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2009
January 2009 In this issue: 1. All We Need is a Reset Button 2. Updating LSF Core Technology 9.0.0.3 -> 9.0.0.5 3. Changing the Number of Workunits Displayed in the Inbasket 4. Preventing Portal 9.0 Users from Changing the Product Line and Other User Options 5. LSF9 AGS call in Design Studio 6. Worthwhile Reading February 2009 In this issue: 1. Are You Recession-Proof? 2. ProcessFlow Integrator Part 10: The SQL Update Node 3. Accessing Lawson tables in MS Access 4. Upgrading Env 803 to LSF9 then the Apps 5. How to Upload Journal Entries 6. Worthwhile Reading March 2009 In this issue: 1. Why New Systems Fail 2. ProcessFlow Integrator Part 11: The ResourceQuery Node 3. PFI as a migration tool and interface? 4. Navigating Multi-Screen Forms in Portal 5. Internet Explorer 7 testing 6. Worthwhile Reading April 2009 In this issue: 1. We All Knew This Day Would Come 2. ProcessFlow Integrator Part 12: The ResourceUpdate Node 3. Hiding Group Tree in LBI Crystal Report Viewer 4. Expense Reimbursements via Payroll 5. Unallocated Stock Status 6. Worthwhile Reading May 2009 In this issue: 1. CUE 09 Descends on San Diego 2. ProcessFlow Integrator Part 13: Combining Integration Nodes 3. PA113 - Retroactive History 4. Lawson Staffing Questions 5. Duplicate Vendor Tax ID SmartNotification 6. Worthwhile Reading June 2009 In this issue: 1. Is LWSN Re-Investing Your Maintenance Fees? 2. ProcessFlow Integrator Part 14: ProcessFlow Server 3. Purchasing for Routine Maintenance 4. Any MSS "plain vanilla" implementations? 5. Interface development methodology and standards 6. Worthwhile Reading July 2009 In this issue: 1. Lars, You Need a Cause 2. Simulating dual-login ID's in LSF9 3. Custom Calculation for Union Dues 4. Training for LSF9 and/or Apps 9 upgrades 5. Worthwhile Reading
2008
December 2008 In this issue: 1. Ready for Lawson Smart Office? 2. ProcessFlow Integrator Part 9: The SQL Query Node 3. Nested Employee Groups 4. Changing the Work Directory for a Program 5. Worthwhile Reading November 2008 In this issue: 1. Customization:...Risk vs. Reward 2. Guest Spot: Setting Up an HSA in Lawson 3. ProcessFlow Integrator Part 8: The DataIterator Node 4. Excel Add-Ins to Add Accounts and Sub Accounts 5. Tying activities data in ACTRANS to ARDISTRIB 6. Worthwhile Reading October 2008 In this issue: 1. Do You Agree With Harry? 2. Guest Spot: A Crystal Case Study 3. ProcessFlow Integrator Part 7: The FileAccess Node 4. Inventory Control Method 5. Mass Updating/Changing SSOP passwords 6. Worthwhile Reading September 2008 In this issue: 1. The Art and Science of Troubleshooting 2. Archive Lawson backoffice reports in LBI 3. Using ResourceQuery and FileAccess in ProcessFlow Integrator 4. Savings Bonds 5. Two Way Matching 6. Worthwhile Reading August 2008 In this issue: 1. LWSN: It’s Time (to Reinvest) 2. ProcessFlow Integrator, Part 6: The Transaction (AGS) Node 3. S3 Security: Search Box Lockdown 4. Need a simple 'needs recovery' notification? 5. Fields not clearing on HR11 (Design Studio) 6. Worthwhile Reading July 2008 In this issue: 1. Are You Aligned?... 2. Installing Patches 3. ESS and Portal Security from 8.03 to 9.0 4. Using a Generic User ID for Processing... 5. HSA (Health Savings Accounts) 6. Using Excel Add-Ins to Add Accounts 7. Restricting employee from seeing one dept 8. Worthwhile Reading June 2008 In this issue: 1. Reader Feedback: Lawson Support 2. ProcessFlow Integrator, Part 5: The Query Node (DME) 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks May 2008 In this issue: 1. How Much Does Your ERP Really Cost to Support? 2. How Well Does Lawson Support You? 3. ProcessFlow Integrator, Part 4: Introducing the Nodes 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. Lawson Tips & Tricks April 2008 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Creating AR Customer Lists 2. PFI Part 3: What's In The Box? 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks March 2008 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: The Devil is in the Details 2. PFI Part 2: Orchestration & Integration 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks February 2008 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: FMLA Plan Setup in Absence Management 2. PFI, Part 1: The Introduction 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks January 2008 In this issue: Tip 1: Using Dynamic (Database-driven) Parameters in LBI Tip 2: Java error when opening up ProcessFlow utilities Tip 3: Re-submitting bad Compiles ...and Worthwhile Reading
2007
