Submitting/updating vendor service tickets via XML

2006-10-04 Thread John Baker
Tony, We have performed a number of bi-directional XML integrations between Remedy and a third party. Sadly it's not quite as simple as using a couple webservices because there are so many other issues one must worry about (not helped by the fact Remedy's webservices aren't very well thought

Remedy Midtier and COREid (SSO)

2006-10-04 Thread John Baker
Vicky, We have a product, if that helps? There's no SSO implementation (of any use) in ARS6.3+, just a bunch of interfaces that have been there for years. John -- John Baker, J System Solutions Ltd. http://www.javasystemsolutions.com (m) +44 77 3639 3822

New Atlanta Servlet Engine No Longer Included with 7.0.01

2006-10-04 Thread John Baker
All, This is entirely sensible, and I'm glad to see BMC are (finally) catching up with the Java IT community and ditching ServletExec. Tomcat is being constantly developed, and little has happened with ServletExec for years. I always failed to grasp why someone would sign off payment for a

ips or Tricks needed for improving performance of Mid-Tier 7.0/6.3

2006-10-04 Thread John Baker
Brian, I'm not entirely sure increasing the amount of memory is going to solve the core problem that Jarl has identified. For every ActiveLink action that requires something from the server, a request must be made back to the MT and on a corporate LAN, that may take 50ms or so, but on a

MAPI open sessions

2006-10-04 Thread Evans, Sarah (Outsourcing)
** Hello We are having a few problems with email 1 The most important one is that the Email Engine is opening 32 MAPI sessions and not closing them down, this then results in incoming and outgoing email not being processed. The server support team have told us that it is an

Query:Error when creating an Archive Form.

2006-10-04 Thread Rajeev John
** Hi All, I have a problem with an Archiving operation that I was doing for one of our clients: Environment Details: ARS 6.3 Helpdesk 6.0 OS Windows Server 2003 MS SQL Server 2000 I am posed with a situation whereI need to archive around 150k records on the Helpdesk form to another

Re: C API -- Create Ticket using Email: Category, Type, Item not working

2006-10-04 Thread Carter, Craig J Civ ARPC/DPD
Title: C API -- Create Ticket using Email: Category, Type, Item not working ** You didnt mention the application but are these valid values for those fields? In CSS, the value is generally Uncategorized for the default value. CRAIG J. CARTER From: Action Request System

Re: ARS 6.3/7.0 on same server, with ITSM 6 and ITSM 7, respectiv ely?

2006-10-04 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
Title: RE: ARS 6.3/7.0 on same server, with ITSM 6 and ITSM 7, respectiv ely? ** Rebecca, For Unix as long as both 9i and 10g are installed all you have to do is to have a script that sets up the environment for each bfore you start arsystem. i.e. oracle_9i.ksh #!

Re: New Atlanta Servlet Engine No Longer Included with 7.0.01

2006-10-04 Thread Tony Worthington
** Are there any whitepapers from BMC on Apache/Tomcat? Yes. The ones I have now areL Configuring Apache 2.x and Tomcat 5.x using JK connectors -- not really remedy related. Using Java 5 and Tomcat 5.5 with BMC Remedy KM 7.0 I thought there were more, but I can't find them right now... -tony

Re: Best way to play sounds?

2006-10-04 Thread Jim Bruce
Here's a method that should work on both User Tool and Mid-Tier. On your form: - create two hidden Character Fields (named _TEMPLATE and _HTML). - create a hidden View Field. - create buttons as needed to trigger your sounds. Create an active link that sets the _TEMPLATE field when the form

Re: Submitting/updating vendor service tickets via XML

2006-10-04 Thread Tony Worthington
** John - Thanks for the tips. I'll be investigating third party solutions as requirements are defined. I'm sure your product will be on the short list. -tony -- Tony Worthington [EMAIL PROTECTED] 262-703-5911 John Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Action Request System discussion

Re: C API -- Create Ticket using Email: Category, Type, Item not working

2006-10-04 Thread Mikhail Serate
Title: C API --> Create Ticket using Email: Category, Type, Item not working ** Hello Craig, Thanks for your reply. That made me think, because the values for "Item" relies on what is being selected in "Type", which also relies on what's being selected in "Category". But yet, these are valid

Re: C API -- Create Ticket using Email: Category, Type, Item not working

2006-10-04 Thread L. J. Head
Title: C API --> Create Ticket using Email: Category, Type, Item not working ** Have you checked an AL log to see if they are being blanked on display for some reason? Have you checked in the DB to see if the values are stored properly? L. J. HeadSoftware EngineerRemedy Approved Consultant

Re: ARS 6.3/7.0 on same server, with ITSM 6 and ITSM 7, respectiv ely?

