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TBonney
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2/1/2008 6:34 PM
    I have a notification that gets sent to show unmatched items after MA126 is run. It has a link to form MA60.1 on each row. I have added the URL to the tag in the infoset, including the value for [Company] pulled from the row in the notification. Based on information I found by looking through Lawson KB articles, I thought I could string an additional variable to the end to also pull the [Vendor] from the row too. However, it doesn't work. When MA60.1 is displayed, it is only filtering by [Company]. I was told by Lawson that this is because [Vendor] is not a required field, so it is only recognizing the _HK=[Company] because company is the required field. My question is this...is there a way, even though [Vendor] is not a required field, that I can append it so the link filters to company/vendor combination when followed from within the notification? Thank you in advance for any advice you can provide.
    John Henley
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    2/1/2008 7:35 PM
      You should be able to set a value for PT-API-VENDOR, and it will include that in the form inquire.
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      TBonney
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      2/2/2008 3:52 PM
        Thank you John. I did try various ways to add the vendor using the field tag PT-API-VENDOR, but it didn't work. Among other variations, I've tried replacing '_HK=[Company]' with 'API-COMPANY&PT-API-VENDOR=[Vendor]', which I thought to be the best choice. Nothing I tried worked though. Can you please advise what the proper syntax would be? The current string I am using now is as follows: http://lawsonweb-nt/lawso...K=[Company].

        Thank you for your guidance.
        John Henley
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        2/4/2008 9:18 PM
          After looking more closely at that form, the only key field that can be passed via _HK is the Company.
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          TBonney
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          2/5/2008 12:23 PM
            So when you do this, you may only pass the required fields? If I do an AGS call instead of TKN call, would that allow me to display the form, specific to the company and vendor?
            John Henley
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            2/5/2008 1:28 PM

              HK can only be used to pass key fields. As an alternative, you could use an AGS call as well as a DME call. However, an AGS call would not display the form itself (AGS is used to process a form via HTTP, not display a form). I'd recommend a DME call to list of the messages for the specific, with each detail line having a link to MA60. But, what you'll find out is that if you have a lot of lines, you start having to deal with paging.

              Which then leads to using Design Studio to build a Portal Page to handle the query and paging, and then linking the Portal Page to an MA60 form. If you look at this article (see https://www.danalytics.co...archive/2007-12.htm, you will see a similar concept of a Portal Page combined with a customized form. Since a Portal Page has access to the parameters passed to it, you would be able to pass those parameters via LSN, and display the appropriate vendor messages.

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              TBonney
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              2/5/2008 4:12 PM
                OK. Thank you John. That's a little beyond me, but we do have one of our guys taking a design studio class next week. Maybe this can be one of his test projects upon his return. Thank you.