December 2007 In this issue: 1. Lawson Design Studio, Part 9: Putting It All Together 2. Worthwhile Reading 3. How Much Does Your ERP Cost to Support? 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks November 2007 In this issue: 1. Lawson Design Studio, Part 8: Portal Page Designer 2. What's Happening? The LawsonGuru Blog. 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks October 2007 In this issue: 1. Applying the Change Function to LWSN 2. Converting LID/Portal Users for LSF9 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks September 2007 In this issue: 1. Preventing a Timeout in Excel Add-Ins Query Wizard 2. Should I Stay on Lawson Past the Decommission Date? 3. Lawson Certifications 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. GSC's Unwillingness to Answer Questions 6. Using Multiple Data Sources for a Crystal Report August 2007 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Sanitizing Your Addresses 2. Worthwhile Reading 3. Lawson Tips & Tricks July 2007 In this issue: Tip 1: Deleting a GL Budget via Excel Add-Ins Tip 2: Changing the Lawson Portal session timeout with LSF9 Tip 3: How to assign a Portal 9.0 Bookmark to a Group of Users Tip 4: Accessing WEBUSER Variables in Design Studio ...and Worthwhile Reading ...Bonus!: LWSN & Dogfood?!? June 2007 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: LSF9 'loadusers' Utility for Batch User Creation 2. Lawson Design Studio, Part 7: It Takes a Wizard 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks May 2007 In this issue: 1. An S.O.S. for Lawson S.S.O 2. Guest Spot: Lawson Design Studio, Part 6: A Case Study 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks April 2007 In this issue: 1. My Thoughts on CUE 2007 2. Lawson Design Studio, Part 5: Adding JavaScript 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks March 2007 In this issue: 1. Who Wants a Longer Address Field? 2. Lawson Design Studio, Part 4: Streamlining a Form 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks February 2007 In this issue: 1. Why Software Sucks, Lawson-Style 2. Lawson Design Studio, Part 3: UI Designer 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks January 2007 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Top Ten List for Leaders 2. Lawson Design Studio, Part 2: How Does It Work and Where Does It Fit? 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks
2006
December 2006 In this issue: 1. LSF 9: “Just an upgrade”...or Change Agent? 2. Lawson Design Studio, Part 1: What Is It? 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks November 2006 In this issue: 1. Improving RMI Stability and Reliability 2. Guest Spot: Lawson Web Applications Performance and Stability 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks October 2006 In this issue: 1. RMI (In)stability 2. Lawson ProcessFlow: You own it. Use it. 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks September 2006 In this issue: Tip 1: Lawson Design Studio version of JavaScript locale-independent Date() Function Tip 2: Display your current Product Line in Lawson Portal Tip 3: Printing "This Group Continued on next Page" in Crystal Reports Tip 4: Using the "Default Function" in Portal 9.0 and...Worthwhile Reading August 2006 In this issue: 1. Calling Lawson AGS from Visual Basic code 2. Worthwhile Reading 3. Lawson Tips & Tricks July 2006 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Lawson 9.0 Web App Redeployment via Scripting 2. Worthwhile Reading 3. Lawson Tips & Tricks June 2006 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Leveraging User Exits 2. Reader Feedback 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks May 2006 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Securing Lawson Self-Service 2. CUE 06: Was "9 on Your Mind"? 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks April 2006 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: A ProcessFlow Case Study 2. Sliding Doors 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks March 2006 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Lawson Import/Export Programs 2. New Features on LawsonGuru.com 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks February 2006 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Processing Consignment Inventory in Lawson 2. Se Habla . . . Lawson? 3. Reader Feedback 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. Lawson Tips & Tricks January 2006 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Abbott & Costello Discuss the Skip Upgrade: “Who’s on 8.1 ?” 2. The Broken Chain & Lawson 9.0 3. Dealing with Timeouts on Long-Running Forms 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. Lawson Tips & Tricks
2005
