Entries by Angeli Menta

Infor Completes Acquisition of Starmount

Infor announced the completion of their acquisition of Starmount, a modern store systems provider serving large and mid-market retailers with point-of-sale, mobile shopping assistant, and store inventory management products along with cross-channel customer interactions. The acquisition will be a great asset to accelerate delivery of Infor CloudSuite Retail. With the struggle to force outdated software to meet new retail […]

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Scheduling a Process in IPA

Upload Your Process from IP Designer Log into IP Designer Create a new process Upload the process to your server by clicking the up arrow icon , or by clicking: Tools > Manage Processes > Select Open Process Choose the process you wish to upload, then click OK The process now appears in the list. […]

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Scan for Files in IPA

Open Infor Rich Client  At the login prompt, enter the Lawson username and password The canvas is now open. Look in the upper left corner and make sure you are pointing to the prod or test data area (not gen)  In the upper right corner, click “Start > Applications > Process Server Administrator > Administration […]

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Troubleshooting BSI Database Connection during Install

Your install is successful, but when you log on to the BSI Interface (Screen Print #1) you receive an error (Error Message. Exception is: org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory (Login failed for user ‘tf10’. ClientConnectionId:f0509232-la4c-4d22-b118-785e9ba8eee5). See Screen Print #2 You will receive this error if your SQL database is configured with a Named Instance. The Named […]

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How to tune the performance of a Lawson 4GL program

Lawson programs, especially batch jobs, can sometimes take hours to complete. In rare instances, a badly written 4GL batch job can even take days to complete depending on the number of records it has to process and how it goes about doing so. Depending on your skill set, you may be able to optimize the […]

Infor Acquires Predictix

Six months after announcing their strategic investment, Infor acquires Predictix, continuing to push to modernize the retail industry. A ground-breaking provider of cloud-native, predictive, and machine-learning solutions for retailers, Predictix will take place in Infor CloudSuite Retail, a modern enterprise application suite designed for today’s retail landscape. “Becoming part of Infor will further accelerate our retail […]

Newest Iteration of Infor Fashion Product Lifecycle Management Now Available

Infor announced the next generation of Infor Fashion Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), a rich, industry-specific solution designed to help organizations keep up with rapid adjustment to what’s happening in retail and assist retail companies with better informed decision-making . The application can link vital areas of the fashion supply chain to the business – from line planning, […]

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Create a File Channel in IPA

File Channels are a feature in IPA that is similar to the ScanFile Client feature in ProcessFlow. A File Channel scans a directory periodically for files which will kick off processes in IPA. The files and processes are configured in File Receivers. Here is how to set them up. How to Set up File Channels […]

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Run a Process in IPA

Open Infor Rich Client  At the login prompt, enter the correct username and password The canvas is now open. Look in the upper left corner and make sure you are pointing to the prod or test data area (not gen)  In the upper right corner, click “Start > Applications > Process Server Administrator > Scheduling […]