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Version: 10.0.9.0Published: December 2016

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Publication InformationRelease: 10.0.9.0

Publication date: December 2016

Document Number: LSFRN_10.0.9.0


Infor Lawson System Foundation Products 10.0.9.0 Release Notes

This document describes features and enhancements included in Infor Lawson System Foundation—Choice and Infor Lawson System Foundation 10.0.x releases and applies to both products. Infor Lawson System Foundation - Choice does not embed IBM third-party products.

These new features and enhancements are organized under the following headings:

Infor Lawson System Foundation Products 10.0.9.0 Release Notes.......................................3

Products covered in this document ...............................................................................8Where to look for documentation...................................................................................8Where to look for product support information............................................................8

Release 10.0.9.0 Product Changes and Feature Enhancements .............................................9

Upgrade Considerations .................................................................................................9Supported Upgrade Paths ............................................................................................9

Third Party Product Support Updates..........................................................................10Discontinued browsers................................................................................................10

New Infor Lawson System Foundation Features........................................................10IOS logging compression............................................................................................10Configuration for IOS WebRpt Application (webrpt.cfg) .............................................10Additional options for datadump utility ........................................................................10Additional option -s for rngdbdump utility....................................................................11Additional options -C and -S for importdb utility..........................................................11Windows ID Name Lookup Tool Available..................................................................11

Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer New and Enhanced Features ......................12Additional templates for LSR ......................................................................................12

Release 10.0.8.0 Product Changes and Feature Enhancements ...........................................13

Installation Changes ......................................................................................................13New default behavior (USE_PRIVILEGED_ID) for database user and password during installation ........................................................................................................13

New Third Party Support ...............................................................................................13Support for new third-party products and standards...................................................14

Lawson for Infor Ming.le Changes ...............................................................................15Added tabbed browsing in Lawson for Infor Ming.le...................................................15Employee Information contextual application enhancements ....................................15Report distribution in Lawson for Infor Ming.le ...........................................................15Lawson for Infor Ming.le support on Requisition to Payment enhancements ............15

Infor Lawson Smart Reports Changes.........................................................................16LSR Designer Support for Java 1.8 ............................................................................16Displaying Locale settings using Report Parameter in Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer (LSR) ...........................................................................................................16Displaying Locale settings using Report Parameter in Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer (LSF)............................................................................................................16


Additional reports with LSR predefined templates......................................................17Handling for pre-defined secondary reports with incrementing numbers in filename.17

Infor Lawson System Foundation Release 10.0.7.0.................................................................18

Release 10.0.7.0 Upgrade Considerations...................................................................18Supported Upgrade Paths ..........................................................................................18

10.0.7.0 Product Changes and Feature Enhancements .............................................19Installation Changes ......................................................................................................19

Bouncy Castle installation is now automated with JDK 1.7 ........................................19New Third Party Product Support ................................................................................19

Support for new third-party products and standards...................................................1910.0.7.0 New Features....................................................................................................19

Direct IOS enhancements...........................................................................................20The Lawson for Infor Ming.le configuration file (portalconfig.xml) has been added to the Custom Content menu ..........................................................................................20Lawson for Infor Ming.le enhancements for end-users...............................................20New web tools in LSF Administration Tools ...............................................................20Enhanced security available for Infor Lawson Add-ins for Microsoft Office (Add-ins) 21

Infor Lawson Smart Reports (LSR) Updates ...............................................................21LSR formatted reports are now available for programs with CSV print file only.........21Added BN171 and AC206 on the list of selected programs that has LSR pre-defined template ......................................................................................................................21Scope of changes for pre-defined templates in LSR ..................................................21

Other Product Changes for Release 10.0.7.0 ..............................................................22Current Version of Infor Security.................................................................................22Lawson for Infor Ming.le plugin guides renamed ........................................................22

10.0.6.0 Product Changes and Feature Enhancements ..........................................................23

Support for encryption during installation ...................................................................23Support for new third-party products...........................................................................23Enhancement to jobprmrpt utility ................................................................................24Infor Lawson Smart Reports features .........................................................................24Build Migration List tool in Lawson for Ming.le............................................................24Migrate Custom Content tool in Lawson for Ming.le ...................................................24Custom Button Order feature in Infor Lawson Design Studio.....................................25

Infor Lawson System Foundation Release 10.0.5.0.................................................................26

Upgrade Considerations ...............................................................................................26Supported Upgrade Paths ..........................................................................................26

10.0.5.0 Installation Information ...................................................................................27Verify that the database is not being reorganized before you begin installing release 10.0.5.0 .......................................................................................................................27

10.0.5.0 Product Changes and Feature Enhancements .............................................28Secure Telnet connection available for LID ................................................................28Support for Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) with Lawson Security as the Security Token Service (LS as STS) ..........................................................................28Work file distribution list paths can be set through Infor Lawson for Ming.le..............28Direct IOS is available for Infor Lawson components .................................................28Web-based Tool for Translations is Available ............................................................29


Support for Indian number formatting .........................................................................29User interface changes ...............................................................................................29Infor Lawson Smart Reports features .........................................................................29Generic API now available ..........................................................................................30IPv6 horizontal scaling is supported on Windows.......................................................30

Infor Lawson System Foundation 10.0.4.0 ...............................................................................31


10.0.4.0 Installation Changes ........................................................................................31Verify that WebSphere inbound and outbound settings are set to “SSL-supported” in Global Security............................................................................................................32Other Installation Changes .........................................................................................32

10.0.4.0 Product Changes and Feature Enhancements .............................................33Infor Workspace and Infor Lawson S3 for Workspace have been rebranded............33Installation Changes....................................................................................................33LID is now available in 64-bit ......................................................................................34Direct IOS Configuration .............................................................................................34Application staging feature..........................................................................................34Infor Lawson for Ming.le (formerly Infor Lawson S3 for Workspace) enhancements.35Jobs and Reports new features and enhancements ..................................................35Infor Lawson Smart Reports features .........................................................................36Infor Lawson Security updates....................................................................................36


Upgrade Considerations ...............................................................................................37Supported Upgrade Paths ..........................................................................................37Support for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 8.5 .......................38Support for Java SDK 1.7 ...........................................................................................40

Installation Changes ......................................................................................................41Bouncy Castle is now delivered with the Infor Lawson Core Technology installation 41Support for installation in a horizontally scaled configuration.....................................41

New Infor Lawson Smart Reports Features ................................................................42Report Localization for Smart Reports........................................................................42Environment Variable for Lawson Smart Reports Designer .......................................42Support for Charts in Lawson Smart Reports Designer..............................................42Dynamic Text Property Support in Lawson Smart Reports Designer........................43Additional Data Source Support in Lawson Smart Reports Designer .......................43Page Number Limit on Template Preview in Lawson Smart Reports Designer .........43

Other End-User Features...............................................................................................44Print Manager Contextual Application Is Available .....................................................44New Look for Infor Lawson for Workspace.................................................................44List View Presentation in Lawson for Workspace.......................................................44

Server Environment Features .......................................................................................45Infor Lawson System Mobile Monitor Has a New Diagnostic Feature........................45Infor Lawson System Mobile Monitor iPad Support ....................................................45Change Tracking Feature Added................................................................................45Infor Lawson Information Investigator.........................................................................46


Infor Security Features ..................................................................................................47User monitoring feature is now available ....................................................................47New interface for Infor Security Services....................................................................47

ION Enterprise Search Support ....................................................................................48Support for ION Enterprise Search incremental crawls ..............................................48


Branding Changes .........................................................................................................49Upgrade Considerations .............................................................................................50Supported Upgrade Paths ..........................................................................................50

User Interface Features .................................................................................................51Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer now available.................................................51Support for contextual applications has been added..................................................51Support for Safari on Mac OS.....................................................................................51

Server Environment Features .......................................................................................51Support for Dynamic Data Lookup..............................................................................51Infor Lawson System Mobile Monitor: New mobile application for monitoring and administering an Environment ....................................................................................52Parallel Upgrade Supported for 9.0.1.9+ to 10.0.2 Upgrades ...................................52Product Line Copying Changes ..................................................................................52queue.cfg update (UNIX only).....................................................................................53

Lawson Security Features.............................................................................................53Lawson Security as Security Token Service (LS as STS) can be used for authentication..............................................................................................................53Primary authentication system can be either Infor Lawson System Foundation or Landmark ....................................................................................................................54

What’s New in S3 Lawson System Foundation 10.0.1.0 .........................................................55


User Interface Features .................................................................................................56New User Interface: Infor10 Workspace and S3 for Workspace ................................56Discontinued User Interface Support for Lawson Portal and Lawson Interface Desktop .......................................................................................................................56LID “developer mode” required for application developers.........................................56Lawson Design Studio features ..................................................................................57Lawson Add-ins for Microsoft Office is available ........................................................57

Server Environment Features .......................................................................................58Support for vertical scaling in WebSphere..................................................................58New Lawson Smart Reports option is available .........................................................58Support for dual-name display, Arabic Hijri calendar, and Arabic printing .................58New/updated utilities for right-to-left language support ..............................................59New utility for managing attachments .........................................................................59Changes to Environment Groups................................................................................60

Lawson Security Features.............................................................................................61Kerberos authentication protocol ................................................................................61New User Management Tooling: Lawson Security Services......................................61Discontinued support for LAUA Security ....................................................................62Changes to Lawson Security Administrator ................................................................62


Batch job user requirements .......................................................................................62Process Automation Features ......................................................................................62

Support for Lawson Process Automation/Lawson Process Integration......................63


Products covered in this documentInformation in this document pertains to release 10.0.9.0 of Infor Lawson System Foundation (LSF),which is available in versions that embed IBM products. This table describes the available versions:

Infor Lawson System FoundationVersion

Embedded IBM products

Infor Lawson System Foundation—Commercial

WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (WAS ND)

Infor Lawson System Foundation WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (WAS ND)

DB2 Enterprise Server Edition

IBM Security Directory Server IBM Integration Bus IBM MQ OmniFind Enterprise Edition

Infor Lawson System Foundation—Choice

No embedded products.

