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Infor BI for Lawson/M3Release Notes

Version: 10.6.0.0Published: February 2018

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Publication InformationRelease: 10.6.0.0Publication date: February 2018Document Number: LBIRN-10600W-04

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Contents

This document describes features and enhancements included in Infor BI for Lawson/M3 10.x. These new features and enhancements are organized under the following headings:

Infor BI for Lawson/M3 10.6.0.0 ............................................................................................ 7Where to look for documentation..................................................................................... 7

Documentation updates.............................................................................................. 7Configuration support changes........................................................................................ 8

SAP Crystal Reports Server 2011 .............................................................................. 8SAP Crystal Reports Server 2016 .............................................................................. 8SAP Crystal Reports Server 2013 .............................................................................. 8Operating System Support ......................................................................................... 9Database Support ....................................................................................................... 9Desktop PC support.................................................................................................... 9WebSphere Application Server 7.0 .......................................................................... 10Java JDK 1.6 ............................................................................................................ 10Java JDK 1.8 ............................................................................................................ 10Microsoft® Internet Explorer 8.0, 9.0, and 10........................................................... 11

Infor Lawson Framework Services ................................................................................ 11System/User Settings Audit (FISMA-related feature) ............................................... 11Central Device Management .................................................................................... 11Dashboard banner .................................................................................................... 12

Infor Lawson Reporting Services ................................................................................... 12Exporting rights files ................................................................................................. 12Importing rights ......................................................................................................... 13Extended Schedule Options for creating a report schedule ..................................... 13Run Immediate option after creating a report schedule ........................................... 13

Infor Lawson Smart Notification ..................................................................................... 14System/User Settings Audit (FISMA-related feature) ............................................... 14

Infor BI for Lawson/M3 10.5.0.0 .......................................................................................... 15Product Name update .................................................................................................... 15Where to look for documentation................................................................................... 15

Documentation updates............................................................................................ 15Configuration support changes...................................................................................... 17

System Configuration Settings ................................................................................. 17Infor Application Studio and Infor BI Dashboards now included .............................. 17Database Support ..................................................................................................... 18

Infor Lawson Framework Services ................................................................................ 18Manual removal of expired users and roles.............................................................. 18Rights Administration................................................................................................ 19

Infor Lawson Reporting Services ................................................................................... 19Rights Administrator role .......................................................................................... 19Schedule Import Rights ............................................................................................ 19

Infor BI for Lawson 10.4.0.0 ................................................................................................ 20Product Name update .................................................................................................... 20Where to look for documentation................................................................................... 20

Documentation updates............................................................................................ 20

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Configuration support changes...................................................................................... 21Web browser............................................................................................................. 21Apache Tomcat Application Server 7.0 .................................................................... 21

Infor Lawson Reporting Services................................................................................... 21Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) ...................................................................... 21

Infor Lawson BI 10.3.0.0...................................................................................................... 22Where to look for documentation................................................................................... 22


WebSphere Application Server ................................................................................ 23Infor ViewPoint.......................................................................................................... 23Lawson Budgeting and Planning .............................................................................. 23

Framework Services ...................................................................................................... 24Application Studio ..................................................................................................... 24

Reporting Services......................................................................................................... 24Lawson Smart Reports ............................................................................................. 24Network Drive Support.............................................................................................. 25

Smart Notification........................................................................................................... 25Improved memory allocation..................................................................................... 25

Infor Lawson BI 10.2.0.0...................................................................................................... 26Where to look for documentation................................................................................... 26


WebSphere Application Server ................................................................................ 27SAP Crystal Reports Server 2011 ............................................................................ 27Crystal Reports Server XI versions XI R2 and XI R3 SP3 ....................................... 27Apache Tomcat Application Server 7.0 .................................................................... 28Microsoft® Internet Explorer 7.0............................................................................... 28Microsoft® Windows Server 2012 ............................................................................ 28Language support ..................................................................................................... 29

