Creating a connection for Lawson
Create a connection to the Lawson ERP as follows. The user account creating the connection and extracting data should have table-level read access on the Lawson Product Line - APPS database.
- From the Select Application Type drop-down list, select the application to be extracted.
- From the Insights drop-down list, select the Lawson Insight. Insights must first be installed on the IRC Portable Data Extractor before they can be viewed in the drop-down list.
- Provide the connection information to be used by the adapter. Unless the connection information is correct, connection creation will fail and an error message will be displayed.
- Click Next to save your changes and go to the next screen.
Provide the following information to create a connection for the Lawson ERP systems:
FIELD | ACTION |
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Connection Name | Provide a unique name for the connection. |
Description | Provide a description for this connection. |
Server Name |
This must match the name provided in the field The network accessible address of the Lawson Distributed SSO Server (this machine) while configuring the Lawson Distributed SSO. Locate this name as follows:
Suffix this server name with Bootstrap Port number of the Websphere on which the Lawson Portal is configured. The port number is mandatory and should be provided even if it is the default port number. Locate the Bootstrap Port number as follows:
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Server Display Name |
Locate the server display name that is displayed on the Applications Server page in Lawson as follows:
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Service Name |
This name should exactly match the name given in the field The name you want to give to the OS service while configuring OS Services and Identities. Locate this name as follows:
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Run for Service Name |
Locate this name as follows:
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Actor Name | The name specified here should match the name provided in the field The existing Lawson RMID for which you want to create the OS identity using the above user while configuring OS Services and Identities. |
Server Node Name |
This is the name displayed in the Node column on the Applications Server page in the Lawson ERP. Locate this name as follows:
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Product Line |
Provide the name of the application database on the Lawson ERP that the user wants to connect to, to extract process data.
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DSSO Install Path | Specify the path selected for the base directory for the Lawson Distributed SSO install. The default DSSO install path is C:\DSSO. |