Why not just have the escalation run the application-query-delete-entry against the form that holds that list of login names to delete? No join, no filters.
Axton Grams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mike, > > If you create a form to hold the "variable" submitter name, build workflow > to create an entry in it which meets your requirements. i.e if thet are all > in a certain group add a filter to SHR:People that checks if the user doing > the submit is in that group and if they are push an entry to the new form. > Set the push so it creates only one record. > > Then add a display only selection field to the SHR:People called Delete > Entry with a single value of Yes. > > Build a inner join form between the SHR:People and the new form joining on > the submitter field. > > Then build an escalation to run overnight on the join form with no > qualification so that it finds all the records and do a set fields on the > Delete Entry field. > > Finally build a filter on the SHR:People form to do the application delete > when this field is set to Yes. > > If you are deleting people who may have entries in the user form you will > need to extend the delete across to this form by again touching a similar > delete record field causing another application delete on that form. > > Same goes for the SHR:Assignment form. > > I hope this helps > > Brian Bishop > +44(0)7973 746832 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael LoSapio > Sent: 31 August 2006 20:40 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Bulk remove users part II > > All, > > So, I read what a bunch of you had posted and spoke with Remedy Support. The > "BEST" thing I could come up with was an escalation to run on the SHR:People > with the > Run If qualification being something like 'Submitter'="Mike" then run > process Application-Delete-Entry "SHR:People" "Request ID" > > So, I was basically told me there was NO way to script the removal process > to run nightly without ANY actual manual intervention. ie: we would need to > change the RUN IF qualification manually in order to remove entries in the > form. > > Is this in fact correct?... there is no way to run a nightly process which > traverses through an imported list of "Submitters" and removes them all from > the system?? Is there a way to create a variable in the escalation's RUN IF > string... or can I execute it off a command line. > > > I was pretty shocked to hear this too, being new to the AR system and > reading all the documentation about how it is supposed to adapt to YOUR > business needs and not adapt your business needs to the system. > > > > Any input would be greatly appreciated. > > -Mike > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org
