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This guide explains how to modify settings for Lawson Portal options, affecting how applications display on your computer.

1. Open the Navigation Menu and from the General group, select User Options.
   
   
2. From the General tab, make the following selections:
   

   Option	Meaning
   Locale	The language that Lawson Portal uses. Default is U.S. English. Note: After changing the Locale, you must refresh the page for the change to take effect. Note: This option is not available to privileged online-only users.
   Data Area	A defined storage place within a Lawson product line. A product line can have one or more data areas, allowing you to separate access to different sets of data within the product line. If you have more than one and are unsure which to select, consult your system administrator. Note: After changing the Data Area, you must refresh the page for the change to take effect.
   Value Separator	Defines the character used to separate values in CSV files. The options are comma, tab, or semicolon.
   Default Report Type	Select the default report format for Lawson system reports. Options include Text, PDF, and LSR. Note: For correct rendering of all data, only the LSR output format is enabled on the Arabic platform. See: Enabling Infor Lawson Smart Reports (Optional) in Lawson Administration: Jobs and Reports.
   Default Printer	The default printer for Lawson system reports. Available printer names and locations are created by your system administrator. The selected printer name will be shown on the right of the drop-down list. Note: This option is not available to privileged online-only users.
   Tab Recovery	Controls how tabs from your previous session are recovered: Ask (default): Lawson will prompt you to recover or start fresh when the system loads. Always: Automatically recover tabs from the last session. Never: Always start fresh without recovering tabs. Note: Tab Recovery saves the last session per browser, but data from the session is not saved.
   Show Product Line in Page Header	Displays the current product line after the tab title. This option is disabled by default.
   Auto Select Required Fields	Automatically prompts available data when processing a record.
   Display Field Help	Shows help for a field when it is in focus. Useful for new users unfamiliar with the applications.
   Allow Logging to Console	Logs browser console information related to Lawson Portal requests, including context messages and workstation state.
   Use Data Entry Field Advance	Automatically moves the cursor to the next field without needing to click or press Tab. Note: Form customizations can affect the behavior. For example, if fields have been reordered in Design Studio, Lawson follows the original order when moving to the next field. Lawson Portal advances the cursor based on field type: Text and non-decimal numeric fields: Cursor advances when the maximum number of characters is reached.  Signed fields: For decimal signed fields, the cursor moves when the maximum number of decimal places is entered.
   Advance on 6-Digit Date Entry	Indicates that a date entry is complete after typing six digits (e.g., “093024” for 09/30/2024). This option is only available if Use Data Entry Field Advance is enabled.
   Enable Accessibility Behaviors	Enables various usability features designed for assistive technologies.
   Use Client Machine Time Zone	When enabled, Lawson Portal uses the time zone of the client machine when submitting jobs and displaying timestamps in Print Manager and Job Schedule.
   Frequent and Recent Forms	Enables the use of frequent and recent forms on the Lawson Portal homepage and navigation menu. Click Clear data to reset the data.
   Default Token View	Selects the default view for applications: Form View: Full field layout, requiring a key field search for data display. Ideal for frequent data entry. List View: Displays application records in a list. You can apply filters, create custom views, and select records for inquiry. List Mode: A wizard-based mode that guides you through required fields to locate and display records.
   List View	Configure settings for List View: Number of Records: Maximum number of records displayed in List View. Maximum List View Edits: Maximum records that can be edited in a single transaction. Note: This option is not available to users without edit permissions. You can also exclude forms from List View by entering form tokens, separated by a semicolon.
   List Mode	Sets the maximum number of records displayed in List Mode.
   Highlight Key and Required Fields	Highlights required or key fields with a color swatch, matching the user’s accent color.
   Shrink Forms to Fit on Screen	Shrinks forms to fit the screen without scrolling. Supported on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge browsers.

3. After making your selections, click OK to save your changes.

IPD  enables you to debug your processes. To activate the Debug view, go to the Infor Process Designer menu bar and select Window > Show View > Other

From there select Infor Process > Debug and click on OK.