Database changes ......................................................................................................... 29Microsoft® SQL Server 2012.................................................................................... 29

Framework Services changes........................................................................................ 29Dashboard Audit ....................................................................................................... 29Admin Reports .......................................................................................................... 30

Smart Notification........................................................................................................... 30Charting .................................................................................................................... 30OLAP database support ........................................................................................... 30

Lawson Role Migration .................................................................................................. 31Microsoft® SQL Server 2012.................................................................................... 31

Problems fixed in this release........................................................................................ 31

Lawson Business Intelligence 10.1.0.0 ............................................................................. 33Documentation............................................................................................................... 33

Documentation Updates ........................................................................................... 33Installation Considerations............................................................................................. 33Configuration Support Changes .................................................................................... 34

Web browser............................................................................................................. 34Language support ..................................................................................................... 34Lawson Charting....................................................................................................... 35

Reporting Services......................................................................................................... 35


Lawson Role Migration ............................................................................................. 35Smart Notification........................................................................................................... 36

Smart Notification Content Security using Reporting Services Rights definitions.... 36

Lawson Business Intelligence 10.0.0.0 ............................................................................. 38Documentation............................................................................................................... 38

Documentation Updates ........................................................................................... 38Configuration Support Changes .................................................................................... 39

Web browser............................................................................................................. 39Database support ..................................................................................................... 39Database support ..................................................................................................... 39Application server ..................................................................................................... 40Infor Workspace........................................................................................................ 40

Installation Changes ...................................................................................................... 41LBI Infocenter ........................................................................................................... 41

Framework Services Changes....................................................................................... 41Infor Workspace Drillback Services.......................................................................... 41Infor Workspace SendMessage Service .................................................................. 41

Reporting Services Changes ......................................................................................... 42Reporting Services report auditing ........................................................................... 42

Smart Notification Changes ........................................................................................... 42Smart Notification auditing........................................................................................ 42

Problems fixed in this release........................................................................................ 42


Infor BI for Lawson/M3 10.6.0.0

Where to look for documentationThroughout 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 portal.

You can find 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.

For questions or feedback, email [email protected].

Documentation updatesThe following updates to documentation are included with this release.

Document name Description

Infor BI for Lawson Installation Guide System requirements update

Infor Lawson Reporting Services Administrator and User Guide

Updated for data source connection to an ADFS 3.0 authenticated server.

Added documentation for Extended Schedule Options.

Added documentation for Run Immediate option.

Added documentation for Import/Export Rights

Infor Lawson Framework Services Administrator and User Guide

Added documentation for System/User Settings Audit.

Added documentation for Central Device Management.

Added documentation for displaying the dashboard banner.

Infor Lawson Smart Notification User and Administration Guide

Updated for data source connection to an ADFS 3.0 authenticated server.

Added documentation for System/User Settings Audit.


Configuration support changes

Feature SAP Crystal Reports Server 2011

Description Beginning with LBI 10.6, HF3, Infor Lawson BI no longer supports SAP Crystal Reports Server 2011.

Impact Customers using SAP Crystal Reports Server 2011 must now use SAP Crystal Reports Server 2013 or 2016 as their reports server.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents

Infor BI for Lawson Installation Guide


Description Beginning with LBI 10.6, HF16, Infor Lawson BI now supports SAP Crystal Reports Server 2016.

Impact Customers may now use SAP Crystal Reports Server 2016 as their reports server.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents



Description Beginning with LBI 10.6, HF3, Infor Lawson BI now supports SAP Crystal Reports Server 2013.

Impact Customers may now use SAP Crystal Reports Server 2013 as their reports server.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents



Feature Operating System Support

Description Infor BI for Lawson now supports Microsoft® Windows Server 2012 R2.

Impact Customers can use Microsoft® Windows Server 2012 R2 as their operation system for Infor BI for Lawson.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Feature Database Support

Description Infor BI for Lawson now supports Microsoft® SQL Server 2014.

