Re: OT: Death in the Twin Cities Remedy family

2010-06-22 Thread Joe D'Souza
Sorry to hear about this - may his soul rest in peace.. how did this happen? I do not know him personally but its always sad to hear news like this of a fellow ARS Lister... Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org]on

Re: (Maybe BUG) Issues installing ARS 7.5 on a remote MS SQL database, after the install the ARServer can't find the database.

2010-06-22 Thread Joe D'Souza
Howard, Try the port forwarding daemon - it should work if it is trying to contact the database on the default port.. Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org]on Behalf Of Howard Richter Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010

Re: How do I find all the workflows that update a particular field in DB?

2010-06-22 Thread Mark Herring
Hi Annalyn, You can always use Abydos http://www.abydos-workflow.com/Products/AbydosAnalyser/tabid/59/Default.asp x Analyser to quickly find a list of all workflow that references a particular field. Use the Get References-Field option to search by field name or field ID You can

Requester console- URGENT- help

2010-06-22 Thread Pavan Kumar
Hi Experts, We have created an incidents through requestor console, we are getting lot for errors as below: ARCreateEntry - You cannot submit or modify the incident status from to New. Can some please help us. Requester console vesion: 1.0.00 Thanks Regards, Pavan Kumar

Re: Restricting to type on menu feild

2010-06-22 Thread IT (Amanullah Bashir Ahmed)
Hi Kumar, Can you please provide me solution of the following issue. In ABC field Menu included; Sales Marketing Finance Accounts Technical In CDF field while selecting Sales following menu should restrict only Brand Name Brand Value Brand Date Brand Expiry Date What is happening now in CDF field

Re: How do I find all the workflows that update a particular field in DB?

2010-06-22 Thread ARSmarts Support
Another way to find it is to use ARSmarts (http://www.arsmarts.com). You can even search for any string that update a particular field. With that tool, it is for example possible to search the workflow that sets the status field with value New. Best regards, ARSmarts support team On 21 Jun

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2010-06-22 Thread IT (Amanullah Bashir Ahmed)
Hi List, Which is the best document related to MENUS in BMC Remedy Please reply as soon as possible Thanks in advance Thanks Regards Amanullah DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message including any of its attachments is intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain privileged information. If

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2010-06-22 Thread Nair, Rajesh IN BOM SISL
Hi You can refer to the Concept guide. Regards Rajesh From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of IT (Amanullah Bashir Ahmed) Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 5:59 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: ** Hi List,

Re: Restricting to type on menu feild

2010-06-22 Thread Nair, Rajesh IN BOM SISL
Hi You check in which menu is attached to the CDF Field. As per my under standing you means to say that when you select Sales in ABC Field. the menu mentioned like Brand Name etc should appear. For that you need to write a worflow where in if you select Sales in ABC field.. menu with Attribute

Re: Requester console- URGENT- help

2010-06-22 Thread pritch
what version of ITSM On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:34:08 +0530, Pavan Kumar pava...@adea.com wrote: Hi Experts, We have created an incidents through requestor console, we are getting lot for errors as below: ARCreateEntry - You cannot submit or modify the incident status from to New. Can some

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2010-06-22 Thread IT (Amanullah Bashir Ahmed)
Hi Rajesh, Can you please assist me for the following issue; In ABC field Menu included; Sales Marketing Finance Accounts Technical In CDF field while selecting Sales following menu should restrict only Brand Name Brand Value Brand Date Brand Expiry Date What is happening now in CDF field when I

ARSCHEMA and Form Name

2010-06-22 Thread Gopal-srg
Hi All, We need to get some clarification with respect to the Arschema and Form Name. I am creating a Form through AR Admin tool, i wiil be giving a Form Name and it will make an entry in aradmin.arschema corresponding to the form name. If i am renaming the form name in the arschema through the

Re: Requester console- URGENT- help

2010-06-22 Thread Pavan Kumar
Thanks for your response Pritch, Please find the below version details: Operating System AIX 5.3 Database Oracle 10G AR System 7.0.01 AR Email Engine 7.0.1 JDK/JRE 1.4.0 Mid Tier 7.0.1 Java version 1.4.2 IIS 6 Servlet Exec 5.1.2 BMC Financial Management BMC Atrium CMDB 2.0.1

Re: ARSCHEMA and Form Name

2010-06-22 Thread Frank Caruso
If you are attempting to rename the form through direct SQL then STOP! Bad idea. Using the admin tool you can go to File and then Rename form or Save Form As. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Gopal-srg srgr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, We need to get some clarification with respect to the

creating Groups

2010-06-22 Thread Enslin Van Blerk - MWEB
Hi All I am using ARS 7.1 Is it possible to create a group that is only available in the change module? I have a group/department in our company that will not make use of the incident module but they will be assignees for a change. Currently the group appears in both the incident and the

Re: (Maybe BUG) Issues installing ARS 7.5 on a remote MS SQL database, after the install the ARServer can't find the database.