Most references to Infor Lawson System Foundation throughout this document refer to all products.

Details about requirements and restrictions for IBM products are in the document, “IBM License Limitations - Restricted Use,” which is available on the Infor Lawson System Foundation download record.

Where to look for documentation

Throughout these release notes, references to specific documents and Knowledge Base articles may be provided to help you locate more detailed information.

Product documentation is available on the Infor Xtreme site.

You can find product documentation posted to the product records on the Download Productspage. Look here first for installation guides and release notes.

You can browse or search for product documentation on the Documentation page.

Where to look for product support information

Up-to-date information about all supported products (Infor Lawson and third-party) is in the Infor Software - Compatibility Matrix for Lawson Products which is published on the Infor Xtreme site.

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Release 10.0.9.0 Product Changes and Feature Enhancements

Upgrade ConsiderationsFeature Supported Upgrade Paths

Description You can upgrade from Infor Lawson System Foundation 9.0.1.x

If you are currently on 9.0.0.x or 9.0.1.8 and earlier Infor Lawson System Foundation, you must move to 9.0.1.9 before you can upgrade to 10.0.9.0

Review the system requirements for Infor Lawson System Foundation 10.0.9.0. You may need to upgrade third-party products such as operating systems, databases, or application servers.

Check application compatibility for all Infor Lawson components in your system to determine whether you need to upgrade other Infor Lawson applications.

Infor Lawson System Foundation 10.0.9.0 does not support LAUA security. Before upgrading, you must set up Lawson Security for all users.

After the upgrade to Infor Lawson System Foundation 10.0.9.0, you will need to run several security and LDAP schema upgrade procedures to bring your system up-to-date.

Infor Lawson System Foundation version 10 products have different authentication requirements than earlier versions. See the Infor Security section of this document.

If you use any Infor Lawson products requiring Distributed Single Sign on (DSSO) (for example, Infor Smart Office, Infor Lawson Business Intelligence, or Infor Enterprise Search) you will need to upgrade to the latest version of the Distributed Security Package (DSP) after you have upgraded to Infor Lawson System Foundation 10.0.9.0. (At the time LSF 10.0.9.0 was released, DSP 11.0.0 was the current version.)


Third Party Product Support UpdatesThis section provides information about third party product support with Infor Lawson System Foundation (LSF) Release 10.0.9.0. Complete compatibility details are in the Infor Lawson Compatibility Matrix available on Infor Xtreme.

Feature Discontinued browsersDescription The following releases of Microsoft Windows Explorer are no longer supported as of

Release 10.0.9.0: Microsoft Windows Explorer 7, 8, 9

New Infor Lawson System Foundation Features

Feature IOS logging compressionDescription A user can compress large ios.log files into smaller .zip files to save disk space.

Compression is performed when an ios.log file has reached the set maximum file size limit and is about to be rolled over. This configuration setting can be applied through the ios_logging.properties file or ios_logging.xml located in %%LAWDIR%\system.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Administration: Server Setup and Maintenance

Feature Configuration for IOS WebRpt Application (webrpt.cfg)Description webrpt.cfg contains the parameter used by IOS WebRpt application to enable printing by

a privileged user for batch jobs. This configuration can be performed without having to stop and restart any of the Lawson servers.

Affected versions: 10.0.7, 8, and 9

Affected platform: Windows

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Infor Lawson Administration: Jobs and Reports—Windows

Infor Lawson Administration: Server Setup and Maintenance—Windows

Feature Additional options for datadump utilityDescription The datadump utility is used to export Lawson Core Technology table values. It can

either export values from a specific table or all tables from a data area. A specific table will have an output of CSV file. With Release 10.0.9.0, these required and optional program options have been added or modified: Mode, Data Area, .zip file destination, Table, CSV file destination, and Table Index.

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System Utilities Reference Guide


Feature Additional option -s for rngdbdump utilityDescription With Release 10.0.9.0, the -s option for rngdbdump specifies the delimiter of the returned

result other than a comma. It also requires the delimiter to be in a two-digit hexadecimalASCII value. This option is not valid with either the -c or -d option.

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Feature Additional options -C and -S for importdb utilityDescription With Release 10.0.9.0, the -C option for importdb configures importdb to use the date

format, decimal separator, and thousands separator set in locdef. This option is valid with the -f option only.

Meanwhile, the -S option specifies the delimiter used in the import file if the default delimiter is not used. This option also requires the delimiter to be in a two-digit hexadecimal ASCII value. The delimiter must also be a different character from the one used for the decimal and thousands separator.

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Feature Windows ID Name Lookup Tool AvailableDescription With Release 10.0.9.0, Lawson for Infor Ming.le provides a tool that lets customers who

move from UNIX to Windows look up user names in the UNIX format.

By default, Windows user names are stored as ten-digits (for example, NT00000004) while UNIX user names are stored in a friendlier format (domain\john doe).

The lookup tool is available from the Lawson for Infor Ming.le administration pages and is grouped with LSF Administration Tools.

Note: This tool is available in releases 10.0.5.0 through 10.0.8.0 through a patch.

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Infor Knowledge Base article # 1663415

Lawson for Infor Ming.le Administration Guide


Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer New and Enhanced Features The following updates for Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer are available.

Feature Additional templates for LSR Description Predefined templates have been made available for additional programs. These

templates have a styled layout enhancements to the existing .pdf and .txt formats. The additional report templates are available for:

PA311: PA311, empform

PA231: PA231

In addition, a template is also available for CSV when used as a data source with LSR.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Administration: Jobs and Report


Release 10.0.8.0 Product Changes and Feature Enhancements

Installation ChangesFeature New default behavior (USE_PRIVILEGED_ID) for database user and

password during installation Description As of release 10.0.8.0, the installation program creates a database service called

“DB<YourDataArea>SVC” (for example, “DBLSFPROD1SVC”). The service is where database user name and passwords are stored. Passwords are stored as encrypted in Infor Security. The setting of “USE_PRIVILEGED_ID” is the default.

New environments and new product lines for existing environments will be installed using this service. The database security service is not new but previously a manual, post-installation process was required to set it up. If you have an existing database service with a different name, you can continue to use it.

Impact Existing environments and productlines will not be updated at installation. They will retain the previous default setting with the user and password in the database configuration (CAP) file or their previous manual configuration.

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Database Administration Guide (for the database you use)

New Third Party SupportFollowing are products that are supported with Infor Lawson System Foundation (LSF) Release 10.0.8.0. Complete compatibility details are in the Infor Lawson Compatibility Matrix available on Infor Xtreme.


Description Support for new third-party products and standards

These third-party products are supported as of Release 10.0.8.0.

New operating system support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7

Compiler, updated WrapPack support:

Micro Focus Server Express, Version 5.1, WrapPack 11

Micro Focus Net Express, Version 5.1, WrapPack 11

Application Server:

IBM WebSphere 7.0 is not supported on LSF 10.0.8.0; IBM WebSphere 8.5.5 is the only supported version for LSF 10.0.8.0

Java JDK:

Java JDK 1.6 support has been discontinued.

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Infor Lawson System Foundation Core Technology Installation Guide


Lawson for Infor Ming.le Changes

Feature Added tabbed browsing in Lawson for Infor Ming.leDescription Tabbed browsing now allows the user to open multiple tabs from within the same

browser session.

Related Documents

Getting Started with Lawson for Infor Ming.le

Feature Employee Information contextual application enhancementsDescription Lawson for Infor Ming.le end-users can now view two additional fields on Employee

Information contextual application: ACH Distribution, and Payroll YTD Totals, respectively.

