
Combining multiple Lawson reports into one with one line of code
Articles, Frontpage Article, NewsYou’re running an audit for Lawson security and are generating user, object, profile, security class/role reports left and right. It can be tiresome to review each individual one. With a simple batch command, you can save lots of time combining…

Lawson Server File Maintenance
Articles, Frontpage Article, NewsBetween batch job files, temporary files, and core dumps, file storage can quickly get out of hand on your LSF server. Here are some recommendations for cleaning up your server:
Download a tool like windirstat to scan your directories…

Using Lawson jobinteg Command to Clean up Batch Jobs
Articles, Frontpage Article, NewsThe jobinteg command identifies orphaned jobs and allows you to delete them to clean up your job server.
The parameters for jobinteg are
v (Verbose) – prints the bad records
t (Terse) – prints totals only
P – validate parameters
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IP Designer Series – Lawson Transaction Node
Articles, Frontpage Article, NewsThe Lawson Transaction Node can be used to add/edit/delete records in Lawson forms using AGS calls.
After you drag the node to your process, you can enter the AGS call manually, import it, or select “Build” in the properties to open…

IP Designer Series – Resource Update Node
Articles, Frontpage Article, NewsThe 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
Articles, Frontpage Article, NewsIf 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
Articles, Frontpage Article, NewsIf 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
Articles, Frontpage Article, NewsYou 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
Articles, Frontpage Article, NewsIf 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
Articles, Frontpage Article, NewsWe 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…