Impact Customers may now use Microsoft® SQL Server 2014 as their Infor BI for Lawson database.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Feature Desktop PC support

Description Infor BI for Lawson now supports Microsoft® Windows 8.1.

Impact Customers may now use Microsoft® Windows 8.1 for end users.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents



Feature WebSphere Application Server 7.0

Description Infor Lawson BI no longer supports WebSphere Application Server 7.0.

Impact Customers using WebSphere Application Server 7.0 must now use WebSphere Application Server 8.5 with minimum fix pack 5 as their application server.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Feature Java JDK 1.6

Description Infor BI for Lawson no longer supports Java JDK 1.6.

Impact Customers must use Java JDK 1.7 in conjunction with WebSphereApplication Server 8.5 with minimum fix pack 5 or Java 1.8 in conjunction with WebSphere Application Server 8.5 with fix pack 9.

Note: If you update your WebSphere fix pack level, make sure to update your JDK to the same level.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Feature Java JDK 1.8

Description Infor BI for Lawson now supports Java JDK 1.8.

Impact Customers may use Java JDK 1.8 in conjunction with WebSphere Application Server 8.5 with fix pack 9. At this time, Infor BI for Lawson does not support a WebSphere fix pack version higher than 9.

Note: If you update your WebSphere fix pack level, make sure to update your JDK to the same level.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents



Feature Microsoft® Internet Explorer 8.0, 9.0, and 10

Description Infor Lawson BI no longer supports Microsoft® Internet Explorer 8.0, 9.0, and 10.

Impact Customers can use Microsoft® Internet Explorer 11.0 as their web browser.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Infor Lawson Framework Services

Feature System/User Settings Audit (FISMA-related feature)

Description System/User Settings Audit is a logging capability of Framework Services which audits changes/deletions/additions on system/user settings, transfer of ownership, or sharing.

Impact Users can now adjust the System/User Settings Audit to capture changes to the system and user settings.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Feature Central Device Management

Description The Central Device Management page shows a list of all devices and enables administrators to edit or delete them, or to create a new device.

Administrators can also create a new device to be added simultaneously to Framework Services, Reporting Services and Smart Notification. Multiple devices on the applications can also be deleted at the same time.

Impact Users can now configure devices used in Framework Services, Reporting Service, and Smart Notification by using the Central Device Management page.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents



Feature Dashboard banner

Description Framework Services now includes the functionality to display or hide the Infor banner.

Impact Customers can now toggle the dashboard banner to display or hide as needed.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Infor Lawson Reporting Services

Feature Exporting rights files

Description Users can now export rights information that can be used in another instance of Reporting Services or other Lawson systems.

Note: Rights data can be exported in CSV, XML, or JSON format.

Impact Customers can now use Reporting Services rights data in other Lawson systems.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents



Feature Importing rights

Description Users can now import rights information in two ways:

File import

JNDI mapping

Previously, rights files could only be imported in CSV format. Now, users can also import files in XML and JSON format.

Users can also provide a JNDI resource to connect to and query to receive the rights to import.

Impact Users have additional ways to import rights information into Reporting Services.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Feature Extended Schedule Options for creating a report schedule

Description Users can now choose to use Extended Schedule Options to run reports based on a calendar interval trigger. Options include hourly, bi-weekly, and monthly scheduling.

Impact Users can use a calendar interval trigger to run reports.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Feature Run Immediate option after creating a report schedule

Description After creating and saving a report schedule, users can now select a Run Immediate option to process a report at once. The feature does not trigger or change the schedule that was created.

Impact Users can now run and process a report at once without changing the report’s schedule.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents



Infor Lawson Smart Notification

Feature System/User Settings Audit (FISMA-related feature)

Description System/User Settings Audit is a logging capability of Smart Notification which audits changes/deletions/additions on system/user settings, transfer of ownership, or sharing.

Impact Users can now adjust the System/User Settings Audit to capture changes to the system and user settings.