In addition, the new user interface allows the users to expand or collapse each form field to filter information being shown in Employee Information contextual application.

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Feature Report distribution in Lawson for Infor Ming.le Description Lawson for Infor Ming.le users can now distribute reports to a single or multiple

recipients by using Report Actions option where they can select a single or group distribution.

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Feature Lawson for Infor Ming.le support on Requisition to Payment enhancements

Description Requisition to Payment allows Lawson for Infor Ming.le end-users to view information related to procurement process such as requisition, purchase order, receiving and delivery, invoice and payment. These additional programs are now enabled to send contextual messages to Requisition to Payment:

RQ13.1

RQ44.1

RQ44.2

PO54.1

PO58.1

These enhancements require JT-781331 and JT-787473 CTPs to be installed.

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Infor Lawson Smart Reports Changes

Feature LSR Designer Support for Java 1.8Description LSR Designer now supports Java 1.8

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer Installation Guide

Feature Displaying Locale settings using Report Parameter in Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer (LSR)

Description An LSR user can now change the date format of the report upon preview. These are the date formats included in the locale settings:

MM/dd/yy

dd/MM/yy

yy/MM/dd

MM-dd-yy

dd-MM-yy

yy-MM-dd

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Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer User Guide Infor Lawson Administration: Jobs and Report

Feature Displaying Locale settings using Report Parameter in Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer (LSF)

Description Users LSR can now change the date format of the report upon preview. These are the date formats included in the locale settings:

MM/dd/yy

dd/MM/yy

yy/MM/dd

MM-dd-yy

dd-MM-yy

yy-MM-dd

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Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer User Guide Infor Lawson Administration: Jobs and Report


Feature Additional reports with LSR predefined templatesDescription Predefined templates have been made available for additional programs. These

templates have a styled layout as enhancement to the existing .pdf and .txt formats.These are the additional report templates:

BN285

BN232

PA360

Related Documents


Feature Handling for pre-defined secondary reports with incrementing numbers in filename

Description Pre-defined templates are now applicable to secondary reports that have an incrementing numbers appended in the file name such as:

PO120

PO20

BL80

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Lawson Administration: Jobs and Reports

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Infor Lawson System Foundation Release 10.0.7.0

Release 10.0.7.0 Upgrade ConsiderationsFeature Supported Upgrade Paths




You must upgrade to Lawson Enterprise Applications 10.0.x. Infor Lawson System Foundation 10.0.x does not support earlier versions of Lawson Enterprise Applications.




Infor Lawson System Foundation version 10 products have new authentication requirements. See Infor Security section of this document.

If you use any Infor Lawson products requiring Distributed Single Sign on (DSSO) (for example, Infor Smart Office, Infor Lawson Business Intelligence, or Infor Enterprise Search) you will need to upgrade to the latest version of the Distributed Security Package (DSP) after you have upgraded to Infor Lawson System Foundation 10.0.7.0. (At the time LSF 10.0.7.0 was released, DSP 11.0.0.0 was the current version.)

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Technology 10.0.x Upgrade GuideInfor Lawson 10 Authentication Configuration Guide


10.0.7.0 Product Changes and Feature EnhancementsThis section describes enhancements available in Infor Lawson System Foundation release 10.0.7.0.

Installation ChangesFeature Bouncy Castle installation is now automated with JDK 1.7

Description In previous versions of LSF, Bouncy Castle had to be manually installed if JDK 1.7 was used. With LSF 10.0.7.0, Bouncy Castle installs automatically with JDK 1.7.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Core Technology Installation Guide

New Third Party Product SupportFollowing are products that are supported with Infor Lawson System Foundation(LSF) Release 10.0.7.0. Complete compatibility details are in the Infor Lawson Compatibility Matrix available on Infor Xtreme.

Feature Support for new third-party products and standardsDescription These third party products are supported as of Release 10.0.7.0.

Note: An asterisk next to a product name indicates that the product became supported since the previous release of LSF was generally available (GA). This is the first mention in release notes.

Platforms / Operating Systems:

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2*

Database:

Microsoft SQL Server 2014

Perl:

Strawberry Perl (Windows only)

Perl 5.8.7 for IBM’s 5799PTL (IBMi only)

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10.0.7.0 New Features


Feature Direct IOS enhancementsDescription SSL Transport for Direct IOS is now available. Client / server communication is private

because authentication and encryption occurs between the channels.

Impact This enhancement requires configuration. Only PKCS12 Store type is supported for this configuration and Bouncy Castle is required.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Administration: Server and Setup Maintenance Guide

Feature The Lawson for Infor Ming.le configuration file (portalconfig.xml) has been added to the Custom Content menu

Description The analysis tools available in the Custom Content menu in Lawson for Infor Ming.le have been enhanced to include analysis of portalconfig.xml, the main configuration file for customizing Lawson for Infor Ming.le. The portalconfig analysis tool tells you if a node in the file has content that needs to be reviewed.

Impact Infor recommends that the portalconfig.xml file be analyzed every time an update to Lawson for Infor Ming.le is installed. The installation document has been updated to include this step.

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Infor Lawson Core Technology Installation GuideLawson for Infor Ming.le Administration Guide

Feature Lawson for Infor Ming.le enhancements for end-usersDescription The following enhancements have been added to Lawson for Infor Ming.le:

Employee Information – this web part allows viewing of information related to Employee History, ACH Distribution, Payroll YTD Totals, Benefits and Absence Plan.

Invoice Payment Details – this web part allows Lawson for Infor Ming.le usersto view Invoice, Payment and Bank Transaction details.

Recurring Job Definition – this form allows users to schedule jobs to run on a recurring basis.

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Getting Started with Lawson for Infor Ming.leInfor Lawson Contextual Applications User Guide

Feature New web tools in LSF Administration ToolsDescription The following enhancements have been added to Lawson for Infor Ming.le

administration home page:

Printer Definition – allows administrators to define, update or remove printers.

Printer Group Definition – allows administrators to define, update or remove printer groups.

Job Queue Definition – allows administrators to define, update or remove job queues.

Job Queue Group Definition – allows administrators to define, update or remove job queue groups

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Lawson for Infor Ming.le Administration Guide


Feature Enhanced security available for Infor Lawson Add-ins for Microsoft Office (Add-ins)

Description Security for the Add-ins product has been enabled for greater flexibility in assigning and denying access.

Impact Security administrators can now create specific rules for their site and assign them to user roles as needed.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Add-ins for Microsoft Office User Guide and Infor Lawson Add-ins for Microsoft Office Release Notes

Infor Lawson Smart Reports (LSR) UpdatesThe LSR product has been enhanced as described in this section.

Feature LSR formatted reports are now available for programs with CSV print file only

Description Reports can now be viewed in LSR format for programs with comma-separated values (CSV) as sole data source.

Related Documents


Feature Added BN171 and AC206 on the list of selected programs that has LSR pre-defined template

Description BN171 and AC206 reports are now based on LSR pre-defined templates.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Administration: Jobs and Reports

Feature Scope of changes for pre-defined templates in LSRDescription Pre-defined templates applied to selected programs are now applied across a locale’s

reports.

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Other Product Changes for Release 10.0.7.0

Feature Current Version of Infor SecurityDescription For Infor Lawson System Foundation 10.0.7.0, Infor Security Services and Distributed

Security Package, version 11.0.0.0 are the supported versions.

Related Documents

Infor Security Services Configuration Guide, Distributed Security Package Installation Guide

Feature Lawson for Infor Ming.le plugin guides renamedDescription In keeping with branding for Infor Ming.le products, the Infor Lawson plugin guides have

been renamed to:

Infor Lawson Configuration Guide for Infor Ming.le for SharePoint 2010

Infor Lawson Configuration Guide for Infor Ming.le for SharePoint 2013

These documents can be found:

o On the download record for Infor Ming.le (grouped with Technology / Infor User Experience Products).

o In Infor Xtreme, Documentation/Integration section

o In your locally installed LSF infocenter

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10.0.6.0 Product Changes and Feature Enhancements

Feature Support for encryption during installationDescription Infor has improved the security of configuration data by encrypting any passwords and

other sensitive information managed by the installation program. An important consequence of this change is that the user performing an installation (or subsequent update or patch) must define and remember a passkey.

The configuration protection passkey must be provided when requested by the installation program so that secure data can be encrypted and decrypted as required.

After the passkey is created, remember it. You will need it to maintain the product through subsequent patches or updates.

If the passkey is lost or needs to be changed, for example, because of the possibility that it has been compromised, you can define a new one. You will need to know all other passwords in the install.cfg file in order to re-encrypt them with the new encryption key.

Impact The passkey and instructions for changing and resetting should be shared only with trusted employees.

