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August 2011
The LawsonGuru Letter
Thought-Provoking Commentary for the Lawson Software Community
In This Issue
Not So "New & Improved"
Maintenance: In-house or outsourced?
Upload Assets to AM Module
Remove objects from Portal Page
Upload Error - new value must be spaces
Worthwhile Reading
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Not So "New & Improved"
Clients range anywhere from disappointed to livid with Lawson's "new and improved" knowledge base.
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Quote of the Issue
"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man."
-- Elbert Hubbard      
Welcome to the latest issue of The LawsonGuru Letter, a free newsletter providing provocative commentary on issues important to the Lawson Software community.  The LawsonGuru Letter is published by--and is solely the opinion of--John Henley of Decision Analytics. 
Maintenance: In-house or outsourced?

What percentage of organizations perform maintenance with in-house resources or outsource maintenance to a third-party?  What is the justification for either choice?  

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Upload Assets to AM Module
I am curious if we can do a mass upload of Asset information into Lawson? There was supposed to be a template on an invoice but it got matched, and now we're left with manually entering all information in AM20.2.  Read More...
Remove objects from Portal Page
I've created a variety of data entry screens which will be accessed via a button on another form. When it opens I want to achieve as close as possible a modal style view. To that end I what to remove the tabs, search box, content, preference and help buttons. So far the best I could achieve is to clear the tab area of all bookmarks and hide it when the form is opened. Does anyone have experience dealing with portal objects and be willing to point me in the right direction.  Read More...
Upload Error - new value must be spaces

Trying to change salary class (H instead of S) for employees. My upload is returning an error message stating "new value must be spaces because line has no item". Been doing uploads for a few years and haven't seen this message before. Anyone have guidance on how to proceed?  Read More... 
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Sincerely,

 


John Henley
Decision Analytics
Worthwhile Reading
Down To Business: No One Wins An ERP Lawsuit
Montclair State University is suing Oracle for a number of alleged offenses, but did it really need to come to this?
InformationWeek, June 03, 2011

Search-Based BI - the Next Innovation
Innovations in consumer electronics, entertainment and communications are revolutionizing our lives where both businesses and consumers have unlimited access to information at their fingertips.
Information Management Newsletters, May 3, 2011

How Total Architects Enable Project Success
Introducing the "Total Architect" and the benefits this position can bring to your enterprise.
Enterprise Systems Journal, April 12, 2011

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