Related PTs N/A

Related Documents



Infor BI for Lawson/M3 10.5.0.0

Product Name updatePreviously, Infor BI for Lawson was Infor Lawson BI. The product remains the same, containing the applications Infor Lawson Framework Services, Infor Lawson Reporting Services, and Infor Lawson Smart Notification. The product name has been updated in the documentation.








Infor BI for Lawson Installation Guide System requirements update

Changes to system configuration instructions


Added a new type of user (Rights Administrator—responsible for managing bursting rights)

Added new procedure for automated scheduling of import of rights files

Changed two instances of sysconfig.xml to system configuration


Added procedure for manually removing expired users and roles

Edits based on moving all sysconfig.xml entries to the database.


Edits based on moving all sysconfig.xml entries to the database.



Changed instances of sysconfig.xml to system configuration

Deleted Appendix G: Sysconfig.xml



Feature System Configuration Settings

Description Previously, system configuration settings resided in the sysconfig.xml file. Beginning with Infor BI for Lawson 10.5.0.0, system configuration settings reside in the database.

Impact Customers will use the System Configuration Settings to make changes to Infor BI for Lawson configuration. Customers will no longer use the sysconfig.xml file to make these changes.

After upgrading to 10.5.0.0, the sysconfig.xml file will be backed-up and renamed to syscfg.bak for both Frameworks Services and Smart Notification.

Note: Infor recommends you move this file to a secure location outside the installation directory as it may contain user and password information.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Feature Infor Application Studio and Infor BI Dashboards now included

Description Introductory licenses of the Infor Application Studio and Infor BI Dashboards products are now included with Infor BI for Lawson packaging.

Impact Customers have additional BI tools available for their use. These products are delivered as a separate install.

Note: There is currently no integration of LBI and BI Dashboards. Framework Services has a service to render Application Studio reports in a Dashboard.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents

See the documentation for Infor BI Application Studio and Infor BI Dashboards for more information on these products.


Feature Database Support

Description Infor BI for Lawson now supports Oracle Database 12c.

Impact Customers may now use Oracle 12c as their Infor BI for Lawson database.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Infor Lawson Framework Services

Feature Manual removal of expired users and roles

Description The automatic deletion of expired users and roles in the synchronization process has been removed.

Impact Customers may manually select expired users and roles for deletion and select which user to transfer ownership of content to.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents



Feature Rights Administration

Description Infor Lawson Framework Services now has a new service that allows customers to set up navigation to the new Rights Management forms.

Impact Customers can navigate to the Rights Management forms from the Tools dashboard in Framework Services.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents



Feature Rights Administrator role

Description A Rights Administrator role has been added for Infor Lawson Reporting Services.

Impact Customers may assign a Reporting Services Rights Administrator role, which is responsible for managing bursting rights.

Note: There is a new service in Framework Services that allows you to set up navigation to the new Rights Management forms.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Feature Schedule Import Rights

Description Infor Lawson Reporting Services has enabled the automated import of rights files.

Impact Customers may set a schedule for the automatic import of CSV files containing rights information.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents



Infor BI for Lawson 10.4.0.0

Product Name updatePreviously, Infor BI for Lawson was Infor Lawson BI. The product remains the same, containing the applications Infor Lawson Framework Services, Infor Lawson Reporting Services, and Infor Lawson Smart Notification. The product name has been updated in the documentation.








Infor BI for Lawson Installation Guide Updated system requirements

Updated for new product name.


Added instructions for Secure File Transfer Protocol.








Feature Web browser

Description Lawson Business Intelligence supports Microsoft® Internet Explorer 11.0.

Impact Customers may use Microsoft® Internet Explorer 11.0 for Lawson Business Intelligence.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Feature Apache Tomcat Application Server 7.0

Description Infor Lawson BI no longer supports Apache Tomcat application server.

Impact Customers using Tomcat in their test environments must use WebSphere as their application server.

Related JTs N/A

RelatedDocuments



Feature Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)

Description Infor Lawson Reporting Services now supports the use of Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP).