Related Documents

“Configuration Protection Passkey” appendix of the Infor Lawson System Foundation Core Technology Installation Guide

Feature Support for new third-party productsDescription The following third party products are supported as of Release 10.0.6.0:

Platforms / Operating Systems: IBMi v7r2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x Solaris 11

Database:

Oracle 12c

Browser:

Chrome

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Feature Enhancement to jobprmrpt utilityDescription The Job Parameter Report utility has been enhanced so that you can create separate

reports for each user’s jobs.

Impact This feature allows job administrators to more easily view and sort the job parameter information by user.

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Feature Infor Lawson Smart Reports featuresDescription Infor Lawson Smart Reports have been enhanced with the following features:

Infor Lawson Smart Reports now supports all kinds of reports: Batch, Online and Report Writer.

Added the parameter.suppress.generate.blank property to the reportsettings.prefs configuration file, which works with the existing parameter.suppress property. If the report only contains the job submission parameter page and that page was suppressed, users now have the option not to generate a report.

Pre-defined templates are applied for selected programs in its default locale. The following reports are being generated using LSR pre-defined templates:

o PO132: PO132o PO20: l-form1, l-plain1, p-form1, p-plain1o PO120: l-form1, l-plain1, p-form1, p-plain1o BL122: bl122reg, plaininvo BL80: invoice1

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LSR Designer features: Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer User Guide; Infor Lawson Smart Reports Installation Guide

Administrator features: Infor Lawson Administration: Jobs and Report

Feature Build Migration List tool in Lawson for Ming.leDescription The “Build Migration List” tool enables the administrator to generate a list of commands

to make migrating of custom content easier.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson for Ming.le Administration Guide

Feature Migrate Custom Content tool in Lawson for Ming.leDescription The “Migrate Custom Content” tool allows the administrator to perform the following

functions: This tool analyzes scripts and forms located in the Lawson directory and reports

if the files are in valid format or have potential issues. This tool lets the administrator migrate forms located in the Lawson directory to

the current requirements of LSF, a backup file is also created in case the administrator chooses to revert to the old custom content setting.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson for Ming.le Administration Guide


Feature Custom Button Order feature in Infor Lawson Design StudioDescription The new option in Infor Lawson Design Studio allows user to display the action button in

the same order as shown in Assigned actions list of “More Document Properties” dialog window.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Design Studio User Guide


Infor Lawson System Foundation Release 10.0.5.0






The 9.0.1.9 10.0.1.0 upgrade is an in-place upgrade. You will install the new version of Infor Lawson System Foundation into your existing environments.




Infor Lawson System Foundation version 10 products have new authentication requirements. See Infor Security 10.0.5.0 in this document.

If you use any Infor Lawson products requiring Distributed Single Sign on (DSSO) (for example, Infor Smart Office, Infor Lawson Business Intelligence, or ION Enterprise Search) you will need to upgrade to the Distributed Security Package (DSP) after you have upgraded to Infor Lawson System Foundation 10.0.5.0.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Technology 10.0.x Upgrade Guide

Infor Lawson 10 Authentication Configuration Guide


10.0.5.0 Installation Information

Alert Verify that the database is not being reorganized before you begin installing release 10.0.5.0

Description It is a best practice to ensure that your database is not being reorganized before you begin installing a new release of Infor Lawson.

Because of internal changes that affect the reorg.cntrl file layout, Release 10.0.5.0 will fail if the database is being reorganized during the LSF installation.

The installation guide has a reminder to installers as a pre-installation step.

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Feature Secure Telnet connection available for LID Description Unix and Windows customers can now run the Lawson Desktop with SSH (Unix) and

STunnel (Windows) for a more secure connection.

Impact The secure connection requires configuration. (Instructions are in Infor Lawson documentation.)

The feature is not available on IBM i.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Interface Desktop (LID) Installation Guide

Getting Started with the Lawson Interface Desktop (LID)

Feature Support for Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) with Lawson Security as the Security Token Service (LS as STS)

Description Infor Lawson Security supports the use of ADFS in an LS as STS security configuration.

Impact Prerequisites and configuration instructions on the Infor Lawson Security side are available in Infor product documentation.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson 10 Authentication Configuration Guide which is available in the Infor Lawson System Foundation infocenter and in the Infor Xtreme Support site.

Feature Work file distribution list paths can be set through Infor Lawson for Ming.le

Description Job parameter forms in Infor Lawson for Ming.le now contain a new button, Work File Distribution, that allows you to change the work file distribution path for the job. Formerly, this functionality was only available through the Job Definition utility (jobdef).

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Administration: Jobs and Reports and Getting Started with Infor Lawson for Ming.le.

Feature Direct IOS is available for Infor Lawson componentsDescription Direct IOS is a way for Infor Lawson products that run under LSF (for example, LBI,

MSCM and so on) to connect through EJBs instead of through the web server. Most customers will see a performance improvement through this connection.

Related Documents

Direct IOS has been available for some products for several releases. Review your component documentation for more information, including whether any configuration is needed for your installation.


Feature Web-based Tool for Translations is Available

Description A tool that lets Infor Lawson administrators define and configure translations using Infor Lawson for Ming.le is now available.

Most features of the LID-based tool can now be performed using the new tool.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Administration: Translation

Feature Support for Indian number formatting

Description Infor Lawson for Ming.le now supports comma separating for numbers as used in India. This change will happen automatically when India is selected for Locale.

Related Documents

Information about how to select a locale: Infor Lawson Administration: Translation

Feature User interface changes

Description Infor Lawson for Ming.le has new and improved styling for ease of use. Search box and user toolbar are now combined for a more compact look.

Impact End-users should find these changes self-evident.

Related Documents

Getting Started with Infor Lawson for Ming.le


The Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer or LSR Designer is now available in 64-bit.

New template property SuppressFrontPage in LSR Designer gives the user control on displaying the job parameter page when running reports.

A shortcut key is added for opening Search Element window in LSR Designer.

LSR Designer allows users to open reportsettings.prefs configuration file in the report editor and use for previewing templates.

LSR format of bursted reports in Infor Lawson Business Intelligence (LBI) now has Bookmarks function.

Related Documents

LSR Designer features: Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer User Guide; Infor Lawson Smart Reports Installation Guide

Administrator features: Infor Lawson Administration: Jobs and Reports


Feature Generic API now availableDescription This API allows future new technology APIs for applications to be introduced without

forcing an application recompile or a Lawson System Foundation patch for clients that are not using the new functionality.

This feature will reduce the time required for an upgrade.

Impact This feature is available on UNIX and Windows systems only.

Related Documents

Lawson 4GL Application Program Interfaces (UNIX and Windows) and Lawson RPG Application Program Interfaces (IBM i).

Feature IPv6 horizontal scaling is supported on WindowsDescription Infor Lawson System Foundation supports Windows customers who run under IPv6

horizontal scaling.

Related Documents

Refer to your Windows documentation for any special setup instructions.

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10.0.4.0 Installation Changes


Feature Verify that WebSphere inbound and outbound settings are set to “SSL-supported” in Global Security

Description Infor Lawson requires the WebSphere 8.x inbound and outbound communication transport setting to be configured as “SSL-supported.” This setting prevents failure of Infor Lawson service calls.

In previous releases, WebSphere delivered the “SSL-supported” setting by default. In WebSphere 8.x, IBM changed the default.

Before users begin running on WAS 8.x / LSF, verify this setting on the WebSphereAdministration console and change to “SSL-supported” if necessary. There are two places where this setting must be changed.

Related Documents

Details about how to verify and change this option are in “Set CSIv2 Inbound / Outbound Communications Transport Layer in WebSphere” in Infor Lawson Core Technology Installation Guide, version 10.0.4.0.

Feature Other Installation ChangesDescription The following changes should be noted before installing Infor Lawson System

Foundation (LSF) release 10.0.4.0:

Installations that are updating from an earlier release of LSF 10 must upgrade LDAP schema after installing Release 10.0.4.0 following instructions in the Infor Lawson System Foundation Core Technology Installation Guide.

Release 10.0.4.0 supports longer CSV files than previous versions did. Reinstalling Infor Lawson applications is required to make use of this capability,

LSF now supports Perl 5.16 so that it can be used for platforms that require it, such as Windows 2008 R2 x64.

The Lawson Security client must be reinstalled for LSF release 10.0.4.0. This is to support security tooling changes.

Related Documents


Infor Lawson Security Administrator Installation Guide



Feature Infor Workspace and Infor Lawson S3 for Workspace have been rebranded

Description The new name for the main user interface for Infor products is now Infor Ming.le. Previously, it was Infor Workspace.

The new name for the application for accessing Infor Lawson products through Infor Ming.le™ is now Infor Lawson for Ming.le. Previously, it was Infor Lawson S3 for Workspace.

Note: You might continue to see some references to the old branding on screens and in documentation.

