How to cut consulting costs by up to 30%

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Those of you who know me also know that I've been a business application consultant for the past 16+ years. In that time, I've helped over 400 companies manage their business applications and have logged over 50,000 hours of billable time…

Migrating Custom Cobol Programs from Environment to Environment

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From time to time you’ll either develop a custom cobol program in test and/or possibly upgrade a client from one version to another - meaning you’ll need to transfer all custom cobol programs. Assuming you already know the custom programs…

How to Call AGS and DME Directly in Version 10

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Not much has changed in this version of Lawson when it comes to AGS and DME. You can still use them directly whenever you doubt your security access or if you just want to get a sanity check. I have created this article to provide you a quick…

How to Apply a Hotfix for MSCM

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WFM Hot Fix – Deploy .ear file To prepare for applying the Hot Fix Backup the appropriate databases Backup important application files (ex. lsfprod/law/system) app server: ssokeystore ssotruststore authen.dat install.cfg …

Copy User Jobs/Reports to Another User

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This scenario may be familiar for you if you’ve been living in the Lawson world. Let's say Sarah got promoted or transferred to a new position. The first thing we do is assign Sarah her new security access, but all the Lawson jobs/reports…

How to Implement SSL for Lawson Portal

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If you haven't already done so, implementing SSL after the install is a bit of a black art. Without going into gory detail, here's a very simple set of steps to follow: On the LSF server turn off all the services related to lawson…

How to Resolve Infor Lawson 10 Session Timeout Errors

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When you upgrade to Lawson version 10, you might notice some issues with session timeouts. The most common issue that I’ve seen is that the user will get 30+ blank popups. IF they have the patience to close each popup individually, they can…

How to determine the version of your Lawson jar files

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If you have every had to figure out what version of a certain Java executable you have you will appreciate this simple trick. Simply point your browser to this url: https://<your lawson server>/servlet/What?_jar=<jarfile> Example: https://lawson.nogalis.com/servlet/What?_jar=ios.jar This…

A More Efficient way to Update Report Data Sources

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During an upgrade, re-pointing all your LBI reports to your new database may seem like a daunting task. Never fear! You don’t have to do it manually (at least not all of them). Here are the steps to overwrite your data sources using a SQL…

How to Fix a Scheduled LBI Report That Didn’t Run Properly

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So your client has scheduled LBI reports that they rely on and for whatever reason, it didn’t run on the day it was scheduled for. Now, it’s Monday and it's too late to run the report manually! Furthermore, the client wants the report to…
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