Understanding artifacts of Infor Lawson Add-ins

This table shows the artifacts that are generated on post-installation and during runtime:

Artifact Description
moa.config
  • Generated on post-installation process of the product
  • Contains configuration settings for Infor Lawson Add-ins logging
  • The default log level is Info. The available log levels, in descending order, are as follows:
    • Fatal
    • Error
    • Warn
    • Info
    • Debug
    • Trace
  • The default location of config file is: <InstallationPath>\Lawson Software\Office Add-ins\config\moa.config

32 bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Lawson Software\Office Add-ins\config\moa.config

64 bit: C:\Program Files\Lawson Software\Office Add-ins\config\moa.config

  • The configuration file is read automatically at Infor Lawson Add-ins startup
  • The logger can monitor logging configuration files and re-read them each time they are modified. You no longer have to restart the Add-ins & Excel applications when configuring the moa.config settings
moa.log
  • Generated during application runtime
  • Contains information that can be used on triaging errors
  • The default location of the log file is %APPDATA%\Lawson Software\Office Add-ins\moa.log
  • For configuring the log level, change the default value of minlevel from Info to Debug
  • See moa.config section for further details
upload_log.csv
  • When enabled, it is generated during Upload Wizard runtime. It will delete existing CSV file and generate new one on every upload. This option is disabled by default.
  • To enable, navigate to Infor Lawson Upload Wizard > User Preferences > Log uploads in .csv file. This may induce additional time for upload since it will write logs to separate file. It is only recommended to enable this option for debugging purposes.
  • The log file contains only the most recent upload logs, so if you want to save the log file, rename or move it to another directory. The log file will contain these columns:
    • Start Time (mm:ss.000)
    • Upload Status (Success/Failed)
    • Thread Number
    • Elapsed Time (mm:ss.000)
    • Request URL
    • Response
  • The default location of the log file is %APPDATA%\Lawson Software\Office Add-ins\upload_log.csv
Saved Query/Upload Files
  • Generated when the user saved their Query/Upload definitions during application runtime
  • Contains saved Query/Upload definitions to reuse later on
  • For Query definition file, the default name is the Infor Lawson table or form number and the .dme/dmex extension
  • For Upload definition file, the default name is the Infor Lawson form number and the .uwf extension