In the digital era, companies are running behind if they still choose to manage their employees manually. Even for companies that do go digital, sometimes security concerns and poor employee engagement arise depending on how the employer maintains their data. According to Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends 2016 report, 92 percent of participants saw a need to redesign their organization to improve employee engagement and retention and build a meaningful culture. This same survey found that 82 percent of respondents see culture as a competitive advantage, driving innovation, and employee behavior. We’ve all seen or heard the horror stories of … Read More
How to Display All Records in a Lookup Search in Salesforce
Problem: What does someone do when they do not know all the possible values are for a lookup, considering it requires a few characters before it searches, even if it only has 4 values in the lookup? Solution: Follow the steps below to accomplish displaying all available records in a lookup search. 1. Create a lookup relationship to the object you are trying to search 2. Create a text field on the parent object with a default value of ‘All’ 3. (Optional) Remove the new text field from the page layout so the user can’t see it. 4. To … Read More
How To Export Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) Metadata
There are specific scenarios in Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) customizations when you may have to export metadata files. The following are the steps to be followed. Login to the OIM Server Navigate to $OIM_HOME/server/bin Take a backup of weblogic.properties file Update the weblogic.properties file with the below information wls_servername=<Name of the OIM Managed Server> application_name=OIMMetadata metadata_to_loc=<location where to export the file from MDS> metadata_files=<filename.xml> along with the exact location in MDS where the file exists The weblogic.properties file would like this. 5. Run the /weblogicExportMetadata.sh script and provide the below information Username: … Read More
M&S is Now a SUSE Gold Partner – Press Release
M&S Consulting is proud to announce that we are now a SUSE (and Rancher) Gold Partner! SUSE has been around for more than 28 years and is the world’s largest independent open source company. SUSE provides a range of solutions, including open source products and enterprise support for a range of Linux distributions, cloud solutions, container orchestration (with Rancher), high-performance computing, SAP, storage, and edge computing. In December of 2020, SUSE completed the acquisition of Rancher Labs, a market leader in Kubernetes management and container orchestration. This acquisition, as well as SUSE’s collaboration with a broad open source community, brings … Read More
Improving the Process and Technology of License Management
A large government agency was struggling to effectively track the acquisition and renewal of software licensing. Due to employee turnover and the infrequency of licensing review, there was not a consistent record for licenses purchased across the various organizations. The de facto process, unfortunately, consisted of emails and shared spreadsheets spread out among various stakeholders, with no consistency in price verification, expiration dates, or a common approach to vendor management. This process resulted in wasted effort, frequent requests for license extensions, and, in the worst cases, schedule and cost impacts due to production software deactivation when licenses expired. Our team … Read More