1. LBI for Dummies
The basics to get you started

2. Lawson Business Intelligence (LBI) for Dummies
A brief overview of LBI. This presentation covers :
The primary software components installed onto the LBI server and their Interaction with Lawson Security
Access to LBI by the 3 Primary Security Roles ( after DSSO configuration)
- LBI Admin
- LBI Power Designer
- LBI Reports
Introduction to LBI components:
- Dashboards and their components.
- Reporting Services. (Core )
- Smart Notifications. (Core )
- Analytics. (Core)
Administration topics.
Documentation Available from Infor/Lawson
Questions and Answers

3. . The Primary Software Components installed onto the LBI Server and their interaction with Lawson Security
Enterprise Frameworks Services (EFS )
Reporting Services ( RS)
Smart Notifications (SN)
Analytics / ScoreCard ( Using MSOLAP or ESSBASE )
DSSO.jar file configuration
Prerequisites:
WebSphere
Installed Database for the Repository( for example: Oracle or MSSQL )
Spend 5 minutes on overview

4. Initial Screen is accessed by: http://server/efs/
Access to LBI
Initial Screen is accessed by:
The LBI Administrator(s) will have Access to the Tools Tab, from here you can access the 2 System Admin Modules and the Core Applications .
LBI Reports Users will have access to Dashboards shared to them and/or those they create for themselves

5. Assigning LBI Roles to End Users
Users are assigned 1 of the 3 LBI Groups in the Lawson Security Tool.
Once the Synchronize Users and Roles Procedure is run ( See Previous Slide ) The Individual will be synched as a LBI User.
Add LSF Screen

6. Assigning LBI Roles to End Users
Once the Synchronize Users and Roles Procedure is run ( See Previous Slide ) The Individual will be synched as a LBI User.

7. Dash Boards and their Components
Modules
Links

8. Creating a Dash Board/Module/Link
Click Here to Create your new Dash Board: Accounting”
Click Here to Create your new Module: “Reports”
Click Here to Create a new Link to a RS Report

9. Creating a Dash Board/Module/Link
Now we select Search to Assign a URL to a Link
Now, Select the type of Link you desire

10. Creating a Dash Board/Module/Link
Below is the Everything we just created
Actually, we will link to the Vendor Open Invoice Report.

11. Working with Dash Boards, Modules, Links
Examples of the potential uses of Dash Boards, Modules and Links. Primarily they are used to access: RS Reports, SN Smart Notes as well as a host of other secured links.

12. Working with Dash Boards, Modules, Links

13. Reports are created by designated persons then published to LBI
Reporting Services
A means to access and run secured Reports on LBI by authorized users. Users can also receive ed reports on a scheduled basis.
Reports are created by designated persons then published to LBI
Data Sources for Reports
- Query Driven: ODBC, Lawson OLEDB( Query & Print Job )
- Print Jobs ftp’d from the Lawson Server to the LBI Server, primarily for the
bursting related purposes.
RS Links
- My Reports
- Report Administration
- Report Delivery
Demo a Query Driven Report ( Open Invoices ( Vendor Invoice4) , Demo the setup of some elements, structures and rights

14. Reporting Services
Via the Tools Dash Board Tab
Select RS Report Administration

15. Reporting Services
Select My Reports

16. Implementing Bursting
Reporting Services
Implementing Bursting
- Identifying Reports that Lawson supports for bursting purposes
- Setting up Elements and Structures

17. Reporting Services
- Elements of the Structure
- Creating a Right

18. Reporting Services
Burstable Lawson Back Office Reports will have XML tags written into the report. Below is a example:

19. Reporting Services
Assigning the Structure to a Report, select your Report in “My Reports” then select ”Details”. We are Bursting a Lawson GL292 report in this example.

20. Reporting Services
Bursting a Crystal Report ( Non BackOffice )

21. Smart Notifications
The Below is a Notification, that is scheduled to run a daily listing of open invoices. It can be received via or by accessing LBI

22. Smart Notifications
As with Reporting Services , a User can log into LBI
to view the notification results , or the results can be
distributed to the end user via . The Primary
method is results via .
As with Reporting Services, Bursting is supported to supply filtered results. For example a Daily Reports
listing Expired Certifications would be ed to
only the Specific Managers that those employees
reported to.

23. Smart Notification: Info Sets, and Notifications
Notifications are built upon defined Info Sets which retrieve data from various data sources such as:
- Data Mining Queries (DME), JDBC Queries, LDAP Queries, CSV files
Smart Notifications has a Scheduling Engine to refresh Info Sets and deliver Notifications
Formatting templates are used to created the desired look and feel of the Notification

24. ScoreCard Views are created from Data Marts
Analytics / ScoreCard
ScoreCard Views are created from Data Marts
Data Marts comprise the data available in either of the below Data Warehouse repositories
- Microsoft Server Analysis Services (MSOLAP)
- ESSBASE
IA System Code programs to pump data from Lawson to the Data House Repository. - IA150 will process data to MSOLAP repository for a Data Mart specified in IA10.
- IA120 will process data to ESSBASE repository for a Data Mart specified in IA10.

25. E Analytics / ScoreCard
E ScoreCard View Example

26. E Analytics / ScoreCard
IA Screen Shots
IA10 Configures the Type of Data Mart.
IA150/IA120 will pump the data into the Data Mart.

27. Administration Topics
Both Smart Notes and Reporting Services have their
own means to secure Access to Users that will need
to be considered.
If the End User only receives reports via
then he will not have to be set up with a LBI Role.
Archiving RS Reports.
Performance Considerations.
- For Example: Scheduling reports to be run, at Off
Peak Hours

28. Which Tool to Use ?
There is overlap among various LBI Components
especially Reporting Services and Smart
Notifications.
- Both having a Scheduling Engine
- Both have report delivery capabilities
- Both incorporate bursting capabilities
- via logging into LBI to view most current report
data
- via ed reports.

29. Documentation Available from Infor/Lawson
PDF Files Available from Infor

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31. Q/A