December 2005 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Create Lawson PDFs from PERL 2. Does Landmark Change Lawson’s Offshore Strategy? 3. Upload to HR11 User Fields with Excel Add-In 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. Lawson Tips & Tricks November 2005 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Lawson Reporting – From Silos to the Enterprise 2. When will LID go away? 3. Have you visited LawsonGuru.com lately? 4. Reader Feedback 5. Worthwhile Reading 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks October 2005 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Creative ProcessFlow Solutions 2. Where Have All The (Lawson) People Gone? 3. Reporting, Part 14: Crystal Effective Date Reporting 4. Reader Feedback 5. Worthwhile Reading 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks September 2005 In this issue: Tip 1: Show an Invalid Username or Password Message in Lawson Portal Tip 2: Display your current Product Line in Lawson Portal Tip 3: Uploading to Asset Management using Lawson's Excel Add-In Tip 4: Creating .log files to Troubleshoot IOS CGI Programs Tip 5: Accessing WEBUSER Variables in Design Studio August 2005 In this issue: Tip 1: Create a Server Drop-Down List in LID Tip 2: Find that Error Message Tip 3: Fix Web Inbasket content in Portal Tip 4: Lawson Portal Debug Options Tip 5: Use GL45 to Move Journal Entries to Different Fiscal Period July 2005 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Transactional and LAUA Auditing within Lawson 2. Reader Feedback 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Survey: Lawson & Intentia 5. Lawson Tips & Tricks June 2005 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: CUE 2005 -- Blue Zones and Landmarks 2. Project Landmark 3. Reporting, Part 13: Introducing Crystal Subreports 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. Survey: How was CUE? 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks May 2005 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: QuickPaint--Do As I Say, Not As I Do 2. Reporting, Part 12: Using Lawson OLE DB with Crystal XI 3. Reader Feedback 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. Survey: It's CUE Time! 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks April 2005 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: The Power of SSH 2. Reporting, Part 11: Crystal Parameters and Lawson OLE DB Provider 3. Reader Feedback 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. Lawson Tips & Tricks March 2005 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: ProcessFlow — Out-of-the-box or outside-the-box? 2. Reporting, Part 10: Combining Lawson OLE DB Queries in Crystal 3. Reader Feedback 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. Lawson Tips & Tricks February 2005 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Using VNC with Lawson 2. Lawson's Road Ahead: Smooth Ride or Rocky Terrain? 3. Reporting, Part 9: LRS-What's in a Name? 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. Lawson Tips & Tricks January 2005 In this issue: 1. Reporting, Part 8: Security in Lawson Reporting Services 2. First Look: Lawson Surgical Instrument Management 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks
2004
December 2004 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Leveraging Scripts for Post-Job Processing 2. Cube Farm: You'll laugh, but wish it hadn't been written 3. First Look: Lawson Receiving & Delivery (RAD) 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. Lawson Tips & Tricks November 2004 In this issue: 1. First Look: Lawson Mobile Par & Cycle Count (MPC) 2. Reporting, Part 7: Categorizing Reports 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips&Tricks October 2004 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: TOMCAT troubleshooting-demystified (for UNIX) 2. Reporting, Part 6: Crystal Reports from ... Lawson Reports? 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Lawson Tips & Tricks September 2004 In this issue: Tip 1: Tuning Lawson CACHE Settings Tip 2: Use 'nohup' for your Lawson Admin Tasks Tip 3: Calling Operating System Commands from COBOL Tip 4: Compile Queue Tricks Tip 5: Find out which programs use a particular library (pdlib) Tip 6: Creating .log files to Troubleshoot IOS CGI Programs August 2004 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Moving Lawson applications 2. Reporting, Part 5: Using Crystal with Lawson's OLE DB Provider 3. Is Absence Management the 8.1 "Killer App"? 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. Lawson Tips & Tricks July 2004 In this issue: 1. The LawsonGuru Letter Interview: Dean Hager 2. Reporting, Part 4: Crystal Reports 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Reader Feedback 5. Lawson Tips & Tricks June 2004 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Lawson's Commitment to the iSeries - A Commentary 2. Reporting, Part 3: Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Reader Feedback 5. Lawson Tips & Tricks May 2004 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: CUE 2004: It Was Time 2. Reporting, Part 2: Characteristics of a Reporting Solution 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Reader Feedback 5. Survey: Can Lawson Deliver on its 1000-Day Plan? 