Re: WebServices and LIKE qualifications

2007-03-09 Thread Stephen Earl
DOH! After actually having some time away from my screen it turns out I was being a dufus! Going through my logs it appears that for some reason the webservice hadn't refreshed in the mid-tier cache and was still running the '=' qual instead of the 'LIKE' qual... very odd. Restarted tomcat on

Re: email template and carriage returns

2007-03-09 Thread Pierce, Amanda (TBS)
Steve, We do the same thing and we experienced the same issue. I got around it by inserting || instead of a carriage return in the template. Then I have a filter on submit of the record to the ticket that replaces the || with an actual carriage return. Amanda Pierce PDS Client Systems

Re: Additional information about DST event and how it affects AR System

2007-03-09 Thread Sokol, Brian
David I was checking some records from last March in ARUser against the values in the database to verify this historical problem. The values in the database are all integers (1142252119). I know that this is how Remedy stores dates. How do I convert this value so I can compare the time? Thanks,

Re: Company not sending 1099: what's the remedy?

2007-03-09 Thread danaceau, Christopher M
Do you know how much you received from them over the year? Can't you report the income (I'm sure you are obligated) to w/o a 1099? -- Chris Danaceau 703-833-2459 The electronic mail message you have received and any files transmitted with it are confidential and solely for the intended

Re: Automatically Tab - Can We Do It?

2007-03-09 Thread Kemes, Lisa
Bummer, why don't they just click on the tab button then. :( Thanks for the suggestion though, maybe that will be the solution for them. I was thinking, what about in the mid tier? Lisa From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Additional information about DST event and how it affects AR System

2007-03-09 Thread Kyle Whitley
For AR System 6.03 or 6.0.1: If your client and/or server needs to be set to use a United States time zone, you will need to load a hot fix from Microsoft and set the TZ variable at your client or server. Failure to do this will cause some displayed and submitted historical dates to be off by

Re: Company not sending 1099: what's the remedy?

2007-03-09 Thread Roger Justice
I checked with an accountant. If you do not receive a 1099 you are oblagated to still include at a minimu an estimate of the amount you were paid on your taxes. If you do get a 1099 later and the amount is different you will then have to submit an amended tax return indicating the difference.

Re: Navigation Fields

2007-03-09 Thread Shafqat Ayaz
Hi Roger only a thousand times or so !!! shafqat Roger Justice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** I know this is a stupid question however have you flushed your mid-tier cache since you created the new navigation menu. Mine works fine. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: JDK version compatibility for the Mid-Tier

2007-03-09 Thread Kemes, Lisa
Thanks John! This was a brand new install of Java (the server was recently reimaged). I got the error when I installed the MidTier (that it could not find the JDK path), but then just clicked OK and the Mid Tier installed just fine. I did put a ticket into BMC though, and they are the ones that

Re: Additional information about DST event and how it affects AR System

2007-03-09 Thread Opela, Gary L Contr OC-ALC/ITMA
Brian you can create a remedy form with three fields on it: 'Epoch Seconds' (This is a character field) 'Date/Time' (This is a Date/Time field) 'tmpIntDateTime' (This is a hidden integer field) Add two buttons. The first button, lets say 'Epoch to Date' will do the following when you

Re: Sun's Bug Detail Page vs. BMC Product Defect Page

2007-03-09 Thread Lammey, Peter A.
Where do you find information about Remedy software bugs? Ive been searching around the supportweb and now with its new redesign I cant find it. I tried even listening through BMC Supportweb's online tutorials on the new web site's setup but they didn't seem to help. The bug I am most

Re: Additional information about DST event and how it affects AR System

2007-03-09 Thread Lammey, Peter A.
You can use this site to convert Epoch seconds to Date/Time: http://www.esqsoft.com/javascript_examples/date-to-epoch.htm For your integer 1142252119 it returns Mon Mar 13 08:15:19 EDT 2006. Thanks Peter Lammey ESPN MIT Technical Services Applications Management 860-766-4761 -Original

where do my attachments go

2007-03-09 Thread Serouche Rahimpour
Dear listers, ARS 6.00.01 patch 1454 something very strange: when I send an email with attachment to my Remedy, the email simply disapears !!! I can see the mail in my logs. Once they are delivered by my mail server to the local remedy user, they are copied to a directory where the email

Re: Sun's Bug Detail Page vs. BMC Product Defect Page

2007-03-09 Thread Kemes, Lisa
I don't remember where on the website I got this, but here is the .pdf file that BMC created about the bug you are talking about http://www.bmc.com/supportu/documents/82/87/68287/68287.pdf HTH Lisa -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

