You would only see it if you are looking at a macro file that was searching for or setting a field to NULL.
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Halstead Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 2:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: What would $--1$ relate to? ** Just out of curiosity, in what type of situation would you use $--1$? On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Carey Matthew Black <[email protected]> wrote: All, FWIW: The full set for any specific version of ARS can be found by looking that the C API header file: ar.h for the values that look like "AR_KEYWORD_*". Example: taken from the v6.3 ar.h file: " /* an additional AR_KEYWORD_NULL concept is mapped to AR_DATA_TYPE_NULL */ /* codes for keywords supported */ #define AR_KEYWORD_DEFAULT 0 /* admin defined default for the field */ #define AR_KEYWORD_USER 1 /* login name of the current user */ #define AR_KEYWORD_TIMESTAMP 2 /* current date/time */ #define AR_KEYWORD_TIME_ONLY 3 /* current time (date defaults to */ /* today) */ #define AR_KEYWORD_DATE_ONLY 4 /* current date (time defaults to */ ... <snip> ... #define AR_KEYWORD_GROUPIDS 40 /* group ids for groups current user */ /* is a member of */ #define AR_KEYWORD_NO 41 /* no more keywords !! Returns NO */ #define AR_MAX_KEYWORD_USED 41 /* set to code for "highest" keyword */ " -- Carey Matthew Black BMC Remedy AR System Skilled Professional (RSP) ARS = Action Request System(Remedy) 2009/5/7 Brian Bishop <[email protected]>: > > Dave, > > The value $--1$ is a Remedy keyword conversion that means $NULL$. So in your > case it is checking that the fields are NULL. > > Here is a list of keywords conversions I compiled many years ago which may > have been added to since doing it. > > $--1$= $NULL$ > $-0$ = $DEFAULT$ > $-1$ = $USER$ > $-2$ = $TIMESTAMP$ > $-3$ = $TIME$ > $-4$ = $DATE$ > $-5$ = $SCHEMA$ > $-6$ = $SERVER$ > $-7$ = $WEEKDAY$ > $-13$ = $LASTID$ > $-14$ = $LASTCOUNT$ > > Brian Bishop > > Goldstag Consultants Ltd > tel: +44 (0)7973 746832 > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barber, David > Sent: 07 May 2009 13:44 > To: [email protected] > Subject: What would $--1$ relate to? > > Seen on a macro/search - field 1 = $--1$ and also a little later in the > same search - field 2 = $--1$ > > The first field is an assignee, but the second is just a flag. Not exactly > obvious what it does at all. Any ideas? > > Ta > > Dave >