2006-10-04 Thread McKenzie, James J C-E LCMC HQISEC/L3
Title: RE: ARS 6.3/7.0 on same server, with ITSM 6 and ITSM 7, respectiv ely? ** Rebecca: You had better not be running Oracle as root. I run one instance of Oracle as oracle. I don't know if you can run both as the same user or not. James McKenzie L-3 GSI From: Action Request System

ARS Upgrade help??

2006-10-04 Thread Dip Patel
Hi List, We're planning to upgrade from our current ARS v5.6 to 6.3. I would like to know the pre installation procedures to perform before making the upgrade.Aslo if you can share your experience about the major issues to consider during the upgrade. Any help would be appriciated. Best

Re: C API -- Create Ticket using Email: Category, Type, Item not working

2006-10-04 Thread Carter, Craig J Civ ARPC/DPD
Title: C API -- Create Ticket using Email: Category, Type, Item not working ** What do you see when you look at the fields in the database? Are they populated with the correct values? Since those are valid values, have you checked for workflow that is clearing those values on display

Re: ARS Upgrade help??

2006-10-04 Thread McKenzie, James J C-E LCMC HQISEC/L3
Title: RE: ARS Upgrade help?? ** Dip: I don't think there ever was a 5.6 version of ARS. However, if you are considering upgrading from 5.1.2 to 6.3 you should be aware that licensing is strictly enforced. This means that you cannot use a login, except administrator, from two different

Re: C API -- Create Ticket using Email: Category, Type, Item not working

2006-10-04 Thread Mikhail Serate
Title: C API --> Create Ticket using Email: Category, Type, Item not working ** Hello all, The problem has been solved. i didn't know that an innocent looking Active Link was clearing up the CTIvalues everytime someone opens the ticket through theuser tool. Mikhail Serate Remedy Development

Re: C API -- Create Ticket using Email: Category, Type, Item not working

2006-10-04 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
** ** At the risk of being really simplistic, have you ensured that you aren't working with display-only fields that don't have any DB table behind them? I didn't hear if this was stock out-of-the-box you were working on or possibly had some customization involved where this might be the case? I

Re: C API -- Create Ticket using Email: Category, Type, Item not working

2006-10-04 Thread Mikhail Serate
Title: C API --> Create Ticket using Email: Category, Type, Item not working ** I forgot to say thank you for all the help! :) Mikhail Serate Remedy Development Team Information Technologies University of Calgary (403) 210-9308 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Action Request System discussion

keeping the original request ID (Entry ID)

2006-10-04 Thread Mimi Lakew
** I am trying to import a data to the form where the data came from. Currently nothing is in the form, however when I import the data it is not keeping the original 'Request ID' I tried different options but it kept on assigning the records new 'request ID' does any body know if there is a way to

Re: keeping the original request ID (Entry ID)

2006-10-04 Thread Frank Caruso
** I am assuming your are using the Import tool.Goto File-Preferences and click on the Duplicate Request ID tab. Select Replace Old Record with New Record.On 10/4/06, Mimi Lakew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** I am trying to import a data to the form where the data came from. Currently nothing is in

Re: keeping the original request ID (Entry ID)

2006-10-04 Thread Mimi Lakew
** ARS 5.1.2 SQL Windiws server Franl, Yes I am using Remedy Import tool. I tried that and still doing the same thing. By the way I just checked the csv file converted fromExcel file and all preceding 0's has been removed. I am thinking that couldbe the problem, is there anyway to prevent

Re: ARS Upgrade help??

