If you are attempting to move data between Remedy Forms (same/different form 
names, same/different servers, same/different versions), and need a reliable 
and repeatable solution, you might want to try ITSM Bridge at 
www.itsmbridge.com <http://www.itsmbridge.com/> 

 
> On 20 Feb 2016, at 05:00, arslist automatic digest system 
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> Topics of the day:
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>  1. Data Wizard Tool / Sites (3)
>  2. Smart Reporting Remedy 9 (2)
>  3. AR Utilities Saga continues (2)
>  4. RSA Archer (Risk & Compliance) integration with Remedy 7.6?
>  5. Data Wizard Tool / Sites - AD (3)
>  6. Why are so many on 7.6.4? (3)
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> Date:    Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:32:16 +0000
> From:    [email protected]
> Subject: Data Wizard Tool / Sites
> 
> Hi, it seems that we need to rename some sites in our ITSM system, 7.6.
> 
> Have you used the Data Wizard Tool in this situation, if so, have you seen 
> any issues, or are all forms handled correctly?
> 
> The alternative, to do it manually is a huge task.
> 
> Hope for some feedback :)
> 
> // Lars, Vattenfall, Sweden
> 
> 
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> Date:    Fri, 19 Feb 2016 08:32:13 -0500
> From:    "Warren R. Baltimore II" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Data Wizard Tool / Sites
> 
> Lars, I have found the tool to be quite effective, although I haven't used
> it for that exact job.....
> 
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 5:32 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> **
>> 
>> Hi, it seems that we need to rename some * sites* in our ITSM system, 7.6.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Have you used the *Data Wizard Tool* in this situation, if so, have you
>> seen any issues, or are all forms handled correctly?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The alternative, to do it manually is a huge task.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hope for some feedback J
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> // Lars, Vattenfall, Sweden
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> ------------------------------
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> Date:    Fri, 19 Feb 2016 14:02:04 +0000
> From:    "Hennigan, Sandra, CTR, DSS" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Data Wizard Tool / Sites
> 
> Lars,
> 
> The Data Wizard is a good tool most of the time. I have not had issues using
> the Data Wizard to change Sites. It does miss changing data on some forms
> i.e. the Group form Long name is not changed when changing the Support Group
> name and it looks for "Requester Console" forms (which do not exist with SRM
> installed) when changing a Login Name. 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Sandra
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected]
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 5:32 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Data Wizard Tool / Sites
> 
> ** 
> 
> Hi, it seems that we need to rename some sites in our ITSM system, 7.6.
> 
> 
> 
> Have you used the Data Wizard Tool in this situation, if so, have you seen
> any issues, or are all forms handled correctly?
> 
> 
> 
> The alternative, to do it manually is a huge task.
> 
> 
> 
> Hope for some feedback J
> 
> 
> 
> // Lars, Vattenfall, Sweden
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Date:    Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:12:26 -0500
> From:    Tauf Chowdhury <[email protected]>
> Subject: Smart Reporting Remedy 9
> 
> Anyone run into and hopefully fix the date/time issue in Smart Reporting 
> where it evidently can't understand the concept of midnight!? 
> For example, using date measures like "yesterday" yields results from 12p noon
> Changing the time to 12am still shows 12 noon. It only recognizes 1am onwards.
> 
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> Date:    Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:45:32 +0000
> From:    "Brittain, Mark" <[email protected]>
> Subject: AR Utilities Saga continues
> 
> Hi All & TGIF
> 
> As you may recall I am having issues installing ARUtilities 7.6 on my new 
> workstation and after a few tries did get it installed. However I cannot find 
> the license key. I have tried emailing support but I'm guessing they're not 
> there anymore. Is there any way to recover the license key from a machine 
> that was properly licensed? I see there are a few crack programs out there 
> but hesitate to go there as I have been burned before on such site.
> 
> Thanks
> Mark
> 
> Mark Brittain
> Sr. OSD Systems Engineer
> ITILv3 Foundation, Continual Service Improvement
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> Date:    Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:03:02 -0500
> From:    JD Hood <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Smart Reporting Remedy 9
> 
> Does it make any difference if you use 24hr time? For example, instead of
> "12:00:01 AM", have you tried "00:00:01"?
> 
> Thanks,
> -JDHood
> 
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Tauf Chowdhury <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Anyone run into and hopefully fix the date/time issue in Smart Reporting
>> where it evidently can't understand the concept of midnight!?