Impact Customers may now choose to enable or disable the SFTP when publishing BackOffice reports.

To use this feature, SFTP must to be enabled on the Infor Lawson System Foundation/BackOffice server. The home directory of SFTP must be the same as FTP’s home directory. The default port for SFTP is 22.

Related PTs N/A

Related Documents

See the Infor Lawson Reporting Services Administrator and User Guide.


Infor Lawson BI 10.3.0.0








Infor Lawson BI Installation Guide Added instructions for configuring Lawson Smart Reports to work with Infor Lawson BI

Updated system requirements

Framework Services Administrator and User Guide

Added information on Application Studio

Reporting Services Administrator and User Guide

Added instructions for enabling Lawson Smart Reports in Reporting Services

Added information on Network Drive support



Feature WebSphere Application Server

Description Infor Lawson BI now supports WebSphere Application Server 8.5 with minimum fix pack 5.

Impact Customers who use WebSphere Application Server 8.5 as their application server, must apply fix pack 5 prior to Infor Lawson BI installation.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents

Infor Lawson BI Installation Guide

Feature Infor ViewPoint

Description As of Infor Lawson BI 10.3, ION Application Studio 10.4 will replace Infor ViewPoint as the Infor tool for analytics solutions.

Impact Customers can still use Infor ViewPoint with Infor Lawson BI 10.2.x and lower. Additionally, customers can use Application Studio, Infor’s multi-source OLAP and relational reporting solution.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents

Infor ViewPoint Guide Installation and Configuration Guide

Feature Lawson Budgeting and Planning

Description As of Infor Lawson BI 10.3, Infor Corporate Performance Management (CPM) 10.4 replaces the Lawson Budgeting and Planning (LBP).

Impact Customers can still use Lawson Budgeting and Planning with Infor Lawson BI 10.2.x and lower. Additionally, customers can use Infor Corporate Performance Management (CPM).

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents

Lawson Budgeting and Planning Installation Guide


Framework Services

Feature Application Studio

Description Infor Lawson BI now supports Application Studio. Customers can register Application Studio as a new application in Framework Services.

Impact Customers who use Application Studio can now render Application Studio reports on Framework Services dashboards.

Note: Single Sign-on is only supported between Infor Lawson BI and Application Studio when Application Studio is using Windows authentication.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents

See Framework Services Administrator and User Guide for information onRendering Application Studio reports.

Reporting Services

Feature Lawson Smart Reports

Description Infor Lawson BI now supports the use of Lawson Smart Reports in Reporting Services and provides the bursting capability for Lawson Smart Reports.

Impact Lawson Smart Reports (LSR) is a feature that allows users to generate reports with enhanced output by utilizing page breaks, frames, and graphics. Customers can configure LSR to work with Reporting Services.

Reporting Services provides the bursting capability by using the rights on top of Lawson Smart Reports.

Note: For Infor Lawson customers using Lawson Smart Reports, you must have the latest version (including patches) of Infor Lawson System Foundation 10.0.4.x and ensure that LSR is enabled.

Related PTs N/A

Related Documents

Infor Lawson BI Installation Guide, the Reporting Services Administrator and User Guide, and Infor Lawson Administration: Jobs and Reports.


Feature Network Drive Support

Description Infor Lawson BI now supports delivery of Reporting Services reports to network drive locations.

Impact Customers can now deliver a specific Reporting Services report to a sharednetwork drive location. This functionality will allow organizations to deliver and manage report documents on shared network drive locations.

Note: Reports will also be delivered to the Lawson Documents directory.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents

See Framework Services Administrator and User Guide for information on creating and maintaining a device type and the Reporting Services Administrator and User Guide

Smart Notification

Feature Improved memory allocation

Description Previously, when a notification owner launched Smart Notification, the application loaded into memory the owner’s alerts along with all the alert details. This may have caused a large memory utilization of JVM that resulted in out of memory errors.