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks April 2004 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: FOx in SOx 2. This Time Lawson's Right 3. Reporting, Part 1: An Introduction 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. Reader Feedback 6. Survey: It's CUE Time! 7. Lawson Tips & Tricks March 2004 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Lawson Bar Coding 2. Lawson Goes Offshore 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Reader Feedback 5. Survey: How strategic are your Process Flows? 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks February 2004 In this issue: 1. Editorial Housekeeping 2. A Look Inside Lawson's Data Dictionary 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Reader Feedback 5. Survey: How's your Upgrade? 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks January 2004 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: My Plan to Put the College Back in College Sports 2. Why I Can't Go to CUE 3. Lawson Thoughts for the New Year 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. Reader Feedback 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks
2003
December 2003 In this issue: 1. Lawson Excel Add-In Power Techniques 2. Reader Feedback 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Survey: 8.0 or 8.1? 5. Lawson Tips & Tricks November 2003 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Business Process Outsourcing 2. Power Tools 3. Yes, Architecture is Important 4. Reader feedback 5. Worthwhile Reading 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks October 2003 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Why Software Architecture Matters 2. Lawson's India Flap 3. Understanding Lawson Object IDs 4. Can Isabel teach us about Preparedness? 5. Reader feedback 6. Worthwhile Reading 7. Lawson Tips & Tricks September 2003 In this issue: 1. Scripting to Save Time 2. Managing Lawson Customizations 3. Reader feedback 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. Survey: Can you live without LID? 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks August 2003 In this issue: 1. Comment Attachments in Lawson v8 2. Rosetta, the Crystal Killer? 3. Worthwhile Reading 4. Survey: Who's got the OLDEST version? 5. Lawson Tips & Tricks July 2003 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Upgrading on your own: Worth the hassle? 2. Focus: Web Services 3. Reader Feedback 4. Worthwhile Reading 5. Survey: Will Lawson Survive the ERP Shakeout? 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks June 2003 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Using MS Access during HR implementations 2. Lawson Maintenance Tasks 3. Lawson's Quality Crisis? 4. Reader feedback 5. Survey: Ready for ezPatch? 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks May 2003 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Version 8 Invoice Matching 2. CUE in Review 3. Life After Lawson? 4. Reader feedback 5. Survey: CUE Favorites 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks April 2003 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: Purging Lawson Financial Data 2. Focus: Six Sigma 3. Are you Active about Upgrading? 4. Reader feedback 5. Survey: Upgrade While Active? 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks March 2003 In this issue: 1. Michael Hammer: The Integration Shuffle 2. Guest Spot: Lawson's Excel Add-In, A Useful Data Conversion Tool? 3. Contemplating Columbia 4. Smart Shelves? Radio Wave Lawson? 5. Reader Feedback 6. Survey: Integration Tactics 7. Lawson Tips & Tricks February 2003 In this issue: 1. Guest Spot: DVP - Right Approach, Wrong Reasons 2. Say Goodbye to your "Briefing Book"? 3. Under Lawson's Covers 4. Reader Feedback 5. Survey: CUE Predictions 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks January 2003 In this issue: 1. Easy Does It 2. Focus: Testing, 1, 2, 3 3. It's the Real Thing 4. Reader feedback 5. Survey Results 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks
2002
December 2002 In this issue: 1. Where Integrity Shops 2. Focus: A Quick Primer on EAI 3. Meeting Your Needs 4. Reader feedback 5. Survey: What's your wish? 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks November 2002 In this issue: 1. Making the tough Go/No-Go Decisions 2. Focus: How Shall I Print Thee? 3. Support Decommission of NT4 Environment 4. Reader feedback 5. Survey results 6. Lawson Tips & Tricks October 2002 In this issue: 1. Are you ready for Smart Notification? 2. Focus: The P-Card Shuffle 3. Survey: Was Lawson better off as a private company? 4. Lawson tips & tricks 5. Reader feedback September 2002 In this issue: 1. Welcome to the inaugural issue of The LawsonGuru Letter! 2. Focus: Are you process-driven? 3. DataBasics not good enough for Lawson-how about for Microsoft? 4. Will Lawson deny support for non-Lawson installed software? 5. Lawson Tips & Tricks