>> For example, using date measures like "yesterday" yields results from 12p
>> noon
>> Changing the time to 12am still shows 12 noon. It only recognizes 1am
>> onwards.
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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> ------------------------------
> 
> Date:    Fri, 19 Feb 2016 20:20:24 +0000
> From:    "Tagg, Mark - Mark" <[email protected]>
> Subject: RSA Archer (Risk & Compliance) integration with Remedy 7.6?
> 
> Looking to front end our Risk and Compliance system (Archer) with a Service 
> Request in 7.6.
> 
> 
> 1.       Is there an integration between Archer and Remedy 7.6?
> 
> 2.       If not, how can I get these two to pass data back and forth?
> 
> Thanks
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> Date:    Fri, 19 Feb 2016 21:45:49 +0000
> From:    Jason Miller <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: AR Utilities Saga continues
> 
> I see my license key in the registry:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ARUtilities75
> 
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 11:46 AM Brittain, Mark <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> **
>> 
>> Hi All & TGIF
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> As you may recall I am having issues installing ARUtilities 7.6 on my new
>> workstation and after a few tries did get it installed. However I cannot
>> find the license key. I have tried emailing support but I’m guessing
>> they’re not there anymore. Is there any way to recover the license key from
>> a machine that was properly licensed? I see there are a few crack programs
>> out there but hesitate to go there as I have been burned before on such
>> site.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> *Mark Brittain*
>> 
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>> 
>> ITILv3 Foundation, Continual Service Improvement
>> 
>> *NaviSite, Inc. – A Time Warner Cable Company*
>> 
>> [email protected]
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>> Office: 315.634.9337
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> 
> Date:    Fri, 19 Feb 2016 14:57:24 -0700
> From:    Ben Chernys <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Data Wizard Tool / Sites - AD
> 
> Hi Lars,
> 
> 
> 
> With a single Meta-Update script we built for a customer POC, you can change
> a configurable set of fields and forms including the ones that the Data
> Wizard misses, and automate massive numbers of changes as well.  The script
> reads the config file, the processes a CSV of Site changes.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ben Chernys
> Senior Software Architect
> logoSthInc-sm  
> 
> Canada / Deutschland
> Mobile:      +49 171 380 2329    GMT + 1 + [ DST ]
> Email:       Ben.Chernys_softwaretoolhouse.com
> Web:          <http://www.softwaretoolhouse.com/> www.softwaretoolhouse.com
> 
> We are a BMC Technology Alliance Partner
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Check out Software Tool House's free Diary Editor and our  Freebies Section
> for ITSM Forms and Fields spreadsheet.
> 
> Meta-Update, our premium ARS Data tool, lets you automate your imports,
> migrations, in no time at all, without programming, without staging forms,
> without merge workflow. 
> 
> 
> 
> Meta-Archive does ITSM Archiving your way: with your forms and your
> multi-tenant rules, treating each root request as the tree of data and forms
> that it is it is.
> 
> 
> 
> Pre ITSM 7.6.04?  Clarify?  Roll your own?  No problem!
> 
> You can keep your valuable data!
> 
> 
> <http://www.softwaretoolhouse.com/> http://www.softwaretoolhouse.com/  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected]
> Sent: February-19-16 03:32
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Data Wizard Tool / Sites
> 
> 
> 
> ** 
> 
> Hi, it seems that we need to rename some sites in our ITSM system, 7.6.
> 
> 
> 
> Have you used the Data Wizard Tool in this situation, if so, have you seen
> any issues, or are all forms handled correctly?
> 
> 
> 
> The alternative, to do it manually is a huge task.
> 
> 
> 
> Hope for some feedback J
> 
> 
> 
> // Lars, Vattenfall, Sweden
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ 
> 
> 
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> ------------------------------
> 
> Date:    Fri, 19 Feb 2016 22:13:52 +0000
> From:    David Charters <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Data Wizard Tool / Sites - AD
> 
> Or upgrade to 9.1 where the bugs in it are fix ha ha.
> 
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben Chernys
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 4:57 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Data Wizard Tool / Sites - AD
> 
> **
> Hi Lars,
> 
> With a single Meta-Update script we built for a customer POC, you can change 
> a configurable set of fields and forms including the ones that the Data 
> Wizard misses, and automate massive numbers of changes as well.  The script 
> reads the config file, the processes a CSV of Site changes.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ben Chernys
> Senior Software Architect
> [logoSthInc-sm]
> 
> Canada / Deutschland
> Mobile:      +49 171 380 2329    GMT + 1 + [ DST ]
> Email:       Ben.Chernys_softwaretoolhouse.com
> <mailto:Ben.Chernys_softwaretoolhouse.com>Web:         
> www.softwaretoolhouse.com<http://www.softwaretoolhouse.com/>
> 
> We are a BMC Technology Alliance Partner
> 
> 
> 
> Check out Software Tool House's free Diary Editor and our  Freebies Section 
> for ITSM Forms and Fields spreadsheet.