With Infor Lawson BI 10.3, many unnecessary cached object definitions are no longer stored upfront in the memory allocation.

Impact End users will have improved memory allocation while using Smart Notification without any performance degradation.

Related PTs N/A

Related Documents

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Infor Lawson BI 10.2.0.0








Infor Lawson BI Installation Guide Combined four separate installation guides into one.

Updated system requirements

Changes for branding

Added instructions for Tomcat installation


Added instructions for Dashboard Auditing

Added instructions for Admin Reports

Changes for dashboard interface


Changes for branding

Smart Notification User and Administration Guide

Change for branding

Instructions for charts interface

Instructions for OLAP data source

Lawson Role Migration Configuration Guide Updated configuration instructions



Feature WebSphere Application Server

Description Infor Lawson BI now supports WebSphere Application Server 8.5.

Impact Customers can now use WebSphere Application Server 8.5 as their application server.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents



Description Infor Lawson BI now supports SAP Crystal Reports Server 2011.

Impact Customers can now use SAP Crystal Reports Server 2011 as their reports sever.

Important: For upgrading customers, Infor recommends that you install and test the new version of Crystal Report Server in a test environment prior to installing the Infor Lawson BI upgrade in production to ensure all reports function as designed.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Feature Crystal Reports Server XI versions XI R2 and XI R3 SP3

Description Infor Lawson BI no longer supports Crystal Reports Server XI versions XI R2 and XI R3 SP3.

Impact Customers must upgrade to SAP Crystal Reports Server 2011.

Important: For upgrading customers, Infor recommends that you install and test the new version of Crystal Report Server in a test environment prior to installing the Infor Lawson BI upgrade in production to ensure all reports function as designed.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents



Feature Apache Tomcat Application Server 7.0

Description Infor Lawson BI now supports Apache Tomcat application server.

Impact Customers can now use Apache Tomcat 7.0.19 as their application server. Customers can use the Tomcat server bundled with the Infor Lawson BIinstallation program.

Note: Infor recommends that customers use the Tomcat application server for test environments only. Tomcat is not for use with Lawson Single Sign-on integration.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Feature Microsoft® Internet Explorer 7.0

Description Infor Lawson BI no longer supports Microsoft® Internet Explorer 7.0.

Impact Customers can use Microsoft® Internet Explorer 8.0 or 9.0 as their web browser.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Feature Microsoft® Windows Server 2012

Description Infor Lawson BI now supports Microsoft® Windows Server 2012.

Impact Customers can use Microsoft® Windows Server 2012 as their operation system for Infor Lawson BI.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents



Feature Language support

Description Infor Lawson BI supports Brazilian Portuguese.

Impact Customers may use Brazilian Portuguese as their language for Infor Lawson BI.

Related PTs N/A

Related Documents

See the Framework Services Administrator and User Guide for information on changing your language preference.

Database changes

Feature Microsoft® SQL Server 2012

Description Infor Lawson BI now supports Microsoft® SQL Server 2012.

Impact Customers can now use Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 as their database server for Infor Lawson BI.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents


Framework Services changes

Feature Dashboard Audit

Description Dashboard auditing allows you to track what dashboards users are accessing. If auditing is enabled, Framework Services will automatically capture and log information to a database table called FS_AUDIT in the Framework Services database.

Impact Customers can use information from Dashboard Auditing to monitor what Framework Services content users access and the frequency of that access.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents

See “Setting up dashboard auditing” in the Framework Services Administrator and User Guide.


Feature Admin Reports

Description Use Admin Reports to audit activity and content for Framework Services, Reporting Services, and Smart Notification. Download the zip file containing the reports from the Product Download page.

The reports contained in the zip file are intended to be used with the Infor Lawson BI 10.2.0.0 release and higher.

Impact Customers can use information from the reports to audit activity and frequency of use for Framework Services, Reporting Services, and Smart Notification.

Note: Infor recommends that you make a local copy of any report that you publish since these reports could be updated in the future.

