IP Designer Series – Resource Update Node

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The Resource Update node is used to add/edit/delete resources in Lawson Security (Resource Manager).  This node is extremely useful for automating onboarding and offboarding. In the properties of the node, click “Build” to build…

LBI Ancestors Error

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If your LBI instance is installed with Crystal Report Application Server 2011, you may see a recurring error in your LBI WebSphere logs, referencing “JSONOBject[“ancestors”] is not a JSONArray”. This is a known defect in CRAS…

ADFS Login Failed in Rich Client

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If you are logging into Rich Client and getting a “login failed error”, check the security_authen.log file located on the Landmark server at LASYSDIR/security_authen.log.  If this file contains the error “ADFS login failed. The call to…

Document Express error 52 – Bad file name or number

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You may be running Document Express with Lawson and Citrix Storefront and encountering this error. Before you jump to conclusions that this issue is related to Lawson or Citrix security, check these steps below.   The user is likely…

Certificate Error When Loading Rich Client

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If you launch Rich Client and get a certificate error (particularly after a new Landmark install or update), here are the steps to update your IRC certificate. Here is a sample error message that you might receive before you are even presented…

Database File Space Issues That Manifest in IPA Errors

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We recently noticed some strange behavior in IPA. All of our work units were stuck in “Ready” status, and the few Work Units that actually had errors indicated a java heap space issue. Some of the work units weren’t showing that a log…

Infor Support Ending for Internet Explorer

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As of October 31, 2020, Infor is no longer going to support Internet Explorer as a browser for accessing Lawson applications. According to Microsoft, the end of life for IE will coincide with the end of life for Windows 10, so this is not a…

Securing a website using IIS

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If your organization has custom websites that need to be secured quickly and easily, you can use the IIS internal authentication and authorization rules. First make sure that your host server is set up to utilize Windows Authentication. …

Backing up the AD FS internal databases on Microsoft Server 2012

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If AD FS is configured to use the Windows Internal Database (WID) server, there are a couple of ways to maintain the databases created in the install.  They can be maintained using command-line sql or SQL Server Management Studio.  The AD…

How to verify Lawson user AD identity through Windows powershell

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A user in Lawson is unable to login to their account. Username or password is incorrect. Assuming your organization is using single sign-on through Active Directory, you can verify the user’s username via Windows powershell. Login into…