How to Update the ADFS Token-Signing Certificate

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Lawson SSO issue We are having an issue with ADFS SSO login with Lawson and I need someone to pull the updated metadata. ADFS auto creates a new ‘secondary’ decrypt and signing cert 20 days prior to expiration so on 8/31-ish It then…

Lawson Infor Process Automation XML Builder/Parser node with error – ‘X is not defined’

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Summary of issue: When working on a Lawson IPA Flow issue, there was an IPA Webservice Node call that grabs XML data. This data was then fed into an IPA XML Builder/Parser node and begin to throw an “’X’ is not defined” error.   After…

Weekly Patch Notification: May 9, 2026

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RDS Table Schema Impact on Query Performance

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When working with large databases, performance is always top of mind. A common question that comes up is whether the number of columns in a table impacts query speed. For example, if you have two tables—one with 10 columns and 100 million…

Lawson PR37 error – user not authorized for batch

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Summary: A user was trying to make a change on PR37.1 but received error: “User not authorized for batch. Contact Payroll”   On PR37.1, the user was trying to make a change: Received the error at the bottom left: “User…

Weekly Patch Notification: May 2, 2026

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Lawson Async Administrator – How to view a system users IPA scheduled jobs

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If you’re managing IPA flows daily, you may be used to working in Process Server Administrator. This gives you access to workunits, configuration sets, File Channels, among other features depending on your security. Now if you’re…

Connecting to MySQL in a Perl Script Using ODBC

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When working with Perl and MySQL, one of the most reliable ways to establish a connection is through ODBC (Open Database Connectivity). This approach provides flexibility, as ODBC acts as a bridge between your Perl application and the MySQL…

Weekly Patch Notification: April 25, 2026

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Lawson IPA Workflow email node – attachment failing on network path

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Summary: You have an email node going out to users with an attachment from a network path, but it seems to be failing. Here is the email node, notice the network path by \\ This same email node will fail when you try to add an attachment…