On my 7.1/7.0 -> 7.6.04 staging server, BPCU created 64 form overlays. I consider 35 of them to be valid because there really is a difference between the customized forms and the same objects on a reference server. The other 29, mostly AR system forms, are not valid and the overlays will have to be deleted. It gets much worse in the workflow, even though all of our modified and custom stuff (except Guides) was prefixed.
BTW, I think that I have figured out the visibility variations in DevStudio 7.6.04. In a VERY SIMPLE example (it is Friday, after all), after running the BPCU in both Overlay -P and Overlay modes, Migrator 7.6.04 reports 1,878 forms - the original 1,814 plus 64 overlays. There are 175 of those forms marked as Custom by the BPCU, almost all of them part of Kinetic Survey/Request or Calendar. In Best Practice Customization Mode, DevStudio 7.6.04 displays 1,814 forms, exactly 64 forms less because it combines the base form and the overlay as a single entry. In contrast, in Base Development Mode, only 1,639 forms are visible; the 1,814 forms that include any overlays, MINUS the 175 forms marked as Custom. Migrator 7.6.04 (when you can get it to log in) is the only tool that can actually "see" all of the forms on the server at one time, as individual entries. Christopher Strauss, Ph.D. Call Tracking Administration Manager University of North Texas Computing & IT Center http://itsm.unt.edu/ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Jason Miller Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 2:18 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: DevStudio 7.6.04 not showing objects... ** By the way, I also see a number of untouched BMC objects in the BPCU difference report that say they will be converted to Overlays. I was scratching my head on that one. At least I know I am not the only one seeing this. I too am tempted to let the ITSM 7.6.03 to 7.6.04 upgrade fly since these really are not customized (it's a sandbox VM anyways). On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Jason Miller <jason.mil...@gmail.com<mailto:jason.mil...@gmail.com>> wrote: Whoa!!! With all of the excitement of Overlays and future ITSM upgrades I hand not realized any non BMC definitions need to be run through the BPCU. Admittedly I am just starting to get familiar with Overlays and BPCU but my assumption was custom applications would not have any need for BPCU. I thought the BPCU was only related to BMC apps and is a one time thing to convert any previous customizations to a BMC app overlays. From there on it is not needed if you follow best practices. Say I have a custom app that tracks vendors visiting our data center, we sign them in and out and document their temporary badge ID. It in no way touches ITSM. Wouldn't I import this application in Base Development. From that point forward we could choose to use the Best Practice mode to enhance it. From what I am reading this application needs to be run through the BPCU utility before it can be seen in Dev Studio? Please tell me I am interpreting the need to continuously use BPCU wrong. Jason _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