2010-06-22 Thread Howard Richter
Joe, Thanks. My work around is to setup an aliases in the SQL configuration manager and then create a hosts entry to point to that aliases. Lets say the install tool has a bug, since it is asking and then using the port number for the first part of the install process and not the second part

Migration of 6.3 to 7.5

2010-06-22 Thread Nair, Rajesh IN BOM SISL
Dear List, We are in approval stage of migrating our existing system(ARS 6.3 ITSM 5.5 oracle 9i) to a higher version probably 7.5 Can any let me know the steps which I need to take in consideration while migration and the Hardware configuration which can be best suited for this. Or if some have

Re: Requester console- URGENT- help

2010-06-22 Thread pritch
Don't know if your error msg is coming from a log (ie sql log) or a piece of workflow. You might want to zero in on what exactly is giving you the error to diagnose. In version 7 ITSM, there is a form named SYS:Status Transition Rules that is being checked - just something to look at. On Tue,

Re: Checking on selection of more than one row in a table without walking it.

2010-06-22 Thread LJ LongWing
Adam, One problem I can see with Remedy detecting this and taking some action without a button press is this. Let's say you select one record, do you want it to fire then?then you select another, do you want it to fire then...at what point does the workflow fire?...it has no idea when the

Re: creating Groups

2010-06-22 Thread Martinez, Marcelo A
This question was asked on April 27th on the list... although I don't think a solution was produced. Amanullah did you ever find a work around for this? What about a filter that will not allow assignment to that group in INC module? (I know it's a bit southern engineering... but a possible

Re: Logging form searches?

2010-06-22 Thread LJ LongWing
Well I'll be..never knew about that option..when did it get introduced? From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Sabyson Fernandes Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 10:29 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Logging form searches? **

Re: creating Groups

2010-06-22 Thread IT (Amanullah Bashir Ahmed)
** It's not possible. One expert BMC Remedy Administrator told me it's not possible. Thanks Regards Amanullah From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Martinez, Marcelo A Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 6:14 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG

Re: creating Groups

2010-06-22 Thread John Atherly
Create and a filter error message that will not let an incident ticket be saved with that group _ John Atherly | APC by Schneider Electric | Information, Process Organization (IPO) | Remedy

Re: creating Groups

2010-06-22 Thread Chowdhury, Tauf
You could in theory customize the Support Group form to behave much like the CFG:Assignment form where you can pick which assignment records are available to which modules and then have Change Management (or other modules) read the selection from that form. Tauf Chowdhury | Forest

Re: creating Groups

2010-06-22 Thread Chowdhury, Tauf
If it's just 1 group, that would be OK but if an organization has, for example, 50 incident support groups, that would become a maintenance burden. Tauf Chowdhury | Forest Laboratories, Inc. Analyst, Service Management Mobile:646.483.2779 From: Action

Re: creating Groups

2010-06-22 Thread Enslin Van Blerk - MWEB
Thanks all I am creating a filter :) Regards Enslin From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Chowdhury, Tauf Sent: 22 June 2010 04:29 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: creating Groups If it's just

Re: Logging form searches?

2010-06-22 Thread Jarl Grøneng
I think that was in version 5.1.2 Regards, Jarl 2010/6/22 LJ LongWing lj.longw...@gmail.com ** Well I’ll be….never knew about that option….when did it get introduced? *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: arsl...@arslist.org] *On Behalf Of *Sabyson Fernandes

Re: OT: Death in the Twin Cities Remedy family

2010-06-22 Thread William Rentfrow
The how is in the news story below. Link to the news story: http://the-leader.net/clients/the-leader/motorcycle-crash-fatal-p9673.ht m?twindow=Defaultsmenu=61mad=No Link to the obituary/service information http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/startribune/obituary.aspx?page=lifestor

Re: OT: Death in the Twin Cities Remedy family

2010-06-22 Thread Joe Castleman
Very sorry to hear about this, Bill. -- Joe Castleman On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:02 AM, William Rentfrow wrentf...@stratacominc.com wrote: ** I regret to inform the Twin Cities Remedy community that Chris Brock died this weekend in an accident. Chris has been around quite the Twin Cities

ARSLIST Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (Excerpt) Please read!!!