2006-10-04 Thread McKenzie, James J C-E LCMC HQISEC/L3
Title: RE: ARS Upgrade help?? ** Jamie: Yes, it is possible to log into the WUT and Mid-Tier from the same machine, but the gotcha is when you try to do this from TWO different machines. The problem you experience with Citrix is well known James McKenzie L-3 GSI From: Action Request

Help wth sending data to external CGI from remedy form

2006-10-04 Thread Guillermo Alfredo Torres Barron
Hi dear listers I have the next problem, I need to send messages to movil phone from my remedy application, from a web application I execute the next command for sending the message http://smsweb.iusacell.com.mx/smsweb/msg.cgi?min=$pin$msg=$MSG$ How can I execute this from a filter in my remedy

Re: Best way to play sounds?

2006-10-04 Thread Doug Blair
** Hi there... We have an application named "Endora" which does play sounds from the "Betwitched" TV show when it takes various actions. (About the name... we had apparently used up all of the viable aliases for "wizard." There was a lot of estrogen in the room at the time :-) Enodra uses

File System Plugin on 7.x

2006-10-04 Thread Mike Parker
Good afternoon list: Has anyone successfully implemented the File System ARDBC Plugin on a 7.0 server? I tried putting it in to see if it worked (it works in 6.x) and as soon as I tried to search the form, the Plugin Server hung and timed out. Havent done logging yet, and I dont know if

Re: File System Plugin on 7.x

2006-10-04 Thread Jarl Grøneng
I did send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2-3 weeks ago related to your question., but has not recieved an answer yet. -- Jarl On 10/4/06, Mike Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good afternoon list: Has anyone successfully implemented the File System ARDBC Plugin on a 7.0 server? I tried

Remedy Reporting Problem

2006-10-04 Thread Gillman, Chris
** Listers, I have a question regarding reports. Client is using Mid-Tier 6.3 Patch 16, AR Server 6.3 Patch 16. They are not using the Crystal Enterprise Server for generating reports, instead they are using the ARSystem canned reports, which are supossed to be functional on the web.

CMDB Attributes Errors - Deleting

2006-10-04 Thread Sanford, Claire
Title: CMDB Attributes Errors - Deleting ** We tried creating a CMDB attributes in a class. We got an error and we can't remove them. The error was that the name we gave it had a - in it. When we try to remove them, we get a unique index violation Any suggestions? OH! BTW I HATE CMDB!

Re: Help wth sending data to external CGI from remedy form

2006-10-04 Thread Carey Matthew Black
Guillermo, I would suggest that you look to Perl for a very robust solution. You can call the Perl script (in a $PROCESS$ Set field action) and pass in the base URL , the PIN and the Message (or the whole string as one if you really wanted to) then use a standard module like

Re: CMDB Attributes Errors - Deleting

2006-10-04 Thread Michiel Beijen
** What CMDB patch do you have installed?There is a KB article about removing errors like this from the CMDB data dictionary.--MichielOn 10/4/06, Sanford, Claire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** We tried creating a CMDB attributes in a class. We got an error and we can't remove them. The

CA's Clarity and ARS 6.3

2006-10-04 Thread Devon Yost
Title: CA's Clarity and ARS 6.3 ** Has anyone used the Clarity Service Connector available from CA to build integration with 6x apps? If so, any lessons learned or information on how it works etc. would be most helpful! Thanks, Devon ++CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE++ The information in

Need OOB Filter from ITSM 6.0

2006-10-04 Thread Wacholz, Jeanette (Jenni)
Title: Need OOB Filter from ITSM 6.0 ** Hi Listers! Would one of you please send me (off-list is fine) the def file for the out-of-the-box filter: HPD:Audit-AssignedToIndividual`! Someone in this system's past life made undocumented changes to this filter that are causing problems and I'd

Re: Help wth sending data to external CGI from remedy form

2006-10-04 Thread Guillermo Alfredo Torres Barron
Hi Mattew We have Solaris 9 and AR Server 5.1, some command line tool that we have use in Solaris?? Thanks Greetings -Mensaje original- De: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En nombre de Carey Matthew Black Enviado el: Miércoles, 04 de Octubre de

Re: keeping the original request ID (Entry ID)

2006-10-04 Thread Mimi Lakew
** Thank you Michael that helped.Michiel Beijen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** When you open the data in Excel from a text file: Set the data format in the column to "Text".If you already have an existing excel sheet with leading zeros removed: Select the column, right-click and select Format Cells,

Re: keeping the original request ID (Entry ID)

