Clearing system cache in Infor Smart Office (Lawson applications only)

When you make some changes to Infor Smart Office by for example, creating or changing roles with Role Manager or adding or removing bookmarks, the cache must be updated before the changes will appear on a user's canvas. This is true not just for changes that are made with Infor Smart Office but also with other Lawson components, including updates to the Resource Management repository, and other programs such as Design Studio, pgmdef and locdef that are used to customize delivered versions of Lawson components.

Cache will be cleared automatically whenever the Lawson system is restarted or a particular server is bounced. However, if you need changes to take effect immediately, use the Cache menu to clear all cache or just cache for the affected component.

Cache component Clear when?

Bookmarks

 You create new or delete bookmarks.

Programs

 You create or update application programs using pgmdef.

Tokens

 When application forms are modified, for example, through an MSP delivery or through pgmdef.

Locale

 When programs are changed through locdef.

Translations

 When you update locale using langdef.
Security definitions This applies to changes made in LAUA Security (not Lawson Security).

UI Definitions

In the following situations:

  • You have installed an application upgrade.

  • You have run pgmdef and have made changes.
Drill Rules If drill and select rules have been changed (through customization or an updated delivery).
Cache Manager Caches maintained by IOS.
User Names Changes to user groups.

RM Caches

 The RM Cache can be cleared when a change to an RM entry (people, thing or organization resource.) needs to be visible to all applications immediately. If the cache is not cleared, a change could take up to five minutes before it is seen by all applications.

Perform these steps to clear cache:

  1. From Navigator, select Infor Lawson > Lawson Administration > IOS Cache Refresh.
  2. From the list that appears, select the components to clear. (If any components are selected that you do not want to clear, be sure to deselect them.)
  3. Click Submit to clear cache for all selected items.
  4. You can use Invert as a quick way to select all items that have not been selected.

    For example, if you wanted to clear cache for only items related to pgmdef but then later wanted to clear cache for everything except pgmdef, you could use Invert to remove the selections for pgmdef related options and to select everything else.