Read/Delivery Reciepts for Remedy Email (Re-Post) (UNCLASSIFIED)

2007-03-09 Thread Tilton, Claire E Ms NGB-ARNG
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE I am re-posting since I didn't see my message come out on the list. Has anyone configured the Remedy Email Engine to give Read and Delivery Receipts? I am currently on ARS 6.3, patch 18 Win 2K3 patch 2 SQL Server 2K3

Re: Additional information about DST event and how it affects AR System

2007-03-09 Thread Kyle Whitley
What I meant to say was if we are not setting a TZ for our clients that we will not experience the issues below Thanks Kyle Kyle Whitley wrote: For AR System 6.03 or 6.0.1: If your client and/or server needs to be set to use a United States time zone, you will need to load a hot fix from

Re: Additional information about DST event and how it affects AR System

2007-03-09 Thread Easter, David
If you use TZ -and- load the hot fix from Microsoft for MSVCRT.DLL, then the historical data issue will not occur. If you just use TZ, you will see the historical data issue. Thanks, -David J. Easter Sr. Product Manager, Service Management Business Unit BMC Software, Inc. The opinions,

Re: OT:Sun's Bug Detail Page vs. BMC Product Defect Page

2007-03-09 Thread Axton
Sorry, I chuckled when I was reading through the defect list on the supportweb site. The descriptions are so short and undescriptive that they are basically meaningless, not to mention the fact that there seem to be duplicates of many of them; though I do not think internally they represent the

Re: list of Bug fixes for ARS 7.1 Patch01?

2007-03-09 Thread Axton
Though the readme is incomplete; I have a couple of defects that were addressed (so they appeared through my testing) in the patch that were not listed in the readme. As far as a I know, a 'comprehensive' list of fixes for each patch does not exist in the public domain. Axton Grams On 3/9/07,

Re: Sun's Bug Detail Page vs. BMC Product Defect Page

2007-03-09 Thread Lucero, Michelle - IST contractor
Hi, Peter: For that specific case, there is a Technical Bulletin. Also, the same issue corrupts other Office 2003 products. In general to get to the Product Defects page: 1. Log into the Support site. 2. Click the Issue Management link 3. There will be a link to the product defects page 4.

HELP HELP MId Tier problem after patch.

2007-03-09 Thread Katherine Hoffner
Hi... I am running Remedy 6.3 with Patch 21 and Java 1.4.2 ..._13. Everything else is working fine except the mid tier. The page waits for the servlet to start the remedy page and nothing happens. Eventually we just get a white page. So no one can submit tickets online.We are using the

Re: HELP HELP MId Tier problem after patch.

2007-03-09 Thread Katherine Hoffner
Update to my question. Using the installer is out of the question because it is on a different server. On 3/9/07, Katherine Hoffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi... I am running Remedy 6.3 with Patch 21 and Java 1.4.2 ..._13. Everything else is working fine except the mid tier. The page

Remedy Supported Products

2007-03-09 Thread Ashcraft, Roy W.
I opened a ticket with BMC yesterday over a problem we are having with Mid-Tier 7.00.00 patch 2. The immediate response, which was expected, was to update to version 7.00.01 patch 1. I responded explaining the business reasons why that is not feasible for our situation. I very quickly received a

Re: Company not sending 1099: what's the remedy?

2007-03-09 Thread Jim Fox
The company is liable for penalties for not sending out the 1099. You are not liable for any penalties. Just report on your income taxes what they paid you and all will be well. Fluxman -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

AW: Navigation Fields

2007-03-09 Thread Christian Janovic
** Hi Roger, have you got a box or trim field underneath your nav field? Concerning tree fields and nav fields MidTier does not handle graphical object hierarchy correctly. If so, try to delete or replace the underlying field and have another try with MidTier. Best regards,

Catherine Charbonnier is out of the office.

2007-03-09 Thread Catherine Charbonnier
I will be out of the office starting 09.03.2007 and will not return until 19.03.2007. I am away and I have no access to my emails. I will respond to your message when I return. For support issues please contact API support: E-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone/Tél.: 0848 108 108 (normal

Re: Read/Delivery Reciepts for Remedy Email (Re-Post) (UNCLASSIFIED)

2007-03-09 Thread L. J. Head
I did see the first post (just so you know)...but I have never configured it to do that...so I didn't respond..:) -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tilton, Claire E Ms NGB-ARNG Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 7:36

Re: Additional information about DST event and how it affects AR System

2007-03-09 Thread Easter, David
If you are not setting the TZ variable, then you will see the historical data problem. This is because the MSFT OS is not year aware and will use the rules for 2007 to determine DST for the years 20006 and prior. Real quick simple summary: Use only the OS: historical date problem Use only the