Related JTs N/A

Related Documents

See “Using Admin Audit Reports” in the Framework Services Administrator and User Guide.

Smart Notification

Feature Charting

Description Smart Notification now includes a charting interface for creating and modifying charts included with notification alerts.

Impact Customers can use the Infor Charts interface to easily modify the charts they sent with notification alerts.

Related PTs N/A

Related Documents

See “Creating and Modifying Notifications” and “Using FusionCharts” in the Smart Notification User and Administration Guide.

Feature OLAP database support

Description Smart Notification now supports the use of OLAP database for Smart Notification data sources and InfoSets.

Impact Customers can create data sources and InfoSets using an OLAP database connection.

Related PTs N/A

Related Documents

See “Creating and Modifying Data Sources” and “Creating and Modifying InfoSets” in the Smart Notification User and Administration Guide.


Lawson Role Migration

Feature Microsoft® SQL Server 2012

Description The Lawson Role Migration tool now supports Microsoft® SQL Server 2012.

Impact Customers can use Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 as their database for Lawson Role Migration.

Related PTs N/A

Related Documents

Lawson Role Migration Configuration Guide.

Problems fixed in this releaseA listing of problems fixed in this release may be available on the Download page on the Infor Xtreme portal.


Lawson Business Intelligence 10.1.0.0

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

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





Documentation UpdatesThe following updates to documentation are included with this release.

Document Name Description

Lawson Business Intelligence Installation Guide

Upgrade instructions for 9.0.4.x to 10.1.0.

System Requirements and prerequisites updates

Removed Scorecard installation instructions. Customers needing to refer to Scorecard installation and/or troubleshooting instructions should see earlier releases of the documentation.


Updated instructions for Charting to reflect change to FusionCharts support.

Lawson Role Migration Configuration Guide

New release.

Installation ConsiderationsIf you are using Lawson Business Intelligence with Kerberos authentication, a single sign-on connection to Lawson Smart Office is not supported.


Configuration Support Changes

Feature Web browser

Description Lawson Business Intelligence supports Firefox 8.0 and 9.0.

Impact Customers may use Firefox 8.0 and 9.0 for Lawson Business Intelligence.

To use Firefox for LBI, customers will need to adjust the settings. In the Firefox browser, navigate to Tools > Options > Content > Advanced > Enable Raise or lower windows.

Note: Firefox has its own language settings that is separate from the Windows Region and Language Settings.

If you plan to use Firefox combined with Arabic, you will need to add Arabic to your list of preferred languages in the Firefox browser and move it to the top of the list.

Related PTs N/A

Related Documents

See the Lawson Business Intelligence Installation Guide

Feature Language support

Description Lawson Business Intelligence supports Arabic.

Impact Customers may use Arabic as their language for Lawson Business Intelligence.

Note: While all administrative panels have been translated, not all have been adjusted to read right to left in Arabic.

Related PTs N/A

Related Documents

See the Framework Services Administrator and User Guide for information on changing your language preference.


Feature Lawson Charting

Description Lawson Smart Notifications now uses FusionCharts as its charting engine. This includes a full set of charting properties available to customize the rendered charts.

Impact Customers will now use FusionCharts, which is an automatic installation with Lawson Business Intelligence.

To learn more about FusionCharts, view their online documentation at:http://docs.fusioncharts.com/charts/

ChartFx will no longer be delivered with Lawson Business Intelligence starting with release10.1.

Note: Upgrading customers may opt to keep Lawson Charting on their test server to compare and adjust their existing charts with FusionCharts Customers should no longer use Lawson Charting in production environment

Related PTs N/A

Related Documents


Reporting Services

Feature Lawson Role Migration

Description Lawson Role Migration is a tool that allows users to apply rights from Lawson Business Intelligence Reporting Services to MS OLAP roles.

Impact Customers can use a new .NET tool, Lawson Role Migration, to apply Reporting Services rights to MS OLAP roles. To use this tool, customers must have Reporting Services installed and be using Microsoft® SQL 2008 R2 Server.