Feature Installation Changes

Description The following changes should be noted before installing Infor Lawson System Foundation (LSF) release 10.0.4.0:

Installations that are updating from an earlier release of LSF 10 must upgrade LDAP schema after installing Release 10.0.4.0 following instructions in the Infor Lawson System Foundation Core Technology Installation Guide.

Release 10.0.4.0 supports longer CSV files than previous versions did. Reinstalling Infor Lawson applications is required to make use of this capability,

LSF now supports Perl 5.16 so that it can be used for platforms that require it, such as Windows 2008 R2 x64.

The Lawson Security client must be reinstalled for LSF release 10.0.4.0. This is to support security tooling changes.

Related Documents


Infor Lawson Security Administrator Installation Guide


Feature LID is now available in 64-bit

Description The Lawson Interface Desktop (often referred to as LID or the Desktop Client) is now available in 64-bit version.

Related Documents


Feature Direct IOS Configuration

Description This feature enables the administrator to configure client applications to communicate directly with IOS.

Related Documents Infor Lawson Administration: Server Setup and Maintenance

Feature Application staging feature

Description The application staging feature is a new set of tools and procedures that enables you touse a staged process when taking patches. It enables you to compile the programs and then at a later point move the runtime objects to your production system.

This feature enables you to reduce system down time when you need to compile application programs.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Enterprise Applications Installation Guide


Feature Infor Lawson for Ming.le (formerly Infor Lawson S3 for Workspace) enhancements

Description The following enhancements have been added to Infor Lawson for Ming.le:

Minor changes have been added to the graphical user interface and menu icons to enhance the look of batch parameter forms.

New printing options allow users to change the font size and font family of the report in Printable View dialog.

A Quick Print function is now available in forms, allowing users to print a selected job to the default printer.

A Quick Submit function is added in parameter forms, allowing users to submit a job to the default job queue.

Related Documents

Getting Started with Lawson for Ming.le User Guide

Feature Jobs and Reports new features and enhancements Description The following enhancements have been made to Infor Lawson Jobs and Reports:

The Job Scheduler has been enhanced to prevent queue hogging. Queue hogging is the situation where a user submits several jobs in quick succession such that when others submit jobs, their jobs are placed farther down on the queue and are not processed in a timely manner. Now, if you turn off queue hogging, when the first user’s first job is finished, the Job Schedule will check for a job from a different user and process that one, before returning to process more jobs from the user who had a series of jobs at the top of the queue.

The default job queue functionality has been enhanced to allow the setting of a default job queue at levels smaller than a system code. You can set the default job queue for program prefixes and for specific programs. The ability to set the default job queue for a program prefix allows you, for example, to set a default job queue for all report programs that start with RW. Previously, to set a default queue for RW programs, you could only set it at the higher level of the system code that RW belongs to.

Related Documents



Feature Extended Translation Size Limit and Hover Option

Description Header, phrase, and column labels on screen that contain extended phrase translations will be displayed when the mouse hovers to the text, displaying the entire extended translation.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Administration: Translation


Online reports can now be viewed in LSR format.

LSR formatting features, such as, font and properties, company logo and page header dimension can be configured at the global level.

Report Writer (RW100) template is now available for LSR users.

Infor Lawson Business Intelligence (LBI) Report Bursting feature is now available in LSR.

For LSR Designer, a script tab has been added to the report editor window. This tab provides an interface for creating custom codes to manipulate data in the report template.

For LSR Designer, the Search Element is now available. This feature allows the user to perform keyword searches on the Layout tab. Searchable report items are Label, Text and Dynamic Text.

Related Documents

LSR features: Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer User Guide

Administrator features: Infor Lawson Administration: Jobs and Reports

Feature Infor Lawson Security updatesDescription The following Lawson Security changes are relevant to LSF 10.0.4.0:

Infor Security Services (ISS) has been re-versioned; 10.1.0.0 is the version compatible with LSF 10.04.0. ISS 10.1.0.0 is a complete delivery of the product and contains the latest updates and fixes.

The Lawson Security client must be re-installed for compatibility.

A new function, areElementsInRange, is available for writing rules against elements, such as process level, for which a user might have access to a range of levels.

Related Documents

Infor Security Services: Installation information is in Distributed Security Package Installation Guide, Version 10.1.0.0. Configuration information is in Infor Security Services Configuration Guide.

Installing the security client: Lawson Security Administration Installation Guide

Information on the areElementsInRange function: Lawson Security Administration: Resources and Security





If you are currently on 9.0.0.x or 9.0.1.8 and earlier Lawson System Foundation, you must move to 9.0.1.9 before you can upgrade to 10.0.3.0


You must upgrade to Lawson Enterprise Applications 10.0.x. Infor Lawson System Foundation 10.0.x does not support earlier versions of LawsonEnterprise Applications.







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Feature Support for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 8.5

Description Lawson System Foundation 10.0.3.0 and higher support WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 8.5. If you are currently using WebSphere Application Server 7.0, you can migrate to version 8.5 before installing Lawson System Foundation 10.0.3.0 as a service pack.

You must migrate all nodes and application servers in your LSF configuration to WebSphere ND 8.5. It is technically possible to have a mixed configuration of 7.0 and 8.5 application servers managed by an 8.5 Deployment Manager. However, Infor does not support this scenario.

If you are using WebSphere ND 8.5, you also have the option to install Java SDK 1.7.and follow instructions in this document to change the JAVA_HOME, LAW_JAVA_HOME, and LAW_JAVA_BIN values in your environment. See “Support for Java 1.7” in this document.

Impact There are two ways to migrate to WebSphere 8.5:

Install WebSphere 8.5 and use the migration utility provided by IBM to migrate your WebSphere 7.0 configuration to 8.5. This option preserves the Lawson configuration data that was set up when the previous version of WebSphere was installed. After you install Infor Lawson Core Technology 10.0.3.0, you will deploy the Lawson .ear files into the WebSphere 8.5 application server.

For more information on IBM migration utilities, see the IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 8.5 Information Center:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v8r5/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.websphere.migration.nd.doc%2Fae%2Fwelcome_migrating.html

Install WebSphere 8.5 as a new instance, and re-do all of the Lawson configuration plus any other configuration changes you made. After you install Infor Lawson Core Technology 10.0.3.0, you will deploy the Lawson .ear files into the WebSphere 8.5 application server.

If you install WebSphere ND 8.5 as a new instance and re-do your configuration, check your WebSphere ND 7.0 system for the following configuration changes. You will need to repeat these in the new 8.5 system.

Configuration change Where to check

Disable the WCInboundDefault or WCInboundDefault Secure web container transport chain

Application servers>ServerName>Web container transport chains

Change JMV heap sizes, generic JVM arguments, and other JVM settings

Application servers>ServerName>Process Definition>Java Virtual Machine

Add custom JVM properties Application servers>ServerName>Process Definition>Java Virtual Machine>Custom Properties

Add custom Environment Entries Application servers>ServerName>Process Definition>Environment Entries


Change how the process runs (for example, as a specific user or group)

Application servers>ServerName>Process Definition>Process Execution

Change web container thread pool settings

Application servers>ServerName>Thread Pools>Web Container

Enable administrative security Security>Secure administration, applications, and infrastructure

Change log settings (for example, sizes or locations)

Troubleshooting>Logs and Trace

Create an application server cluster Servers>Clusters

Customers who use Infor Lawson Addins and are planning to use WebSphere 8.5 must perform some additional post-installation steps which are described in the Infor Lawson installation guide.

Related Documents

“Setting up WebSphere” in the Infor Lawson Core Technology Installation Guide

“Deploying Web Applications to WebSphere 8.5” in the Infor Lawson Core Technology Installation Guide

Infor Lawson Addins customers: “Infor Lawson Addins and WebSphere 8.5 installations only: Update lsservice.properties” in the Infor Lawson Core Technology Installation Guide


Feature Support for Java SDK 1.7

Description If you plan to use WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 8.5, you may also upgrade to Java SDK 1.7. The updated Java must be installed and environment variables re-configured to point to the new Java before you install Lawson System Foundation 10.0.3.0.

Impact Before you install Infor Lawson System Foundation 10.0.3.0 with Java SDK 1.7, update the following Lawson system variables to point to the Java SDK 1.7 installation directory:

File or program Needed action Documentation

Custom scripts used to set Environment variables

Change any custom scripts or files that you use to set environment variables, if these scriptsinclude setting the PATH, JAVA_HOME, LAW_JAVA_HOME, and LAW_JAVA_BIN variables

Windows only

/BaseDir/enter.cmd

Change the PATH, JAVA_HOME, LAW_JAVA_HOME, and LAW_JAVA_BIN settings.