Re: Additional information about DST event and how it affects AR System

2007-03-09 Thread Kendhammer, Mike
I still have a few questions that I am unclear on regarding the technical bulletin... We are on 6.0.3 patch 20... - Do we still need to set the TZ setting on the Client (Windows XP OS) even though our server is HP-UX? - Do our client PCs need the MSVCRT.DLL hotfix or is that a Windows server

Re: Remedy Supported Products

2007-03-09 Thread Easter, David
As documented in the BMC Software Product Support Policy http://www.bmc.com/info_center_support/overview/0,,19097_4736154_407375 96,00.html on Support Central: For the purpose of this support policy, a maintenance release is considered part of the main version/release. For example, 3.2.05 is

Re: Additional information about DST event and how it affects AR System

2007-03-09 Thread Easter, David
By the way, there's a couple of typos in the bulletins that will be corrected within the next 24 hours. In the areas where the historical date issue are described, sometimes the bulletins incorrectly state years prior to 2006 when they should read years prior to 2007. In other words, the

Flashboards Patch 20 Breaks History and Summary Collection

2007-03-09 Thread Lucero, Michelle - IST contractor
Hey, Y'all: A while back someone mentioned that Patch 20 broke their Flashboards. For them, I believe it was a drill down issue. For us unfortunately, it is a history and summary collection issue. Unfortunately, it's still broken. It has been broken since 1/24/2007 2:27:01 PM, the exact time

CSS 5.01 ARCHIVING

2007-03-09 Thread Pickering, Christopher
Happy Friday All, Has anyone successfully accomplished a good archiving of CSS 5.01? I've had a ticket open with BMC on it and the response has been a copy of the Archetecture white paper. Is there a way of cleaning up all the instances and associations? C Christopher H. Pickering

Re: Automatically Tab - Can We Do It?

2007-03-09 Thread Thad Esser
Lisa, I'd be careful when trying to implement the auto-tabbing feature. All too often, I've made a mistake when typing my number into a web page that does that and then its not simply a backspace to fix it, I have to take my hand off the keyboard and click in the field that needs fixing. For

Re: HELP HELP MId Tier problem after patch.

2007-03-09 Thread Prasan Katti
Hi Katherine, There is post earlier with the title *Mid-Tier 6.3 patch 20 freeze *referring to a similar problem. The reponses to that may help you. Prasan. On 3/9/07, Katherine Hoffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Update to my question. Using the installer is out of the question because it

Re: HELP HELP MId Tier problem after patch.

2007-03-09 Thread Candace DeCou
I've got problems on mid-tier also with Patch 20 on ARS 6.3, BUT...we do have access. One thing I would ask is this - did you go out and get the very latest ServeletExec from New Atlanta? We are running SE AS 5.0 and I made sure that I installed the most recent version of it at the time I

Re: HELP HELP MId Tier problem after patch.

2007-03-09 Thread Robert Molenda
SWAG (Assuming Windowz) Check the Registry for old values pointing to your old-java Check the environment variables which may include pointers to the old-java I Assume that you can successfully get into the Servlet Admin? I Assume that you can successfully get into the Mid-Tier

Re: HELP HELP MId Tier problem after patch.

2007-03-09 Thread Opela, Gary L Contr OC-ALC/ITMA
Katherine, referencing previous emails posted today, have you checked out Sun's bug report at http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6520670? See previous ARSlist posts with subjects of JDK version compatibility for the Mid-Tier I have been seeing some people who had issues

Re: Remedy Supported Products

2007-03-09 Thread Robert Molenda
IF that is how Remedy (er' BMC) is going to run their support, they have taken a step backwards in time into the dark ages... I am unsure why the are doing that, but that is typical ask the customer the 50 questions (which you already input into the ticket, like environment, patch levels and

Re: email template and carriage returns

2007-03-09 Thread Steven Pataray
Thanks Amanda. After I submitted this question to the list and after a whole day of testing and researching I found out that I needed to surround the entire paragraph between [$$ and $$] . I knew it was something easy like that but I could not find the information quick enough. I think your

How about a list of Open Bugs for ITSM 7.0.01/02 Patch003?

2007-03-09 Thread strauss
I would sure like to see the list of open bugs on ITSM 7.0.01.003 and 7.0.02.003 - we continue to trip over bugs that we can't live with in a production environment, which keeps pushing implementation farther and farther away. Has anyone heard when we can expect the next installable patch 004s to

Re: Company not sending 1099: what's the remedy?

