IP Designer Series – The Data Iterator Node

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The Data Iterator node can be used to loop through records.  One way to use this node is to loop through the lines of a TXT or CSV file so that the data can be manipulated and stored somewhere else, or used in Lawson programs.  Here is an…

10 Tips for when shopping for an ERP System

For most businesses today Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is likely the most important piece of technology that'll make a part of how one runs their business. However, choosing the right ERP isn't a simple task. Here's a few questions to…

Infor to Acquire Birst

Infor has reached an agreement to acquire Birst, Inc, a pioneer of cloud-native business intelligence (BI). The San Francisco-based company is a unique, comprehensive platform for sourcing, refining, and presenting standardized data insights…

IP Designer Series – The Trigger Node

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The IP Designer Trigger Node, located under the Control Menu Group, is used to trigger another IPA process or Service.  Once you drag the node to the design screen, the processes and services list will auto-populate in the node properties. …

IP Designer Series – The Wait Node

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The IP Designer Wait Node, located under the Control Menu Group, inserts a specified wait time into your Process.  The wait times can be units of days, hours, minutes, or seconds.  This can be used for approval flows, if you want approval…

Configure WebSphere profile to use a different version of Java

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There may be a time where you need to update your WebSphere profile to use a later version of Java.  One indication of this would be if you are installing an app in WebSphere, and you come across the error “The major.minor version '51.0'…

Increase Security Employee Search Limit in Lawson Portal

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While using Previous/Next on a record in Lawson portal, you may eventually stumble upon a pesky error message of: “Security search limit of X employees exceeded” (X being anywhere from 1-100+)  Commonly this could happen when restricting…

How to Apply, Stage, and Revert Application Patches (CTPs) in Lawson S3

In this brief, 1 hour webinar, we will go over the application maintenance tool set (AMT) and discuss how to find and apply patches to your Lawson application. We will also discuss how to stage multiple CTPs and back them out.  Lastly, we will…

Ciber hands over the keys to Infor. What does it mean for customers?

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Ciber and Infor announced an agreement on March 20, 2017 to sell Ciber's Infor practice to Infor. This is the most significant event in recent years within Infor's Lawson client base as Ciber been serving the lion's share of the Lawson customer…

Protect Yourself from ID Theft This Tax Season

‘Tis the season for taxes! For many this entails longer work hours, but if you’re not careful, this season could entail ID theft. There’s many ways in which you could be scammed or hacked, even if you think you have a safe security system.…

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