Brian,

You can do it... it is just not obvious....

You need to supply the "Target" string (in the WindowOpen action) like this...

to-file:<space>

No "<space>" is not in the string, but you need a white space
character there for it to work right.

If you also want to specify the actual file name then the target would be:

to-file: some.csv

If the file name presented is a *.csv then the report will output to csv.
If it is *.xml.. then xml
If it is anything else... then I think you get report (rpt) format.


( I forget where or when I learned this... but I remember it being a
very obscure (and accurate) source.)

HTH.
-- 
Carey Matthew Black
Remedy Skilled Professional (RSP)
ARS = Action Request System(Remedy)

Love, then teach
Solution = People + Process + Tools
Fast, Accurate, Cheap.... Pick two.


On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Sokol, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> **
>
> Jason,
>
> One last question. I am trying to setup a simple means for a manager to run
> an export of a query in Remedy. I can now run a query, select Report, select
> the report, change the output to export etc. Too complicated for this
> person. I created an AL to run a report. Problem is if you select
> Destination as File there is no where to have Remedy export the data as a
> CSV. It always selects RPT and there is no way to over ride it from the Mid
> Tier that I can see. In the user tool you can change the file type to CSV
> before saving and it works. Do you know any way to force this on the Mid
> Tier?
>
> Brian
>
>  ________________________________
>
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Miller
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 2:25 PM
>
>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Can you export to a csv file from Mid Tier?
>
>
>
> ** That is interesting that support doesn't know about this.  For one I
> would think it is a pretty common issue.  Anybody who has upgraded their pre
> 7 server would experience it (unless a Unix installer uses a different
> mapping that updates or overwrites).  Maybe not many people have tried
> exporting to Excel?  Second we resolved this ourselves at my last job but I
> am pretty sure that we told support exactly what we did to fix it when
> closing out our ticket.  I guess the solution didn't make it any further
> then the incident record (ISS03165279 for anybody on the inside who may want
> to look it up).
>
> We just fixed it on our server here.  Here is what we did:
>
> Updated configuration record Request ID: 000000000000001 for AR System
> report type.
>
> Changed Run Command value
> From:
> /servlet/NativeReportServlet?O=$RPTOP$&U=$USR$&P=$PWD$&Q=$RPTQUERY$&QR=$RPTQOVR$&S=$RPTSVR$&F=$RPTFORM$&VW=$RPTVIEW$&VWEXT=$RPTVIEWEXT$&APP=$RPTAPP$&R=$RPTNAME$&RF=$RPTFILE$&LOC=$LOC$&TZ=$TIMEZONE$&LNG=$LANGUAGE$&CTRY=$COUNTRY$&enc=$RPTENC$
>
> To:
> /servlet/NativeReportServlet?O=$RPTOP$&U=$USR$&P=$PWD$&Q=$RPTQUERY$&QR=$RPTQOVR$&S=$RPTSVR$&F=$RPTFORM$&VW=$RPTVIEW$&VWEXT=$RPTVIEWEXT$&APP=$RPTAPP$&R=$RPTNAME$&RF=$RPTFILE$&LOC=$LOC$&TZ=$TIMEZONE$&LNG=$LANGUAGE$&CTRY=$COUNTRY$&enc=$RPTENC$&DT=$RPTDEST$&CS=$RPTCHARSET$
>
> Let me know if this works for you.
>
> Jason
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 6:36 AM, Sokol, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> > Thanks Jason,
> >
> > Yes it is an upgraded server. I opened a tkt with BMC support but they
> were clueless. They kept insisting it was a problem with my report (even
> though I get the same error on all reports). It is getting more and more
> difficult to prove there is a bug. Please let me know if you come up with a
> solution.
> >
> > Brian

<snip>

> > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sokol, Brian
> > > Sent: Saturday, 19 April 2008 3:34 a.m.
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: Can you export to a csv file from Mid Tier?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > **
> > >
> > > I thought this was now possible? I am on ver 7.1. I have a report for
> the form I am using. In the Report window I selected Destination File and
> Report Format CSV. When I click Run a get a window to name the file. That
> all works up to that point. When I click Ok after naming the file I get an
> error:
> > >
> > > Report Error
> > > Failed To Perform Action
> > >
> > > Am I doing something wrong here?
> > >
> > > Brian Sokol
> > > Manager, Desktop Services
> > > Scholastic Inc.
> > > 557 Broadway
> > > NY, NY 10012
> > > (212) 343-6494
> > > http://www.Scholastic.com

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