Related PTs N/A

Related Documents

See the Reporting Services Administrator and User Guide and the Lawson Role Migration Configuration Guide.


Smart Notification

Feature Smart Notification Content Security using Reporting Services Rights definitions

Description Customers will be able to secure content in InfoSets against the Reporting Structures defined in Reporting Services.

Any alert that is rendered against an InfoSet with a Reporting Services structure association will use the Rights for the requesting user to secure the InfoSet Content.

Impact Customers can apply Reporting Services Structures against previously defined or newly added InfoSets. The current Alert Filtering is still supported.

Note: Rights will only apply to alerts that are not currently using the InfoSet Bursting definition. Those alerts must continue to use the current process.

Related PTs N/A

Related Documents

See the Smart Notification User and Administration Guide.


Lawson Business Intelligence 10.0.0.0

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





Documentation UpdatesThe following updates to documentation are included with this release.

Document Name Description

Lawson Business Intelligence Installation Guide

Upgrade instructions for 9.0.4.x to 10.0.0.

System Requirements and prerequisites updates

Updated infocenter installation instructions


Reporting Services document auditing


Smart Notification auditing


Workspace Drillback Services

Workspace SendMessage Service


Configuration Support Changes

Feature Web browser

Description Lawson Business Intelligence supports Microsoft® Internet Explorer 9.0.

Impact Customers may use Microsoft® Internet Explorer 9.0 for Lawson Business Intelligence.

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Feature Database support

Description Lawson Business Intelligence no longer supports Microsoft® SQL Server 2005.

Impact Customer using Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 must upgrade to Microsoft®SQL Server 2008 or Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 as their Lawson Business Intelligence database.

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Feature Database support

Description Lawson Business Intelligence no longer supports IBM DB2 databases.

Impact Customer using IBM DB2 must use either Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 or Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 or Oracle 11gR2 as their Lawson Business Intelligence database.

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Feature Application server

Description Lawson Business Intelligence no longer supports WebSphere Application Server 6.1.

Impact Customers using WebSphere Application Server 6.1 must upgrade to WebSphere 7.0, Fix Pack 11 or higher.

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Feature Infor Workspace

Description Lawson Business Intelligence now can run in Infor Workspace. LBI dashboards and Reporting Services Report Lists now have Infor styling.

Impact To run Lawson Business Intelligence in the Infor workspace, customers will need to install the S3 Plugins for Infor Workspace after completing the Lawson Business Intelligence installation.

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Installation Changes

Feature LBI Infocenter

Description The LBI infocenter has a syntax change to its context root.

Impact To access the updated documentation, customers must perform a new installation of the infocenter using the updated context root and directory.

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Framework Services Changes

Feature Infor Workspace Drillback Services

Description This service allows LBI content to be passed as parameters to another embedded Workspace Application.

Impact Customers will have the ability to create services for the Workspace left-hand side plugins.

Related PTs N/A

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See the Framework Services Administrator and User Guide

Feature Infor Workspace SendMessage Service

Description This service allows LBI content to be passed to a listening web part as a named value pair parameters.

Impact Customers will have the ability to create services for the Workspace right-hand side web parts.

Related PTs N/A

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See the Framework Services Administrator and User Guide


Reporting Services Changes

Feature Reporting Services report auditing

Description Reporting Services now supports report auditing.

Impact Customers can now track what users are viewing, obtain estimates on rendering times, and see what filters, rights, and parameters users apply to their requests.

Related PTs N/A

Related Documents

See the Reporting Services Administrator and User Guide.

Smart Notification Changes

Feature Smart Notification auditing

Description Smart Notification now supports auditing.

Impact Customers can now track what users are viewing, obtain estimates on rendering times, and see what filters, and parameters users apply to their requests.

Related PTs N/A

Related Documents

See the Smart Notification User and Administration Guide.

Problems fixed in this releaseA listing of problems fixed in this release may be available on the Download page on the Infor Xtreme portal.