Windows only

laconfig program

Change the LAW_JAVA_HOME, LAW_JAVA_BIN, and PATH settings

Server Setup and Maintenance

UNIX and IBM i only

/etc/lawson.env

PATH, JAVA_HOME, LAW_JAVA_HOME, LAW_JAVA_BIN, and shared library settings

Server Setup and Maintenance

All Platforms

LAWDIR/system/install.cfg

Change the JAVA_HOME, LAW_JAVA_HOME, and LAW_JAVA_BIN variables


Installation ChangesFeature Bouncy Castle is now delivered with the Infor Lawson Core

Technology installationDescription Bouncy Castle is now delivered and automatically configured as part of the

Lawson Core Technology installation.

Impact In order to enable automatic configuration of Bouncy Castle, the installation program now requires that you set an environment variable for WAS_HOME before you begin the Lawson Core Technology installation.

Auto configuration is available only for new installations of Infor Lawson Core Technology, not upgrades.

Related Documents

“Define WAS_HOME path” in Infor Lawson Core Technology Installation Guide

Feature Support for installation in a horizontally scaled configuration

Description For performance and reliability, Lawson System Foundation 10.0.3.0 and higher now include support for installation in a horizontally scaled configuration on Windows and UNIX systems.

LINUX and IBMi are not supported.

Impact In order to take advantage of this feature, Lawson System Foundation must be installed in a horizontally scaled configuration.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson System Foundation Horizontal Scaling Installation Guide



New Infor Lawson Smart Reports FeaturesFeature Report Localization for Smart Reports

Description Report localization allows the administrator to set the format of the generated reports. The feature includes text direction formatting, decimal separators, date format, and others.

Impact Some system utilities must be modified to define the necessary changes.

Related Documents

Jobs and Reports Administration Guide, Translation Guide, Resources and Security Administration Guide

Feature Customizing Font Settings for Lawson Smart Reports

Description Administrators can now define an alternate font, font paths, and use additional fonts for report generation by accessing the fontsconfig.xml file.

Impact Infor Lawson Smart Reports will automatically generate the fontsconfig.xml file if you are using it for the first time.

Related Documents

Customizing font configuration at the Product Line level in Managing Fonts in Lawson Smart Reports in Jobs and Reports Administration Guide

Feature Environment Variable for Lawson Smart Reports Designer

Description Added LSR_JAVA_HOME environment variable as path to the JAVA JDK/SDK installation for LSR Designer.

Impact LSR_JAVA_HOME and PATH environment variables must point to the 32-bit JDK installation folder.

Related Documents

Setting Environment Variables in Pre-Installation in Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer Installation Guide

Feature Support for Charts in Lawson Smart Reports Designer

Description Users can add or edit charts on report templates. A chart builder allows the users to select a chart type and define the x and y axis of the chart from a list of data sets.

Related Documents

Working with Report Items in Editing Templates in LSR Designer in Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer User Guide


Feature Dynamic Text Property Support in Lawson Smart Reports Designer

Description Users can now customize the visual display of dynamic text by using Conditional Formatting, and DisplayName to provide a more readable label on the LSR Designer interface.

Related Documents

Working with Report Items in Editing Templates in LSR Designer in Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer User Guide

Feature Additional Data Source Support in Lawson Smart Reports Designer

Description More data source types are now available in LSR Designer. Supported data sources are flat files (*.csv), JDBC, Scripted, and XML.

Related Documents

Data Sources and Data Sets in LSR Designer in Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer User Guide

Feature Page Number Limit on Template Preview in Lawson Smart Reports Designer

Description Users can now set the number of pages to be displayed before previewing the template in LSR Designer.

Related Documents

Previewing the Template in LSR Designer in Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer User Guide


Other End-User Features

Feature Print Manager Contextual Application Is Available

Description In addition to using the Print Mgr on forms, users can now easily load print files to the Viewer by clicking a print file (*.prt) displayed in the Print Manager side menu.

Related Documents

Working with Contextual Application in Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer User Guide

Feature New Look for Infor Lawson for Workspace

Description A change in overall look and feel of Lawson for Workspace offers a clean user interface, with quick access toolbar in Infor Lawson homepage and a customizable contextual application on the side panel.

A limited number of themes are also available.

Related Documents

Getting Started with Lawson for Workspace;

Feature List View Presentation in Lawson for Workspace

Description If enabled, users can view records in a list that allows them to quickly scan for the record they want to work with. Lists can be filtered in various ways.

Impact Administrators must enable list view presentation in order for users to view data this way.

Related Documents

Controlling Access to Individual User Options in Infor Lawson for Workspace Administration Guide.


Server Environment Features

Feature Infor Lawson System Mobile Monitor Has a New Diagnostic Feature

Description The Infor Lawson System Mobile Monitor includes a new diagnostic component called Lawson Diagnostics.

This component gives administrators access to information about the Lawson System Foundation through a mobile device.

Related Documents

For user information, see the Server Setup and Maintenance Guide.

Feature Infor Lawson System Mobile Monitor iPad Support

Description The Infor Lawson System Mobile Monitor is now supported on the iPad device.

Related Documents

For more information, see the Lawson Core Technology Installation Guide.

Feature Change Tracking Feature Added

Description You can now set up change tracking through the Database Definition utility (dbdef) or through the ctmaint command line utility. This enables you to track changes on individual files or tables through a timestamp field. You can then use database queries to view the timestamp field’s values.

Impact If you make changes through dbdef or ctmaint, you must rebuild the data dictionary and reorganize the database.

Related Documents

Application Development Workbench ( for UNIX and Windows)

Application Development Workbench Standards (for IBM i)

System Utility Reference Guide


Feature Infor Lawson Information Investigator

Description Information Investigator is a tool that can be used to collect hardware and software information servers, including information about Infor Lawson product installations.

Note: This feature is not new with Release 9.0.1.12, but Infor Lawson wants to make sure that customers are aware of it.

Impact The product must be downloaded from the Infor Lawson download center and installed.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Information Investigator Installation Guide

Infor Lawson Information Investigator User Guide


Infor Security FeaturesFeature User monitoring feature is now available

Description Customers who use Infor Security Services can make use of a set of features that monitor software licensing compliance and users’ interaction with the system in the following ways:

Monitoring peak usage

Tracking of high-level information about users' interaction with the system (session, connectivity, application modules accessed)

Creating summary report data that can be exported in CSV format so that it can be viewed and manipulated using the tool of your choice.

Impact Customers must use Infor Security Services (ISS).

User monitoring is not enabled by default; it must be configured after ISS is installed.

Related Documents

Distributed Security Package Installation Guide

Infor Security Services Configuration Guide

Feature New interface for Infor Security Services

Description Customers who have used Infor Security Services (previously called Lawson Security Services) will see some differences in how the interface works.

Impact The previous version of ISS is deprecated. New ISS features are added only to the new interface.

Related Documents




ION Enterprise Search SupportFeature Support for ION Enterprise Search incremental crawls

Description The System Foundation “ctmaint” utility, delivered with release 10.0.3.0, enables a timestamp to be added to database tables. You can use this feature to run Enterprise Search crawls that update only data that has changed since your last crawl. This feature can make crawls run much faster, particularly those accessing large tables.

If a table has been enabled for incremental searches through the ctmaint utility, the “Incremental” flag will be available for selection when you schedule a crawl.

Impact Incremental crawls require the following versions:

IES: Version 10.0.4.0 and higher LSF: Version 10.0.3.0 and higher

Configuration is required to enable incremental crawls. Following is a high-level description of the steps:

The database table(s) that you want to run as incremental must be configured in ctmaint. This change requires the blddbdict, dbreorg, cobcmp sequence in order to take effect.

The index definition file(s) must be updated to include the “incrementable = “true”” parameter.

On the IES side, you must:o Load the updated index definition(s)o Perform a full crawl on the index(es) that you want to make

available to run as incremental. (The full crawl is a one-time only step. The index will be available for selection as incremental after this configuration.)

Related Documents

For information about configuring the timestamp:

Application Development Workbench (for UNIX and Windows) Application Development Workbench Standards (for IBM i) System Utility Reference Guide

For information about updating the index definitions and selecting an incremental crawl is in: ION Enterprise Search Administration Guide

All documents are available in the infocenters for Infor Lawson System Foundation and ION Enterprise Search.



Branding ChangesNote the following branding changes in 10.0.2.0. You may continue to see references to “Lawson”, “Lawson System Foundation”, and “LSF” in both product and the documentation.

Former Name New NameLawson System Foundation Infor Lawson System FoundationLawson S3 Infor LawsonLawson S3 for Workspace Infor Lawson WorkspaceLawson Process Automation Infor Process Automation






You must upgrade to S3 Enterprise Applications 10.0.x. Infor LawsonSystem Foundation 10.0.x does not support earlier versions of S3 Enterprise Applications.


Check application compatibility for all Infor Lawson components in your system to determine whether you need to upgrade other Infor Lawsonapplications.