> 
> Meta-Update, our premium ARS Data tool, lets you automate your imports, 
> migrations, in no time at all, without programming, without staging forms, 
> without merge workflow.
> 
> Meta-Archive does ITSM Archiving your way: with your forms and your 
> multi-tenant rules, treating each root request as the tree of data and forms 
> that it is it is.
> 
> Pre ITSM 7.6.04?  Clarify?  Roll your own?  No problem!
> You can keep your valuable data!
> 
> http://www.softwaretoolhouse.com/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
> Sent: February-19-16 03:32
> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: Data Wizard Tool / Sites
> 
> **
> Hi, it seems that we need to rename some sites in our ITSM system, 7.6.
> 
> Have you used the Data Wizard Tool in this situation, if so, have you seen 
> any issues, or are all forms handled correctly?
> 
> The alternative, to do it manually is a huge task.
> 
> Hope for some feedback :)
> 
> // Lars, Vattenfall, Sweden
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_
> _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_
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> ------------------------------
> 
> Date:    Fri, 19 Feb 2016 22:22:43 +0000
> From:    David Charters <[email protected]>
> Subject: Why are so many on 7.6.4?
> 
> Listers,
> 
> I wasn't watching the list for a while and recently returned to participating 
> (Glad to see Warren is still around:) ). I have noticed that many if not most 
> of you are still on 7.6.4, why haven't people been upgrading more regularly? 
> I mean we are at 9.1 now, you are the point where an upgrade basically means 
> a whole NEW system with completely different functionality and the CMDB 
> literally is a whole new product and technology. Is everyone just riding it 
> out until they switch to a different product like Service Now? Are companies 
> nervous about the new technology? Please don't think I am telling anyone what 
> they should be doing, I am just wondering why so many are way back on 7.6.4?
> 
> Thank You,
> 
> David Charters
> Charters Technologies
> 317-331-8985
> 
> 
> 
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> ------------------------------
> 
> Date:    Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:44:30 -0500
> From:    Scott Philben <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Why are so many on 7.6.4?
> 
> Our 7.6.04 upgrade was relatively painful and  took a large amount of time 
> and effort. So we got lazy and didn't want to do it again any time soon. Now 
> we are getting a new environment to work out of so we decided it was time to 
> go through the exercise again. The users weren't clamoring for anything new. 
> But once they saw that 9.0 had the same interface (no, we won't be going to 
> SmartIT/MyIT any time soon) they gave their blessings. 
> 
> Now we see just what a lot of work it is tying in all the stuff that has 
> changed and have decided that once this one is complete we will be 
> immediately working on the next one. Make it more of a scheduled thing 
> (yearly? Twice yearly?) just so it is not such a large bite each time. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Feb 19, 2016, at 17:22, David Charters <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> **
>> Listers,
>> 
>> I wasn’t watching the list for a while and recently returned to 
>> participating (Glad to see Warren is still aroundJ ). I have noticed that 
>> many if not most of you are still on 7.6.4, why haven’t people been 
>> upgrading more regularly? I mean we are at 9.1 now, you are the point where 
>> an upgrade basically means a whole NEW system with completely different 
>> functionality and the CMDB literally is a whole new product and technology. 
>> Is everyone just riding it out until they switch to a different product like 
>> Service Now? Are companies nervous about the new technology? Please don’t 
>> think I am telling anyone what they should be doing, I am just wondering why 
>> so many are way back on 7.6.4?
>> 
>> Thank You,
>> 
>> David Charters
>> Charters Technologies
>> 317-331-8985
>> 
>> 
>> _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_
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> ------------------------------
> 
> Date:    Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:12:00 -0700
> From:    Ben Chernys <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Data Wizard Tool / Sites - AD
> 
> Even if fixed, with the Data Tool, you set up a single Site name change,
> press Go and wait.
> 
> With Meta-Update, you set up a sequence of site changes (say in a
> spreadsheet), say Go, and it's done - with no missed fields and forms,
> including your own.
