How to delete a Lawson Users jobs more efficiently

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You may be used to deleting users jobs through jobdef. This works, though you must select each job individually and press delete. So it’s not very efficient. A better way do to this is jobinq In lid >> jobinq <DOMAIN\UserName> This…

OT Pay Rate displaying incorrectly

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After upgrading to Infor 10 with Employee Self Service, when users view their Printable Pay Stub the Overtime Rate was displaying Regular Rate (see screen print #2). Screen Print #2 To resolve this issue: in emss_config.xml change…

How To Create new DataSource for LBI in Websphere

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Login and get to the main menu of websphere Then go to Resources >> JDBC >> Data sources: Select New to create a new DataSource: Type in the name of your DataSource and your database name as so (place the jndi\ in…

PR160 ACH Output Format

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If you upload the ACH file generated by PR160 to your bank, chances are you will need to fix the formatting after your upgrade to version 10. Some banks require the 94-character fixed width format, rather than the sequential format that is the…

Purging Benefits Data

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Every time an employee makes a benefits change, a new record is stored in the benefits table.  Additionally, a new record is stored in the employee’s deduction master table for each deduction related to that benefit.  If these records are…

Scheduling a Process in IPA

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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 …

Scan for Files in IPA

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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…

Troubleshooting BSI Database Connection during Install

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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…

How to tune the performance of a Lawson 4GL program

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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.…

How to transfer a user’s jobs from one productline to another using jobdump and jobload

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Note: Though possible, I would not recommend using jobdump and jobload from one version of Lawson to another as fields may change. Use at your own risk.   For this article, we will be doing jobdump and jobload in v10 between Prod…