Landmark Administration Tools

Infor Rich Client

The Infor Rich Client is a user interface that allows access to data and applications on the Landmark server. It is installed on users' and administrators' desktop machines and accesses the Landmark server through a web server connection. There are user and administrative modes to the Infor Rich Client. The administrative mode allows access to table data as well as the application forms.

Landmark Administration Console

The Landmark Administration Console is a set of forms in the Infor Rich Client that allows an administrator to perform various tasks without having access to the file system or command line on the server. The tasks available include:

• FTP setup for the Landmark Administration Console

• Analytic Cube management

• Security configuration, including editing and copying security classes

• Infor Rich Client installation configuration and trusted certificate management

• Infor Rich Client personalization and configuration management

• Async queue suspending and resuming

• Database import and export, and database monitoring

• Database translation and spelling dictionary management

• Work file import and export

Access to the Landmark Administration Console is controlled through security classes, so only those users with the appropriate role and security classes can have access to this tool.

For administrators to access and use the Landmark Administration Console, the administrator must install an FTP server, Landmark must be configured to recognize the FTP server, and roles with the appropriate security classes must be assigned to the users who need to use the Landmark Administration Console.

To access the Landmark Administration Console, in the Infor Rich Client navigate to Start > Applications > Administration Console.

Job Console

The Job Console provides convenient access for administrators to several forms for managing their own batch jobs and those of other users.

Access to the Job Console is controlled by the AsyncJobAdministratorAccess_ST security class or its equivalent.

Landmark Command Prompt

The Landmark administrator will perform many tasks from a command prompt. When you are instructed to use a Landmark command prompt, you should be sure you are in the Landmark Environment that you want to use, and that all environment variables are set correctly.

Some of the common command line utilities that the administrator will use include the Security Administration utility (secadm), database utilities, and the Landmark build and deploy processes. This guide presents the syntax needed to accomplish various tasks at a command prompt. For a description of the full syntax of a utility, see the Landmark Utilities Reference Guide.

For Windows 2008 and above, you must perform some tasks from the administrator command window. If you run a task and receive the error "Open SCManager Failed with error 5: Access is denied," open a command window to "Run as administrator" and run the task again. It is also useful to have a command window configured to run as administrator that you can use whenever working with your Landmark system.

Infor Landmark Administrator (Mobile)

The Infor Landmark Administrator is a mobile application for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices that provides an administrator with an alternative interface to monitor and manage Landmark security, process automation and async queue information.

To install the Infor Landmark Administrator, download it from application store for your device. Before you can log in to the Landmark environment with the Infor Landmark Administrator, you must be assigned a role that includes the MobileAdministrationWebappAccess_ST security class. When you start the Infor Landmark Administrator, you will be prompted for your Landmark user name and password, as well as the server name, the Landmark port, and the SSL setting (on or off).

The functionality available is the same as through the forms in the Infor Rich Client except that some minor features may not be included. For example, you can access actions to create an actor or add an actor to an existing role in the Infor Landmark Administrator, but in the Infor Rich Client you will also see menu items for such things as viewing the audit log, creating a report, exporting the record to CSV, and so on.

The Infor Landmark Administrator employs standard navigation techniques for mobile applications, such as tapping and scrolling gestures. In addition, you will find useful buttons in the upper left corner and sometimes the bottom for going back to the previous page or for going to other pages.

Configuration Console

The Configuration Console is a tool within the Infor Rich Client that allows users to make changes to the Infor Rich Client user interface without needing to make any changes to source code. There are two types of changes that can be made:

• Personalization - changes that apply to the user who makes them

  These include changes to menus, pages, lists, and forms.

  Users access this through Start > My Personalizations in the Infor Rich Client. Users can access My Personalizations only if they have a role with the PersonalizationAccess_ST security class.

• Configuration - changes that apply globally to all users.

  These include changes to the same things that can be personalized as well as mime types, web services, and security classes. You can also work with actors, roles, and identities just as if you had accessed them through the security applications.

  Users access this through Start > Configure in the Infor Rich Client. Users can make global UI configuration changes only if they have a role with the GlobalUIConfigAccess_ST security class. If users need to make security configuration changes, they must have the SecurityConfigAccess_ST security class as well other security classes, depending on what aspect of security they are modifying.

Security Applications

Through the Infor Rich Client, you can access applications for administering security and users, including a Create User Wizard. Through these applications, you can perform many of the functions that are available through the secadm command line tool. You can access these applications in several ways:

• If you have a desktop icon for the application, double-click the icon.

• In Navigator, locate the applications under Applications, and double-click the name of the application.

• From Start (upper right corner of the Infor Rich Client), expand the Applications list and double-click the name of the application.

Web User Interface

The Web User Interface (Web UI) is a remote application user interface for several modules that are for administration or are part of a Landmark application. These modules rely on Javascript and HTML that is generated from LPL page specifications with Lawson tools, rather than being manually coded.

The Web User Interface (Web UI) executes through a J2EE-compliant application server. With an application server, multiple client requests are serviced through a single service (the application server) running instantiated Lawson code. This allows Lawson to run applications remotely through the web.

The Grid Management Pages

The Grid Management Pages is a web-accessible tool for managing and monitoring the Grid. Through this tool, you can view the status of the grid registry system, the grid router system, the grid nodes, and the grid applications on the grid nodes. You can also use the Grid Management Pages to stop and start various grid components.

To access the Grid Management Pages, navigate in a web browser to the following URL:

http://gridhostname:webstartport

where gridhostname is the server where the grid is installed and webstartport is the port for the grid that will launch a Java web start program for the Grid Management Pages. The default value for this port is 50003.

The Security Administration Utility (secadm)

The Security Administration utility (secadm) is a powerful tool that allows you to configure a wide range of settings for system access and user authorization. You can find detailed procedures describing the required and optional settings for each configuration option at various points throughout this guide.

You can use the secadm utility in three ways:

• Enter the syntax to create the desired configuration at a Landmark command prompt.

  Syntax for various configurations is described throughout this guide where the secadm utility is used.

• Select configuration details through interactive menu prompts.

  You can use the same instructions and parameter descriptions provided in this guide to answer the menu prompts.

• Submit a script containing multiple commands to secadm.

  You can use the syntax described for command line entry to create the script.

Landmark Online Help

For information about Landmark applications and administration, administrators can use Landmark online help. This help is a Web-based help system for Lawson products. Online help is available for both the Landmark environment and Landmark applications. When users click the Help button from a form, they can access the help for either Landmark administration or for the Landmark application, depending on what form they are currently on