Does an ARInside of those fields show anything interesting?
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Joe D'Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > There are some fields found in COM:Company, either found in the > Miscellaneous tab, or hidden or both, or out of all views, that I would > like to know if they served any real functional purpose in ITSM. > > > > *Company ID** – Field ID 260000032* > > This is an indexed field so may probably be used in some of the searches > in workflow. Is it used for anything other than a manual search for a > company name by its ID? We do use it internally here for reporting and > other things but wanted to know the application specific purpose of it if > there is. > > > > *Lead Time (Days)** – Field ID 260000013* > > Really??? Lead time for what? I could understand if it was a part of an > asset – where you can have lead time for delivery or installation or both.. > But for a company? I’m guessing its one of those fields that may have crept > in as a part of a copy paste operation while creating fields for the > COM:Company form and remained there as a ghost field and then got hidden. > Or does it have a real purpose? And if so what is it? > > > > *Navigation Menu04** – Field ID 1000004045* > > This field is out of all views. It looks like it was intended to be the 4 > th tier on the navigational menus for companies. Is this actually > functional if populated? From the field ID it was probably not even created > at the same time as the other 3 related fields, as those field ID’s are > sequential but this one is out of sequence.. > > > > *Company Web ID** – Field ID 1000001799* > > What is this supposed to contain? It’s a hidden field, optional. Does it > serve any kind of a purpose? > > > > *Parent Company** – Field ID 303604300* > > This field is out of all views. While it’s fairly obvious what it can be > used for, does it serve any functional purpose in ITSM at all? Or is it > just one of those extra pieces of information that you could load if you > want. It is probably not a part of any searches as it does not feature in > any of the indexes built, and if it is, then that search may not be a very > efficient search... > > > > *Manufacturer Data Status** – Field ID 420000497* > > This is a hidden selection field having 6 values – New, Processed, Delete, > Update, Invalid, Inactive. This appears to be a field that might have been > mistakenly copied from the foundation load data forms?? > > > > *Manufacturer Creator** – Field ID 420000498* > > Again a hidden field. Possibly copied on this form again by error from the > load form? > > > > *Manufacturer Source Dataset** – Field ID 420000499* > > Hidden field again – maybe a part of the load form and should not have > been here? > > > > Are any of these fields apart from Company ID useful? Or do they serve no > purpose at all and should not have been there to begin with? > > > > Joe > > > > PS: By the way none of these feature in the data load form.. > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