Infor Lawson System Foundation version 10 products have new authentication requirements. See Lawson Security 10.0.2.0 in this document.

If you use any Infor Lawson S3 10 products requiring Distributed Single Sign on (DSSO) (for example, Infor Smart Office, Infor Business Intelligence, or Enterprise Search) you will need to upgrade to the Distributed Security Package (DSP) after you have upgraded to Infor Lawson System Foundation 10.0.1.0.

Related Documents

Infor Lawson S3 Technology 10.0.x Upgrade Guide



User Interface FeaturesFeature Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer now available

Description Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer provides users with a workspace for enhancing the layout of the existing report templates, generated from 4GL jobs and report programs. This desktop application uses a drag-and-drop design environment.

Impact The tool must be installed on the desktop machines of users who need to access it.

Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer is versioned at 10.0.0.x and is compatible with Infor Lawson releases 9.0.1.11 (and higher) and Infor Lawson 10.0.2.x (and higher).

Related Documents

Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer Installation Guide

Infor Lawson Smart Reports Designer User Guide

Feature Support for contextual applications has been added

Description The Infor Workspace feature, contextual applications, is now supported in S3 for Workspace. Forms that have been modified to communicate with the contextual applications will display updates to the specified contextual applications that are located in the right pane of Infor Workspace.

Impact The ability to communicate with the contextual applications must be enabled by the Infor Lawson Workspace system administrator. This can be done globally for all users or through roles.

Related Documents

End user information: Getting Started with S3 for Workspace

Administrator information: S3 for Workspace Administration Guide

Feature Support for Safari on Mac OS

Description Infor Lawson Workspace runs on Safari, version 5.1.5 and higher.

Impact Only Infor Lawson Workspace is included in this support.

Server Environment FeaturesFeature Support for Dynamic Data Lookup

Description A new utility for customizing selected data fields to be translated in different language other than the default language. Dynamic Data Lookup features the following:

Enables the administrator-level user to add, change and delete selected user data using the Dynamic Data Lookup management screen

Allows UI applications in LSF schema to display the translated user


data

Allow the standard users to view the user data in translated form

Related Documents

See Lawson Administration: Translation

Feature Infor Lawson System Mobile Monitor: New mobile application for monitoring and administering anEnvironment

Description A new mobile application, the Infor Lawson System Mobile Monitor is available for use with Android and Apple iPhone mobile devices that allows you to access an Environment and monitor numerous activities as well as start and stop the Environment.

Among the activities that you can monitor are compile queues, job queues, network diagnostics, and system resource utilization.

Impact The Infor Lawson System Mobile Monitor requires a separate WebSphere application server and a separate web server as well as some security configuration.

Security setup is also required.

Related Documents

For installation information, see the Infor Lawson Core Technology Installation Guide. For user information, see the Server Setup and Maintenance Guide. For security setup information, see the Resources and Security Administration Guide.

Feature Parallel Upgrade Supported for 9.0.1.9+ to 10.0.2 Upgrades

Description If you are upgrading to 10.0.2 Infor Lawson System Foundation, you can choose between the in-place upgrade method where the new release is installed into the existing release, and the parallel upgrade method where the new release is installed as a new and separate Environment, and then existing product lines and other data are copying to the new Environment.

Related Documents

See the Infor Lawson S3 Technology 10.0.x Upgrade Guide.

Feature Product Line Copying Changes

Description Copying product lines using the Application Maintenance Toolset (AMT)(appmetadiff, appmetaload, and so on) is now supported on the IBM i platform.

Copying product lines from an Environment on a UNIX server to an Environment on a Windows server is now supported. Note that there are differences in user setup for UNIX and Windows, and therefore additional


work is required if you want to duplicate the user setup in the copied product line in the Windows Environment (that is, you cannot simply copy user setup and user security information to the new system).

Related Documents

See the “Product Line Maintenance” section of the Server Setup and Maintenance Guide.

Feature queue.cfg update (UNIX only)

Description On UNIX systems, an administrator can use the queue.cfg file to set the permissions on compiled files.

In contrast to settings for the compile queue that you make through the qcontrol utility, these settings do not change whenever the compile queue or the environment is stopped and started.

In addition, the maximum number of jobs that can be listed on the compile queue has increased from 2000 to 8000 (all platforms).

Related Documents

See the “Compile Queue Server” topic in Lawson Administration: Server Setup and Maintenance.

Lawson Security Features

Feature Lawson Security as Security Token Service (LS as STS) can be used for authentication

Description Customers now have the option of using Lawson Security to authenticate users. This authentication method is referred to as Lawson Security as Security Token Service (or LS as STS). With this method all users must be set up in Infor Lawson, but they do not need to also be set up in Active Directory.

Impact LS as STS is available to new Infor Lawson customers and to those upgrading from release 9.0.1.

Kerberos continues to be available as an authentication option.

To enable LS as STS, configuration is required on both the Infor Lawson System Foundation server and on the Microsoft SharePoint server.

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Feature Primary authentication system can be either Infor Lawson System Foundation or Landmark

Description In a federated system (Infor Lawson System Foundation and Landmark Technology), the primary authentication service is the system to which users’present credentials and authentication is allowed or denied.

Previously, depending on configuration, customers might not have been able to decide which system would be primary. In addition, the system that was designated primary at installation time had to remain primary.

Now customers can choose which system they want to be the authentication authority and can also, if necessary, switch to other system in federation after installation.

Impact Primary authentication service must be configured. This can be done when Landmark is installed or at any time using Lawson Security Services.

Related Documents

Landmark Technology Installation Guide


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What’s New in S3 Lawson System Foundation 10.0.1.0

S3 Lawson System Foundation 10.0.1.0 is a major release.

Upgrade Considerations

Feature Supported Upgrade Paths Description You can upgrade from Lawson System Foundation 9.0.1.x


Review the system requirements for 10.0.1.0 Lawson System Foundation 10.0.1.0. You may need to upgrade third-party productssuch as operating systems, databases, or application servers.

The 9.0.1.9 10.0.1.0 upgrade can be done in two different ways. One, you can do the upgrade “in place”, that is, install the new version of Lawson System Foundation into your existing environments. Two, you can perform a “parallel” upgrade where you install a new instance of the Lawson System Foundation and then migrate or copy data, resources, and configurations to the new instance from the old Lawson System Foundation.

You must upgrade to S3 Enterprise Applications 10.0.x. Lawson System Foundation 10.0.x does not support earlier versions of S3 Enterprise Applications.

Check application compatibility for all Lawson components in your system to determine whether you need to upgrade other Lawson applications.

Lawson System Foundation 10.0.1.0 does not support LAUA security. Before upgrading, you must set up Lawson Security for all users.

After the upgrade to Lawson System Foundation 10.0.1.0, you will need to run several security and LDAP schema upgrade procedures to bring your system up-to-date.

Lawson S3 10 products require the use of Kerberos authentication. You will need to configure Kerberos after you upgrade Lawson System Foundation. See “Kerberos authentication protocol” in Lawson Security Features in this document.

If you use any Lawson S3 10 products requiring Distributed Single Sign on (DSSO) (for example, Lawson Smart Office, Lawson Business Intelligence, or Lawson Enterprise Search) you will need to upgrade to the Distributed Security Package (DSP) after you have upgraded to Lawson System Foundation 10.0.1.0.

Related Documents

Lawson S3 Technology 10.0.x Upgrade Guide.Configuring Lawson S3 10 for Kerberos Authentication


User Interface FeaturesFeature New User Interface: Infor10 Workspace and S3 for

WorkspaceDescription Lawson System Foundation now supports the Infor10 Workspace user

interface with S3 for Workspace.

Impact Infor10 Workspace is a prerequisite for Lawson System Foundation. S3 for Workspace is installed and configured to work with Infor10 Workspace.

One Infor10 Workspace installation is required for each Lawson System Foundation environment.

Related Documents

S3 for Workspace Installation Guide

Lawson Plugins for Infor10 Workspace Installation Guide

Getting Started with S3 for Workspace

S3 for Workspace Administration Guide

Feature Discontinued User Interface Support for Lawson Portal and Lawson Interface Desktop

Description In Lawson System Foundation 10.0:

Lawson Portal is no longer supported.

Lawson Interface Desktop (LID) is no longer supported for transactional processing with S3 Enterprise Applications. LID is supported for system administration only.

Feature LID “developer mode” required for application developers

Description Application developers using the Lawson Application Developer Workbench tools will now need to be granted LID developer mode access in order to work with Lawson forms.

LID developer mode access is granted in the Lawson Security Administration tool by assigning the user rights to the pgmdef utility.

Impact LID developer mode grants open security access to your system. Therefore, Lawson strongly recommends that you limit its use to application developers working in a development product line.

