LBI for Dummies

The basics to get you

started

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

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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 )

Access to LBI

Initial Screen is accessed by: http://server/efs/

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

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.

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.

Dash Boards and their Components

Dash Boards
Modules
Links

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

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

Creating a Dash Board/Module/Link

Below is the Everything we just created

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.

Working with Dash Boards, Modules, Links

Reporting Services
A means to access and run secured Reports on
LBI by authorized users. Users can also receive
emailed 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 ftpd from the Lawson Server to the LBI Server, primarily for the
bursting related purposes.

RS Links
- My Reports
- Report Administration
- Report Delivery

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

Reporting Services
Select My Reports

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

Reporting Services
- Elements of the Structure

- Creating a Right

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

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.

Reporting Services
Bursting a Crystal Report ( Non BackOffice )

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

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 email. The Primary
method is results via Email.
As with Reporting Services, Bursting is supported
to supply filtered results. For example a Daily
Reports
listing Expired Certifications would be emailed to
only the Specific Managers that those employees
reported to.

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

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.

E Analytics / ScoreCard
E ScoreCard View Example

E Analytics / ScoreCard
IA Screen Shots

IA10 Configures the Type of Data Mart.

IA150/IA120 will pump the data into the Data Mart.

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 email
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 Of
Peak Hours

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 emailed reports.

Documentation Available from Infor/Lawson

PDF Files Available from Infor

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