ESS screens

Yes, we have several customizations in both ESS and MSS. The trick is finding the right object in $WEBDIR/lawson/xbnnet or xhrnet, and the right place within the object to put your link where you want it to appear. I don't know what you mean by "ESS page", since there are a very many of them, but we have added embedded links that open a new page.

Also, of course, you can add your own custom bookmarks as a new child in any location you choose under the ESS or MSS parent.

Hi BarbR, I just asked HR for the ESS screen they would want me to add the link. I am assuming they want the information to be stored or update Lawson tables. I have attached both forms. So If I hear you correctly, I can write a a Lawson screen/form and add a bookmark to access/launch this form?

Your feedback is greatly appreciated!

Well, it's easy to add a link from one of the ESS objects to launch a form in a new window. But you are now saying much more than that. A Lawson database update would need a custom program developed, possibly custom database tables. I can't help you further with that. You may want to talk to Intellias - they do ESS Benefit Enrollment customizations like that with their "Benefit Addins" offering.

Actually, I just asked the users and they just want to fill out those forms I attached and create a CSV file instead. No database updates.

Much easier - do you have a web developer that can do an HTML program to do this? You would need to put the .htm on the Lawson application server at $WEBDIR/lawson/xbnnet.
After that you have two choices - find the desired ESS object and embed some verbiage and a link to you .htm opening it in a new window - or just add a custom bookmark under ESS to open your .htm. From the picture you sent, it looks like you want option #1, embedding it inside the ESS, Benefit, Benefits Enrollment at a certain point (Health plan election).

Ok so can a HTML program create output such as csv file? I have contacted our server team to see if they can assist with building this new program. Thanks

Things to think about: Where should the file be placed, should it be a separate file per entry or all entries appended to a single file, how will you access the file to get the information, when/how will the file be cleared, etc. We did use Intellias to embed a custom form into our Benefit Enrollment, which writes to a custom form in the portal (so can be accessed there) and writes to a custom table in the Lawson database. The data can be accessed and cleared using Lawson Add-ins. This is a more elegant solution, however it comes at a cost.

We have heavily customized ESS...not difficult if you have time, however the key is finding all the correct files (html, js, xml) to modify.

As far as writting a CSV file - we have a html that calls the ActiveXObject for writting files. we read a (custom) table to get the info, then using a WriteLine to build the CSV file out to the users Desktop. It just takes time and experimenting to get it correct

Hi Tim, your input is greatly appreciated!

@bernfc10 - You're Welcome. Let me know how it goes, i might be able to provide some more guidance