Related Documents

For information on how to set LID developer mode, see Lawson Administration: Resources and Security

For general information on Lawson application development, see Doc for Developers: Application Developer Workbench


Feature Lawson Design Studio features

Description Lawson Design Studio can be used with Lawson System Foundation version 10 to create custom versions of application forms.

Users who have used Version 9.x of Design Studio will notice some differences:

Custom forms created in Lawson Design Studio can be run in Firefox but will have some differences, including:

o Dialog box and prompt differences.

o Internet Explorer-specific commands will not work.

A preview feature is no longer available in Design Studio. A new method for previewing forms is described in the Lawson Design Studio User Guide.

Custom scripting to navlets (right pane and custom page navigation) is no longer available. Navlets (right pane and custom page navigation) are no longer available.

Quirks mode must be used with Lawson Design Studio; Document mode is not supported.

Charting (graphing) is no longer supported. Charts that were created in earlier versions of Lawson Design Studio will be rendered as tables in version 10.

Impact Custom forms migrated from version 9 might have differences that affect users’ experience. Carefully review custom forms and make necessary adjustments.

Related Documents

Lawson Design Studio User Guide

Feature Lawson Add-ins for Microsoft Office is available

Description Lawson Add-ins for Microsoft Office can be used with Lawson System Foundation, version 10.0.x and 9.0.1.x.

Microsoft Excel 2010 is now supported.

Related Documents

Lawson Add-ins for Microsoft Installation Guide

Lawson Add-ins for Microsoft User Guide


Server Environment FeaturesFeature Support for vertical scaling in WebSphere

Description Lawson System Foundation 10.0 can be installed in a vertically-scaled configuration.

Horizontal scaling is not supported.

Feature New Lawson Smart Reports option is available

Description Lawson Smart Reports is a new feature of the Lawson System Foundation server environment. With Lawson Smart Reports, you can enhance the appearance of standard Lawson reports.

Lawson Smart Reports is delivered with Lawson Core Technology 10.0.1.0.

Lawson Smart Reports is the default reporting service in S3 for Workspace.

Impact Lawson Smart Reports is not enabled in the initial install of Lawson Core Technology. If you want to use this feature, you must manually enable it.

Related Documents

For instructions on how to enable Lawson Smart Reports, see Lawson Administration: Jobs and Reports in the Lawson System Foundation Infocenter.

Feature Support for dual-name display, Arabic Hijri calendar, and Arabic printing

Description Lawson System Foundation and Lawson S3 Core Applications now support Arabic language on the Windows 2008 R2 x64 server platform with SQL Server 2008 database.

Impact Post-installation steps are required to configure Lawson products to use Arabic.

Related Documents

See, Getting Started with S3 for Workspace and Lawson Administration: Jobs and Reports

For complete information on prerequisites, configuration instructions,limitations, and restrictions, see the Lawson S3 10 Arabic Solution Configuration Guide, available in the Lawson KnowledgeBase.


Feature New/updated utilities for right-to-left language support

Description The following utility changes have been made to support right-to-left languages.

A new utility enablertl has been added. The enablertl utility interacts with the system files to maintain a list of languages and their related dialects.

The bldxffiles and locdef utilities have been updated The bldxffiles utility has been modified to include the ability to create right-to-left reports on a post-job-runtime basis. The locdef utility now includes the ability to designate whether a language or dialect is rendered left-to-right or right-to-left.

Impact These utility options are only needed if you have installed and configured the system to use a right-to-left language such as Arabic.

Related Documents

See Lawson Administration: Translation and the System Utilities Reference Guide.

Feature New utility for managing attachments

Description A new utility, rebuildatch, expands the number of indexes available per application table.

Impact Running this utility may improve performance if you have attachment tables that are getting full or you have purged attachment data.

Related Documents

See the System Utilities Reference Guide.


Feature Changes to Environment Groups

Description If you are moving from Lawson System Foundation 9.0.x and have previously used the Environment group functionality, please note the following changes:

For administrators who work in LID, the Environment groups function as they did in Lawson System Foundation 9.0.x.

For users who relied on user groups to control which user records they had access to, security rules will now need to be set up in Lawson Security on the UserName element and, optionally, Resource Management groups.

For users who relied on job queue groups and printer groups to control which of those they had access to, security rules will now need to be set up in Lawson Security on individual printers and job queues.

For users who relied on distribution groups and distribution list groups to control who reports could be distributed to, there is no replacement in S3 for Workspace. In S3 for Workspace, a user can select any distribution group defined on the system rather than being limited to those in the distribution list group assigned to the user.

Related Documents

See Lawson Administration: Jobs and Reports and Lawson Administration: Resources and Security


Lawson Security FeaturesFeature Kerberos authentication protocol

Description Lawson System Foundation 10.0.x uses the Kerberos authentication protocol for single sign-on.

Impact Kerberos must be configured in your WebSphere Application Server and in Lawson System Foundation in order to achieve single sign-on between Lawson products.

An Active Directory instance is required for Kerberos support. The Active Directory (which is installed as a prerequisite for Infor10 Workspace) must contain all of your Lawson users.

Kerberos requires that all Lawson user identities be defined in the format “username@REALMNAME” in both the Lawson system and in the Active Directory. If you are upgrading from Lawson System Foundation 9.0.x, you will need to change your identities to use this format.

Related Documents

Configuring Lawson System Foundation with Kerberos

Lawson Administration: Resources and Security

Feature New User Management Tooling: Lawson Security Services

Description Lawson Security Services is the new user interface for adding, managing, and synchronizing users in the Lawson System Foundation and Landmark systems.

You will also use Lawson Security Services to federate Lawson System Foundation and Landmark.

Impact Lawson Security Services is installed as an overlay to Lawson System Foundation.

The Lawson Security Services tool should be used to provision and manage users in Lawson System Foundation 10.0.x and Landmark Technology Runtime 10.0.x.

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Lawson Security Services Configuration Guide


Feature Discontinued support for LAUA Security

Description LAUA Security is no longer supported in Lawson System Foundation 10.

Impact All security must be set up in Lawson Security.

Related Documents


Lawson Security Services Administration Guide

Feature Changes to Lawson Security Administrator

Description The Environment Information screen for a user contains two fields that previously appeared in LAUA Security screens.

Delete Update Jobs: This flag gives the user the ability to delete jobs that are in an update state (for example, currently being updated or needing recovery). (This permission should be granted only to persons, such as system administrators, who are knowledgeable about recurring jobs and the possible impact to data integrity of deleting them.)

Menu: This field contains the menu that would appear by default when the user logs into LID. (Only system administrators or power users who need access to LID should be assigned this field.)

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Feature Batch job user requirements

Description Users who run batch jobs have the following requirements:

The CheckLS flag on the user record must be set to YES.

The delivered role, BatchRole, must be assigned to the user.

The user must be assigned roles that give access to all needed data sources, system codes, and bath and other programs. For administrative users who run batch jobs, this includes access to some additional data in GEN and LOGAN that is not included in BatchRole.

Any job queue other than the default queue that the user needs to access must be specifically assigned through a role.

(On Unix and Windows, the default job queue is named “**********”. On IBM i, the default job queue is “QBATCH”.)

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Process Automation Features


Feature Support for Lawson Process Automation/Lawson Process Integration

Description Lawson System Foundation 10.0 provides new business process automation capabilities with Lawson Process Automation and Lawson Process Integration.ProcessFlow Integrator (License SKUs PFX and PFI) are no longer available. ProcessFlow Integrator (License SKU PFX) is replaced with Lawson

Process Automation. ProcessFlow Integrator (License SKU PFI) is replaced with Lawson

Process Integration.Lawson Process Automation and Lawson Process Integration features include: Administration menus integrated with Lawson Rich Client or the Lawson

Process Automation web UI. Workunit tracking and online administration tools available from the

console. ProcessFlow Connectors are replaced by channels. Channels are

available for files, JMS, Infor 10 ION and the Event Hub.Users receive tasks through Inbasket which is available through: S3 for Workspace Lawson Smart Office Lawson Rich ClientLawson Process Designer features include: Easy-to-use interface based on Eclipse Debugging available during process design phase through breakpoints Ability to send approvals directly through emailNew activity nodes: ION Outbox: For sending Business Object Documents (BODs) Cloverleaf: For communication with Cloverleaf-compatible systems Event Hub Publisher: For integration with M3

Impact The Lawson Process Automation and Lawson Process Integration server is delivered with the Landmark Technology Runtime installation package. You will install Landmark, and then configure Lawson Process Automation or Lawson Process Integration to work with Lawson System Foundation (LSF).

Related Documents

Lawson Landmark Technology Release Notes

Lawson Landmark Technology Installation Guide

Lawson System Foundation Using Lawson Process Automation Configuration Guide

Lawson Process Designer Installation Guide (Lawson Process Integration only)

Lawson Process Automation Administration Guide