June 2019

Thought-Provoking Commentary for the Lawson Software Community

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.

Quote of the Issue

"No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other." -- Jascha Heifetz

Trending Topics

Changing a Recurring Journal We are looking for a way to secure recurring journals by having them go for reapproval if they are changed in terms of dollar amount, cost center, GL, etc. Right now, they get approved on the front end, but after that changes can be made without an additional approval needed. Does anyone have experience with this scenario?  Read More

How to point Replication Sets to multiple FTP Destinations I am on v11 CSF and cannot figure out how to point Replication Sets to a different FTP directory than the root directory on the FTP site provided by Infor. I read the documentation and tried to configure the schema.registration.destination but it did not work. Has anyone got this to work? My objective is to send to several destination folders such as /ReplicationSets/GL and /ReplicationSets/AP...etc...but I would be happy at the moment just to dump everything in /Replications Sets/ instead of the FTP root directory.  Read More

Infoset as Attachment? Hi, we are on LBI V10. I am looking for a creative way that will allow data to be sent as an email attachment in a smart notification outside of the organization. Ideally, I'd like to convert the data generated from an Info set to an Excel or CSV document, include it in the notification as an attachment versus in the body of the email, and deliver to the recipient.  Read More

Automated Job Recovery Currently Lawson 10 - Windows/SQL.My site currently has a VB Script monitoring the job queue using jqstatus -hrw The current monitor works, but we are hoping to get some additional functionality out of it and IPA/ProcessFlow is where we have decided to house the new setup.  Read More

Worthwhile Reading

4 steps organizations can take to upgrade legacy software The relationship a company has with legacy software is often difficult to explain. But there eventually comes a time when it’s necessary to move on and upgrade to a newer solution. When that time arrives, do you know how to facilitate a seamless transition that puts your business in a position to maximize long-term success?  Information Management, March 5, 2019   Read More

What the CIO's Role Says About Your Company The roles of chief information officers (CIOs) can vary significantly. Some are strategic business leaders, others are tactical implementers, some fall somewhere in between. What they do says a lot about your company.  Information Week, April 16, 2019   Read More

3 things every CIO should know before they migrate to the cloud Enterprises are continuing to express their love for the cloud and that’s not surprising. Public cloud security has improved to the extent that enterprises are comfortable with the idea of offloading infrastructure management to other entities. Even highly regulated industries, such as healthcare and finance, are tip-toeing in the direction of the public cloud — albeit with reservations, and with their less-sensitive data and workloads.  Information Management, March 1, 2019   Read More

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John Henley Decision Analytics

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