September 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

"Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." -- Winston Churchill

Trending Topics

Lawson Security Sub-Admin - Reports Only Has anyone successfully configured a Lawson Security Sub-Administrator who's only access is to run Lawson Security Reports? Read More

How to calculate last day of current month (in a flow) In processflow, we need the last day of current month.This last day of month value will be used in batch pgm parm date, i.e. BN100, Thru-Date=20190831  Has anyone does this before? Is there an Infor PF date function that can do this? Read More

Loadusers - Role and Group data We've been on the same LSF/Security version since May 2018. And, I tested and verified that the loaduser utility would overwrite the role and group data 6 months ago. Recently, I noticed that the utility is adding to existing data. As part of our user disable process, I want to blank out the role and group data. I set-up an empty role called disabled because the role wouldn't just blank. but the group would. Now neither is working. Is anyone else doing this? Tips or tricks? Read More

Removing Identities with IPA We want to remove employee's Identities from Infor Rich Client. Our test flow is removing the employee's userid and passwords from each Identity but, the flow is not deleting the Identity name (e.g. SSOP) from Infor Rich Client when we view the employee, after flow is run. We are using a WebRun node with code that works on our PROD environment. What could be missing from our "test" flow that stops it from deleting the employee's Identities? Read More

Worthwhile Reading

How CISOs become business leaders Security leaders need to master marketing, HR, business lingo and more to really help lead their organizations, says William Hill's group CISO. CSO Online, July 11, 2019   Read More

Four Things Modern CIOs Need to Know Chief information officers stand at the forefront of how companies make and adapt to technological change. Here are four takeaways from the MIT CIO Symposium that they should keep in mind.  InformationWeek, June 10, 2019 Read More

Analytics tools becoming key to HR management HR analytics can help with a number of functions, such as pinpointing areas within an organization with the highest employee turnover. Benefits Pro, July 17, 2019 Read More

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John Henley Decision Analytics

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