2006-10-04 Thread Halstead, Robert
** I use excel a lot when I use remedy import, I just tchange the file to a .txt instead of a .cvs before I open it in excel. It takes care of that problem becuase when you open a text file in excel, you need to say what each column is (ie text or number). I just select all as text. Bob

Advantages/Disadvantages between platforms running Remedy

2006-10-04 Thread Scott Neeb
We have an initiative at my work entitled Why Not Microsoft?. We're supposed to ask ourselves at critical application milestones if we should contemplate moving Remedy to the Windows platform. We currently reside on UNIX with an Oracle database, so Remedy is always being evaluated as a

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages between platforms running Remedy

2006-10-04 Thread Joe DeSouza
** Biggest advantage on UNIX - whenand if something goes wrong, most scripts are user readable - such as the startup scripts etc, so its easier for a well informed UNIX admin with Remedy knowledge to poke around and bring the system back up again... A similar situation in UNIX, you might more

Re: Query:Error when creating an Archive Form.

2006-10-04 Thread Joe DeSouza
** Rajeev, Have you defined an Archive form and'Enabled' it by ticking the check box? Maybe I'm asking you the obvious... Secondly, on what operation are you getting this error. There are 3 or4 options for copying records to the Archive form.. What have you chosen? Cheers Joe D'Souza Remedy

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages between platforms running Remedy

2006-10-04 Thread Rocky Rockwell
One thin I have noticed on windows 2k server, it needs rebooting during normal operations, it is more like SOP (this is just what I have seen. Also, things disappear (ie: dlls)) or they get corrupted. We are now on UNIX all the way around (DB,Application, Web) and I have yet to reboot or

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages between platforms running Remedy

2006-10-04 Thread Axton Grams
MSSQL Advantages: - Case insensitive MS OS Disadvantages: - When things break a reboot is in order, when things really break a rebuild is in order - c api development typically requires purchasing an MS compiler and learning an MS tool - Open software sometimes has trouble working

Re: Installation question

2006-10-04 Thread Joe DeSouza
** You're welcome... I did forget to mention themanual updates you have todo on your armonitor.conf file.. Sorry about that... Good to know you got it working... Joe D'Souza Remedy Developer / Consultant, Shyle Networks, New Jersey. - Original Message From: John Hanson [EMAIL

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages between platforms running Remedy

2006-10-04 Thread Will Du Chene
On SQL Server vs. Oracle - Oracle scales better. Consider for a moment that most of Microsoft's vision for SQL Server is on a quad processor box or less. Over 90% of SQL Server installations have four or less processors. Anything over 8 processors and your looking at Windows DataCenter which

Operation Categorizations in ITSM 7.x

2006-10-04 Thread Barbara SIEBERT
Similar to the questions Chris asked about the Product Categorizations, we're wondering about BMC's sample Operation Categories. The Operation Categorizations samples that we used in the ITSM 7 Implementation Workshop training and the samples in ITSM 7 are different than what I am used to

How do I get the Run Process to return a value and enter it into a field?

2006-10-04 Thread Rob Backstrom
** ARS 6.3 I have a filter trigger a "Run Process", I have seen statements that the workflow can wait for a value to return (in our case 1-2 seconds). And ideas on how I can retrieve this value? Thanks, RobBe one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. __20060125___This

Is there a way to update a field on a form via command prompt on ARS server?

2006-10-04 Thread Rob Backstrom
** ARS 6.3 The runmacro command says it will work, but I have not found an example to work form, anybody have one? Or is there another way to update a field without using a macro.I would like to stay away from modify by email and directly modify the database via ODBC connection. Thanks, RobBe

Re: How do I get the Run Process to return a value and enter it into a field?

2006-10-04 Thread Axton Grams
Use a set fields with $PROCESS$ instead of a run process action. Look up the PROCESS keyword for the details. Axton Grams Rob Backstrom wrote: ** ARS 6.3 I have a filter trigger a Run Process, I have seen statements that the workflow can wait for a value to return (in our case 1-2

Re: Query:Error when creating an Archive Form.

2006-10-04 Thread Rajeev John
** Hi Joe, Thank you for your email. After you enable the check box, and save the form , I get the error as mentioned in the email. Also, I am trying the "Copy to Archive and Delete from Source" option for the Helpdesk case. Is there anything that you could suggest. Thanks and Regards