2007-03-09 Thread Rabi Tripathi
Thanks for the replies. This is a UK based company with substantial operations in the US so, I am sure they are subject to US federal laws. I am amazed they remain in business...or that they continue to do business with Remedy contractors. Ignorance is a bliss. For them. A funny thing happened

Re: Sun's Bug Detail Page vs. BMC Product Defect Page

2007-03-09 Thread Lammey, Peter A.
So by Fixed does that mean there is a patch for the 7.0.1 User Tool that will correct this Uninstall issue? Thanks Peter Lammey ESPN MIT Technical Services Applications Management 860-766-4761 -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Sun's Bug Detail Page vs. BMC Product Defect Page

2007-03-09 Thread Shellman, David
Peter, Michelle has done a good job of referencing the info with the defect. Dave Easter alerted the list shortly after it was bugged. Since that time I have gotten the notice for this bug and DST issues (Email engine install issue with Patch 20 on UNIX) after I signed up for Proactive Alerts

Re: HELP HELP MId Tier problem after patch.

2007-03-09 Thread Clary, Bill
Katherine; Are you using a Preference Server? If yes then every user must pick a Timezone in their Preference Record or the Mid-Tier page will not load. Test this by updating your perference record then login to Mid-Tier. Bill Clary Remedy Developer, Tech Solutions Fidelity Information

Remedy bug????

2007-03-09 Thread arun.remedy
I am having problems with re-storing TAB's in modify mode: pfb ex:FORM with 1 drop down field and 3 Tab's Form name:Form_Tab_Selection Field name:Type:[drop down field with attributes values S,T] Tab names and order: Tab 1 Tab 2 Tab 3 In the Admin,Under Form-current view-set tab order-order

Re: Remedy Supported Products

2007-03-09 Thread Carey Matthew Black
Roy, It has been my experience (not only of late, but for several years) that the mantra of support is send us your logs and use the latest patch. The amount of support that they provide for anything except the most current patch of the day is to answer questions with statements like: That

FIXED: Flashboards Patch 20 Breaks History and Summary Collection

2007-03-09 Thread Lucero, Michelle - IST contractor
Fixed in Dev. Collection is working again. It was related to the Patch 20 upgrade. The upgrade was looking for a service name, i.e, AR System Flashboards, BMC Remedy Flashboards, or Remedy Flashboards, if it found one that didn't match EXACTLY, it DELETED the original service AND Failed to

Re: Additional information about DST event and how it affects AR System

2007-03-09 Thread Easter, David
- Do we still need to set the TZ setting on the Client (Windows XP OS) even though our server is HP-UX? TZ calculations are done at the source of the display or submit. Thus, if you use a Windows client to display or submit historical data, the OS at the client (i.e. Windows) will improperly

Re: Loading Patch 21

2007-03-09 Thread Joseph Kubasek
Katherine, There is a know error with patch 21 of the midtier. The patch is missing several javascript files from the midtier_install/resources/standard/javascript/timezone directory. Turn the midtier logging to fine and try to log in. Scan through the entries looking for something like: ARERR

Re: Additional information about DST event and how it affects AR System

2007-03-09 Thread Mike White
Sorry, David. I don't mean to be thick, but part of this confused me: For AR System 6.03 or 6.0.1: If your client and/or server needs to be set to use a United States time zone, you will need to load a hot fix from Microsoft and set the TZ variable at your client or server. Failure to do this

Re: Remedy bug????

2007-03-09 Thread Opela, Gary L Contr OC-ALC/ITMA
Arun, I'll bet it is your active link that is hiding the Tab 2 on the Modify window. If you disable it, (I know your tab 2 will still show) does your focus still jump to tab 1? Gary -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: Sun's Bug Detail Page vs. BMC Product Defect Page

2007-03-09 Thread Easter, David
In answer to the direct question, there will be a short term fix in Patch 002 of AR System 7.0.01. This is stated in the technical bulletin at http://documents.bmc.com/supportu/documents/82/87/68287/68287.pdf. In the short term, this issue will be fixed by disabling the Crystal Reports

Re: Sun's Bug Detail Page vs. BMC Product Defect Page

2007-03-09 Thread Lucero, Michelle - IST contractor
I hope that I am wrong. But, as far as I know there is no actual Fix, but there is a workaround listed in the bulletin. The workaround seems useless should you already have the 7.x client installed. Directly From the Technical Bulletin: Workaround: Until this problem is permanently resolved,

Re: Remedy Supported Products

2007-03-09 Thread Ashcraft, Roy W.
Carey, I don't have a problem with their suggesting the latest patch or requesting the logs. All of that is normal. However, I responded with the business reasons why we were not moving to 7.00.01 patch 1 (we just don't have the time it takes to correct the flaws that the patch will insert into

Re: Remedy Supported Products

2007-03-09 Thread Opela, Gary L Contr OC-ALC/ITMA
Hey David, I can understand what you're saying, and it makes sense. I mean, whenever they are at 6.3, they don't want to have to make a new patch for each version of 6.X.X.X.X.X that has ever been put out each time they release a new patch for the most recently supported code lines. However, (of

Re: Automatically Tab - Can We Do It?

