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 deletes existing CSV file and generate new one on every upload. The dafault value of this option is disabled.
  • To enable, navigate to Infor Lawson Upload Wizard > User Preferences > Log uploads in .csv file. This may induce additional time for upload because it writes 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 you can save the log file, rename, or move it to another directory. The log file 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