Copying User Jobs Between Environments

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These are instructions for copying user jobs (by user) between environments.  This will NOT allow you to copy jobs between environments on different versions of LSF of Lawson applications if the job parameters have changed between versions. …
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When Universities Merge, Legacy ERP Systems Don’t: The Higher Education Consolidation Conundrum

Higher education institutions encounter significant challenges with traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems during mergers, leading to integration delays, increased costs, and loss of institutional identity due to the systems'…
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The Composable ERP Rebellion: Why Monolithic Platforms Are the New Legacy Systems

Traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are becoming digital dead weight. In a recent article by ERP Today's CEO Mark Vigoroso, he explains why more organizations are ditching monolithic platforms in favor of composable ERP—modular,…
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ERROR – Reorg control file reorg.cntl exists when trying to Activate a CTP

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Problem: You are having this issue: I’m getting a reorg error when trying to Activate a CTP “ERROR - Reorg control file 'D:/lawson/db/APPS10/reorg.cntl' exists.  It appears the database is in the midst of a reorganization.  Please…
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The Greenfield Deception: Why Your ‘Clean Slate’ ERP Strategy Might Be Sabotaging Your Data Legacy

Greenfield ERP (enterprise resource planning) migrations may offer a fresh start, but they often come at the cost of losing critical historical data and institutional knowledge, putting years of business intelligence at risk. In an article by…
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Using the Field Prefix to Find a Column in SQL

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Below is a useful tip for using the field prefix to search for a column in SQL Clicking Ctrl+Shift+O in a field on a screen in Lawson is a useful tool to determine what database file that field is populated by.  This can be used in Lawson…
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Self-Driving Finance: Why Autonomous ERP isn’t a Buzzword Anymore

The move to autonomous ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems is turning finance functions from manual, time-consuming processes into strategic drivers, pushing finance leaders to rethink their tech strategies and invest in smart platforms…
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Harnessing Data With Integrity: Cleaning, Extracting And Unifying Data

Today’s consumer-focused companies rely on teamwork and data-informed decisions to fuel growth, but their main challenge is ensuring that actionable insights come from trustworthy, well-structured, and readily available data sources. Lori…
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How to get the EMSS version

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To find out your EMSS (Employee and Manager Self-Service) version, please run the following command in LID (Lawson Interface Desktop):  rngdbdump logan version | lashow The command rngdbdump logan version | lashow is used to get the…
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