Yes I did think of the shared workflow too which is why I did say form(s) instead of just form in my original posting on the initial mail on this thread.
While its OK to have fewer fields in the set field or push field mappings on secondary forms, its not OK to have ghost fields to be a part of qualifications in either the Run If or the Set Field IF or Push Field If qualifications.. That qualification will just never equate to true with fields missing in the qualification. Also, shouldn't the primary form to which shared workflow is tied to, have all the mapping fields in the set or push fields actions present on the form? Instead of just removing references from existing workflow during a field delete operation, there should have been a check during a field deletion to disallow the operation if this field reference existed in any workflow qualifications. It would also have been nice to have the option of having the user prompted with names of workflow that had these references.. This is me thinking out loud.. Having this check would not be database intensive, IF the meta table field holding the field information (field) or any other of its related table held a flag for the field to not be deleted the moment it was added to any qualification. This flag once added, would be cleared only if all such references to this field was removed from qualifications in AL's Filters, Menus, Table Field qualifications.. Joe -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert Molenda Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 9:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OTB ITSM Applications version 7.x ** one statement: Shared Workflow with the Same Field ID... if only all of the object.references.were.object.orientated. ie: in the qualification fields how simple would it be to store Form.FieldID (Form<dot>fieldid) ie: in the set fields - let us just remove ANY reference to fieldID X.. (that would be the un-patched version :) ) have you ever wondered about that?? Certainly a few more characters commmming back from the database would assist the Object.Parse(something) function wouldn'it? Or, when is 8X beta coming out with a true IDE (Eclipse?) David?? IMHO-Robert On Feb 8, 2008 2:14 PM, Joe D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: True about it already being terribly slow.. I'm not sure about it not causing any impact.. It would not if it is in the Set Field list.. But what if the deleted field reference exists in the Set Field If or Push Field If condition. Or the Run If conditions? Joe -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Axton Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 4:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OTB ITSM Applications version 7.x Because it would make it more horribly slow than it already is and there is zero impact (aside from the admin tool meassage) to leaving it in place. Axton Grams On Feb 8, 2008 4:13 PM, Joe D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ** > > If you run the sync operation and check the arxref.log file after the sync > completes or fails (fails more often than completes), you will notice there > are number of workflow objects like AL's, Filters or Menus tied to fields > that have been deleted on the underlying form(s)... > > Anyone on the list who has gone through the process of correcting this by > removing these 'ghost' field references from the affected workflow? Are > there any available utilities that can trace such workflow and correct them? > > I WONDER why the ARS Admin tool wasn't designed to do this automatically > when a field was deleted from a form by taking off the references to all its > related workflow.. > > Cheers > > > Joe D'Souza > Remedy Developer / Consultant, > Shyle Networks, > New Jersey. > Cell: +1.732.331.5004 > Desk: +1.732.698.7275 > > __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > html___ No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.21/1266 - Release Date: 2/8/2008 10:06 AM ________________________________________________________________________ _______ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" html___ No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.21/1267 - Release Date: 2/8/2008 8:12 PM _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
