This is a custom form (that will stage data to massage it if required and then push to the Load forms), so BMC won't be touching it unless off course if by chance they happen to name a form that starts with STG: followed by the exact same name I use :-). Then I'll be pretty much shot down :-).
To further ensure that won't happen, I'm thinking of naming them STG:<customer abbr>:<form name> I won't be creating anything in the reserved ranges - just copying the ITSM foundation fields that I am mapping with an external data source. A long time ago I recall a problem when the whole user form was backed up and saved as User 2. I think we had the system confused and we started getting authentication errors although the original User form was intact. This was either in the 3.2 days or early 4 days. That's why I thought I would be cautious just in case some of the Foundation form field ID's meant something internally to the system. Joe _____ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of arslist Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 11:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Using an ID like 1000000001 (BMC Software's development field range) in a home grown custom form... I have always considered it best practice that if you are using a field in a custom form for the same purpose it exists in the ITSM Suite, to actually use the same field id (sometimes doing a copy and paste from the ITSM form to the new form). Main caveat is permissions and ensuring you get the ones you need. If you are creating a new field for a new purpose, then the reserved ranges are important since you don't want BMC to create a field with the same field id you used. Dan From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe D'Souza Sent: August 26, 2014 10:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Using an ID like 1000000001 (BMC Software's development field range) in a home grown custom form... ** Is there any repercussion from using a field ID like 1000000001 in a custom build form? This field ID is the Company field ID in the COM:Company form and I wanted to build a 'staging/integration' form to accept data using AIE, process it if necessary, before I push it to the 'Load' form. To make the Push fields easier and speed up my development time, I wanted to use the same Field ID's and Field names. The above specific ID was just an example. I intend using the same ID's for other staging forms I build for location, site, people etc. as the ID's in their respective foundation forms. To the best of my knowledge from the documented reserved ranges, the ranges used for the foundation data in the foundation forms, are not reserved ranges for any functional type of fields. Sure they are within the BMC Software range that is used by their developers for their applications, but since this staging/integration form is fully custom, I see no harm using those Field ID's.. Did anyone have any issues doing the same? Joe _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"
