the personalization options of the session in your Web UI release to see whether any highlight option exists.
- If not, test a saved filter or view that lists only the exception rows, which often solves the need without color.
- If color is a must, ask your LN developer whether an extension or Application Studio customization on the session fits your upgrade policy.
- For management views build the color rule in a dashboard or reporting tool that reads LN data.
- Document any customization so it is re-tested at each upgrade.

## Sections

### What personalization gives you

**Body:**

- Personalization generally changes what you see rather than how values are judged: column order, widths, hidden columns, sort order and saved filters. These are safe, survive upgrades well and need no developer.
- A filter for overdue lines gives the same attention benefit as red text, and it can be shared with the team.

### When customization is justified

**Body:**

A customization makes sense when a role makes a decision from the grid every day and a visual cue changes the decision speed. Keep it small and in an extension area that your upgrade process handles, and test it after every release.

Avoid modifying standard sessions in ways that block upgrades. The cost of rebuilding a color rule after every release often exceeds its benefit.

### Better places for colors

**Body:**

Reporting and dashboard tools handle thresholds and colors natively. If supervisors need a late-order view with traffic lights, build it outside the transactional grid and link back to the LN session for action.

## Pitfalls

- Spending developer time on color when a saved filter would do.
- Customizing a standard session without upgrade testing.
- Using color alone to carry meaning, which excludes colour-blind users.
- Building rules nobody documents.

## Ai Angle

Instead of coloring rows, a grounded assistant can answer which lines are late or over budget in plain language and link to the records. That avoids customizing the LN screen at all, and it works over live data with the user's own authorizations.

## Faq

### Does LN Web UI support conditional formatting natively?

**Answer:** Treat it as limited. Personalization covers layout and filters, and value-based colors normally need a customization or an external dashboard. Verify in your release.

### What is the cheapest alternative?

**Answer:** A saved filter or view that shows only exception rows, shared with the team.

### Will a color customization survive upgrades?

**Answer:** Only if it is built in a supported extension area and re-tested at each release. Plan for that.

### Can reports color values?

**Answer:** Yes, report layouts can format fields by condition, which suits printed or exported output more than live grids.

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