The Debugger feature set includes:

• Breakpoint management- can be enabled for any activity node within a process, and causes a running process to pause at the point before the specified activity node. When the process pauses, process variables can be examined and/or modified. Process execution can be resumed at the breakpoint, or at any other activity node if desired.

To set this up, right mouse click on the node to debug and select Debug

The Run to this activity breakpoint is temporary and only valid for the current execution of the process. A “run to” breakpoint can be useful when you want to pause at a specific activity node during the current execution, but you do not want it to stay in effect for any subsequent executions. All temporary breakpoints are cleared before a process starts execution.

This feature is available only when running the process locally.

• Process execution controls

The run process control starts the execution of a process and is available if the process is currently not running or paused. The Run Mode option gives you the option to run the process either locally or on the server. The flow can be run on the server from the designer and provide you with the status and log information.

Specify Input data can be used to pass data to a process. The data will be added to the workunit once the workunit has been created. You can select from these options when specifying the input data:

• No input data: Select this option if you do not want to pass any specific data to the process.
• Use data from Workunit: You must specify the workunit number. The process will fetch the input data from that workunit and use the same data in the current process. If the workunit or input data does not exist, then the input data will be null.
• Use connector: You can select between two options. The first one is Specify input data where you can specify the data that you want to pass to the process. The second is Input data file where the data will be read from the given file and be used in the process.

• Runtime variable examination and modification

This feature is available only when running the process locally (that is, Run Mode is set to Local).

Once a running process is paused at an activity node, the current value of variables in the process can be examined and modified if needed.

The Debug view shows a list of currently running processes. The variables accessible to the activity node at the pause point is shown, organized by variable category and activity node. Selecting a variable shows its current value, and a new value can be specified.

The message “lase_server logging issue – Invalid message is received and size” indicates that an error message that is too large has been sent from the security server.

Example full message text

default.SEVERE server.SecurityEventHandler.run(): SecurityEventHandler #816 got exception. com.lawson.security.server.LawsonNetException: Got exception while reading from connection Socket[addr=/127.0.0.1,port=64706,localport=450000].

Stack Trace : com.lawson.security.server.LawsonNetException: Got exception while reading from connection Socket[addr=/127.0.0.1,port=6406,localport=50000].

at com.lawson.security.server.AbstractDefaultEventSource.read(AbstractDefaultEventSource.java:339)

at com.lawson.lawsec.server.SecurityEventHandler.run(SecurityEventHandler.java:151)

Caused by: java.io.IOException: Invalid message is received and size:300095616

at com.lawson.security.server.AbstractDefaultEventSource.readMsg(AbstractDefaultEventSource.java:351)

at com.lawson.security.server.AbstractDefaultEventSource.read(AbstractDefaultEventSource.java:352)

Resolution

The parameter server.readMsgMaxSize must be added to lsservice.properties.

The MsgMaxSize parameter ensures that a logging message that occurs when a vulnerability scan is run does not become so large that it causes the system to hang. The parameter catches very large messages and replaces them with shorter sample messages.

Perform these steps to add the parameter.

1. Stop the Infor environment and the application server.
2. Open the lsservice.properties file for editing.
   On Landmark, the location is: LASYSDIR/lsservice.properties
   On LSF, the location is: LAWDIR/system/lsservice.properties
3. Add the parameter server.readMsgMaxSize=[size number in Bytes] to the end of the file. The default size is 20MB. Infor recommends not setting the size larger than 40MB.
   Example: server.readMsgMaxSize=20
4. Restart the Infor environment and the application server.

Follow the steps below to add a new context app in Infor OS Portal.  In this example, we will enable the app for Infor Lawson S3.

Log into Infor Portal and Click on User Settings > Admin Settings

Go to the Manage Context / Utility Apps tab and select “ADD CONTEXT/UTILITY APP”

Enter a Type, Name, Description, and URL.  Click Save.

Now, add the application(s) that will be using this context app.  At the bottom of the screen, select the Applications tab and select “Add/Remove Applications”.

Select the application(s) and click Done

Be sure to Enable to application and then click “Save”

Your context app now shows up in the right side menu