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> 
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Charters
> Sent: February-19-16 15:14
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Data Wizard Tool / Sites - AD
> 
> 
> 
> ** 
> 
> Or upgrade to 9.1 where the bugs in it are fix ha ha.
> 
> 
> 
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben Chernys
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 4:57 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Data Wizard Tool / Sites - AD
> 
> 
> 
> ** 
> 
> Hi Lars,
> 
> 
> 
> With a single Meta-Update script we built for a customer POC, you can change
> a configurable set of fields and forms including the ones that the Data
> Wizard misses, and automate massive numbers of changes as well.  The script
> reads the config file, the processes a CSV of Site changes.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ben Chernys
> Senior Software Architect
> logoSthInc-sm  
> 
> Canada / Deutschland
> Mobile:      +49 171 380 2329    GMT + 1 + [ DST ]
> Email:       Ben.Chernys_softwaretoolhouse.com
> Web:          <http://www.softwaretoolhouse.com/> www.softwaretoolhouse.com
> 
> We are a BMC Technology Alliance Partner
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Check out Software Tool House's free Diary Editor and our  Freebies Section
> for ITSM Forms and Fields spreadsheet.
> 
> Meta-Update, our premium ARS Data tool, lets you automate your imports,
> migrations, in no time at all, without programming, without staging forms,
> without merge workflow. 
> 
> 
> 
> Meta-Archive does ITSM Archiving your way: with your forms and your
> multi-tenant rules, treating each root request as the tree of data and forms
> that it is it is.
> 
> 
> 
> Pre ITSM 7.6.04?  Clarify?  Roll your own?  No problem!
> 
> You can keep your valuable data!
> 
> 
> <http://www.softwaretoolhouse.com/> http://www.softwaretoolhouse.com/  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected]
> Sent: February-19-16 03:32
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Data Wizard Tool / Sites
> 
> 
> 
> ** 
> 
> Hi, it seems that we need to rename some sites in our ITSM system, 7.6.
> 
> 
> 
> Have you used the Data Wizard Tool in this situation, if so, have you seen
> any issues, or are all forms handled correctly?
> 
> 
> 
> The alternative, to do it manually is a huge task.
> 
> 
> 
> Hope for some feedback J
> 
> 
> 
> // Lars, Vattenfall, Sweden
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ 
> 
> _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_
> 
> _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ 
> 
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> ------------------------------
> 
> Date:    Sat, 20 Feb 2016 01:17:53 +0000
> From:    David Charters <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Why are so many on 7.6.4?
> 
> That’s what I thinking, at this point, make the jump once and then going 
> forward it’s only going to be an upgrade. I’ve upgraded customers over a 
> weekend now but you have to get to a solid overlay version first. The same 
> upgrade back in the 7.x and prior days would have been 3 to 6 months. The 
> longer you wait now the harder it is going to be to move any data over unless 
> you just start with a new system because the data structure changes with 
> every new version.
> 
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Philben
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 5:45 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Why are so many on 7.6.4?
> 
> **
> Our 7.6.04 upgrade was relatively painful and  took a large amount of time 
> and effort. So we got lazy and didn't want to do it again any time soon. Now 
> we are getting a new environment to work out of so we decided it was time to 
> go through the exercise again. The users weren't clamoring for anything new. 
> But once they saw that 9.0 had the same interface (no, we won't be going to 
> SmartIT/MyIT any time soon) they gave their blessings.
> 
> Now we see just what a lot of work it is tying in all the stuff that has 
> changed and have decided that once this one is complete we will be 
> immediately working on the next one. Make it more of a scheduled thing 
> (yearly? Twice yearly?) just so it is not such a large bite each time.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Feb 19, 2016, at 17:22, David Charters 
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> **
> Listers,
> 
> I wasn’t watching the list for a while and recently returned to participating 
> (Glad to see Warren is still around☺ ). I have noticed that many if not most 
> of you are still on 7.6.4, why haven’t people been upgrading more regularly? 
> I mean we are at 9.1 now, you are the point where an upgrade basically means 
> a whole NEW system with completely different functionality and the CMDB 
> literally is a whole new product and technology. Is everyone just riding it 
> out until they switch to a different product like Service Now? Are companies 
> nervous about the new technology? Please don’t think I am telling anyone what 
> they should be doing, I am just wondering why so many are way back on 7.6.4?
> 
> Thank You,
> 
> David Charters
> Charters Technologies
> 317-331-8985
> 
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