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Just out of curiosity, in Example #2, does ARSmarts also look for
table fields that might use the field in a qualification?
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Support <supp...@arsmarts.com
<mailto:supp...@arsmarts.com>> wrote:
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Hello List,
As I said in my previous email, here are a couple of examples that
show how ARSmarts can save you time. I realize it became quite
long, but I hope it is detailed enough. Don't hesitate to ask
questions or give feedback.
_*Example 1*_: find a Display-Only Character field that I can re-use.
I need to add workflow to a Form that already has a lot of
fields. I would like to avoid the creation of yet one more
Display-Only Character field because I think that there must be
one that I can re-use.
Using Dev Studio, I cannot easily list all the Display-Only
Character fields. So I go to the zTmp.... fields, find the
Character ones, and open them one by one to check that they are
Read-Only.
When I open such a field, I can list the workflow that interact
with that field (Relationships). However, I cannot see the Firing
Order, which is key information to decide whether I can re-use it
or not, and if yes, what Firing Order I have to give to my
workflow. This means that I have to open all the AL or all the
Filters interacting with the Field to see what their Firing Order is.
Using ARSmarts, I go Navigate --> Show Objects and I select the
Form. A Form with plenty of fields, remember.
Then I list the Character, Read-Only Fields.
Then based on the name, I pick what I think could be a good candidate.
I open the Field, and in the Cross Refs tab, I see all the
workflow interacting with the field, including Firing Order, Run
If condition, summary of If and Else actions, whether they are
enabled and the Execute On. I can decide there and then if the
Field can be re-used or not, without opening all the objects.
_*Example 2*_: Add a Status value to ThisForm.
Working on a custom app that grew through the years, the customer
asks that a value be added to the Status field. The current Status
values are New - Current - Obsolete, the customer now needs New -
Current - On hold - Obsolete. The numerical values of the current
Status are 0, 1 and 2 (as you would have guessed .....). This
means that I have to find all the workflow that somehow uses the
Closed value of the Status field (in Run If, Push Field, Set
Field, ....) so that I can modify each object accordingly.
In Dev Studio:
Open the Form.
Open the Status Field.
Show Relationships. I have 150 objects that I have to check one
by one.
In ARSmarts:
Select ThisForm in the main ARSmarts window.
Search for Field with Field ID = 7. You get the Status Field.
Then, in the Previous Results tab on the Search screen, select
Search in XRefs. This will search in the cross refs of the
objects found by the previous search operation.
Still in the Search window, indicate that you want to search in
the Run If, Set Field If, Set Field, Push Field If, Push Field,
... of the Filters, AL, Escalations.
Indicate also that you are now searching for the word Closed.
This brings me 5 objects that I can open and check.
Note that the result of the above ARSmarts operation could also
bring "parasite" objects. For example, an AL that fires on
Status, does a Set Field and sets a field called zTmpCloseParent
would also appear in the result while it does not interact with
the value Closed of the Status field. But still, there are not
many of those, and this is much, much faster than going through
all the workflow attached to Status.
Also, to be really certain, I would in the same way look for the
value Current, just in case there is something like .... 'Status'
> "Current".
_*Nice to have*_:
It is always possible to Document (in one click) the result of an
operation (Search, Compare, ....). ARSmarts will generate a nice
looking document. In most situations, you can choose between
Summary or Detailed documentation.
It is also always possible to export the result of an operation to
a .def file (for later reference, to import on another server, as
a backup, ....).
Thank you to those who read me this far, and once again, I am open
to questions.
Best regards,
Kaïs.
On 28/01/2015 08:58, Jason Miller wrote:
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Ok Kaïs, you opened the door so I'll bite :)
The email doesn't say what functionality of ARSmarts helped save
so much time. I could easily say something like "it use to take
10 minutes for my car to get to the end of the block but now my
car can take me to the end of the block in 30 seconds;" that is
now that I am starting the engine vs. pushing it.
For a community of technical people I think the vagueness is
almost offensive. Give us some details. We still don't know
what the customer does with ARSmarts or what they find the most
interesting. Tell us more than some key quote snippets.
Jason
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 7:43 AM, Support <supp...@arsmarts.com
<mailto:supp...@arsmarts.com>> wrote:
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Hello List,
I was asking to a customer what they do with ARSmarts, what
functionality they find the most interesting, ..... and I
would like to share some of his answer with you :-) ...
"/... there was an issue in pilot testing. It took me maybe
2 minutes to find it with ARSmarts, while it would have been
at least half an hour with Dev Studio."
"//Using ARSmarts saves us untold hours. ARSmarts has simply
become vital to saving us time so we can do more."
/Don't hesitate to contact me if you also want to do more
with your time.... Or if your manager wants you to do more
with your time ;-) :-).
Cheers,
Kaïs.
kais.albas...@arsmarts.com <mailto:kais.albas...@arsmarts.com>
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