2007-03-09 Thread Carey Matthew Black
Lisa, If you really, really have to have that UI, and are on v7+ then it can be done. I think you would need to put together a Data Visualization Field to produce the custom UI and a few active links to capture the data from the fields when it is available in the DVF field. The custom UI would

Re: Remedy Supported Products

2007-03-09 Thread Rick Cook
Matt, I even got a request for logs when reporting a problem with saving a Filter. They said it was so that they could see what else was running, but I fail to see how that would be relevant, since it happened at different times and with different activities. Rick -Original Message-

Re: HELP HELP MId Tier problem after patch.

2007-03-09 Thread Joseph Kubasek
Bill, You can get around this problem by adding a file to your midtier_install/resources/standard/javascript/timezone directory. This file will correspond to timezone that your mid-tier server uses. To find that value, look the enviroment of the user the midtier/webserver is running as or look

Problems Applying ARServer 6.3 Patch 21 on Production Server

2007-03-09 Thread Eric Cleereman (IT)
Hi All, Under Aix 5.2, Oracle 9.2.0.4.0 (local database), we've used the manual copy method to install ARServer 6.3 Patch 21. We are using a script to execute this, so the manual install has been identical on all three servers. This worked fine on DEV and QC. On PROD, we see the following

Re: Remedy Supported Products

2007-03-09 Thread Axton
If there is serious interest in a bugzilla app (or something similar), please reply to this thread. I would be more than happy to provide the hosting and software installation/maintenance if such a thing would be widely used on http://arswiki.org Axton Grams On 3/9/07, Carey Matthew Black

ARSWiki Updates

2007-03-09 Thread Axton
A few new items: - An event was registered for the 'March 2007 Kinetic Survey Request V4.0 Launch and Service Catalog Management Premier in Australia' - http://arswiki.org/wiki/Current_events - We have a new contributor to the Data Visualization Plugin FrameWork (dvpfw) project. -

Re: Additional information about DST event and how it affects AR System

2007-03-09 Thread Easter, David
By TZ variable, do you mean Date and Time setting within Control Panel? Details of how to set the TZ variable are at the end of that section. Basically, for the client, set it in the Remedy User Tool Options or use a preference server. For an AR System Server, set it at the command line with

Re: Remedy Supported Products

2007-03-09 Thread Reiser, John J
Sure Axton, I'd be willing to put in my .002 cents (Verizon math). It's not fun waiting this long to load patches and then still come up with strange issues. The Sun Java Home directory issue. The Timezone.js file issue The ARS 7.0.1 uninstall issue and these are just the ones of late. How about

Re: Remedy Supported Products

2007-03-09 Thread Easter, David
However, (of course, you were expecting a however), I would like to see a patch that went out and did not cause additional issues. I agree. My understanding is that there are some internal reviews occurring around the topic of patch quality. I can't really go into details, but it is an issue

Re: Remedy Supported Products

2007-03-09 Thread Axton
If there is sufficient interest, I will set it up. The software is free. Aside from periodic patches and the initial setup (backups, configuration, etc), the maintenance is negligable. Plus, it would complement the Trac/SVN apps I have set up. Speaking of, if anyone wants to start a Remedy

Java JRE Daylight Savings Time Anomaly

2007-03-09 Thread Shellman, David
Just had this forwarded on to me. Hopefully it has no effects on the AR System. DST Sun Alert attached It's important to note that this problem comes into play only if BOTH of the following conditions are met: 1) The JRE is using the one of the following 3 letter time zone designations:

Re: Import CSV file in Remedy

2007-03-09 Thread Harmil
Peter, Could you explain me this in detail as i already import the CSV data on to remedy temporary form using Remedy import so now i do have all data on remedy form so how would i create a filter on merge which takes my temp table data on to different form? Is there any way i can run this

Re: Remedy Supported Products

2007-03-09 Thread Rocky Rockwell
I would vote for it if it is not to much trouble for you. *Rocky* Rocky Rockwell eMA Team – Remedy Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph#1: 214-567-8874 Ph#2: 325-884-1263 Axton wrote: If there is sufficient interest, I will set it up. The software is free. Aside from