2010-06-22 Thread Sanford, Claire
There are what seem to be a lot of new people to the list. I have not seen Dan's FAQ posted in a while. Since they replaced the one I used to post, I am just going to post a part of the Official faq. This is to me the most important part of the faq. I have added a couple of things, but they

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread lisakemes
Has anyone been able to figure this out? Looks like the only forms that show up on this list is the ones with Public Permissions. We want it to act just like the Object List on the client (where the customer can only see the forms that they have access to). Also, is there an easier way for the

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread Kemes, Lisa
Looks like the original post did not come through which I was referring to. Amanda Pierce asked (back in Jan of 2010): I have imported the Mid Tier Object List form/workflow, when I log in as a regular user with restricted permissions I can see ALL forms even if I don't have permission to

ARS 6.3 Compatibility

2010-06-22 Thread Sanford, Claire
Is Server 2008 R2 64 bit supported for my Oracle server? My net admin team needs to upgrade the server and they want to use Server 2008. I looked on the 6.3 Compatibility matrix and there is no mention of 2008/64 bit on it (granted it is an old matrix). The Oracle database sits on it's own

Re: ARS 6.3 Compatibility

2010-06-22 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
By specifying to ARS that the Oracle is on a remote server I don't believe it matters what platform Oracle is on. All that matters is that the Oracle client (on the ARS server) can connect to the Oracle database. Fred -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion

Re: Checking on selection of more than one row in a table without walking it

2010-06-22 Thread Adam Niedzwiecki
Hello, I think AL fire on a secondary table selection /de-selection option would be indeed very nice, it will give more flexibility; should not be difficult to catch this selection. Cheers, Adam -- Date:Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:10:43 -0600 From:LJ

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread Boyd, Rebecca E.
When some of my users discovered they could see - in some cases modify - lots of forms using the API interface, they raised a concern. My security people are not happy. This is what BMC sent me from internal KB 20021753: The User form has Public hidden permission. While using

Re: ARS 6.3 Compatibility

2010-06-22 Thread Easter, David
Officially, it would not be supported. It may well work since the operating system that a remote database server is running would have a minimal effect on the interaction between the Oracle DB server and AR System. But you'd be 'unconfirmed' when calling Support. Note that BMC added a clause

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread Kemes, Lisa
Thanks Rebecca! This is what is so strange. BMC is saying that If you use the Mid-Tier object list, you will find that it too shows the same behavior as the User Tool object list. But that's not what I'm finding. It is showing Public-Hidden forms in the Mid Tier object list. According to

Re: ARSCHEMA and Form Name

2010-06-22 Thread Joe D'Souza
Gopal, Save Form As will create a Duplicate - it will not Rename. You will need to use the Rename option to rename a form. And as Frank pointed out, do not use SQL to do anything you can do using the Admin / Developer Studio tool.. Cheers Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request

Re: ITSM 7.6 Upgrade

2010-06-22 Thread Ramey, Anne
The change form customizations were still there--just removed from view. Anne Ramey *** E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties only by an authorized State

Re: Requester console- URGENT- help

2010-06-22 Thread Joe D'Souza
Pawan, This is surely from workflow and as Pritch pointed out, it is checking transition values in the SYS:Status Transition Rules form. Why would that filter be checking on transition values on a create though? Have you modified any of the out of the box workflow? Joe -Original

Re: Migration of 6.3 to 7.5

2010-06-22 Thread Joe D'Souza
Rajesh, A little more information about your current architecture might go a long way in helping people help you. Apart from your current application and database version and your desired application version after you upgrade, we know nothing about your current architecture.. Joe -Original

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread Joe D'Souza
I wonder if its a version/patch related problem then? What version / patch of the mid-tier are you on? We could try comparing what others see on their MT installs. I don't have access to any systems at the moment to comment.. Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread LJ LongWing
Rebecca, This is a security model I have often referred to as 'Security through Obscurity'which is obviously not security at allputting a tarp over something sitting in an open field doesn't mean someone can't get to itjust that they can't see it without first pulling the tarp

ITSM functional roles

2010-06-22 Thread Martinez, Marcelo A
As far as functional roles, what is the difference between Incident Manager and Support Group Manager. I've copied the 'detailed decription' that is provided on the People form, but I don't understand a good use case for SGM Incident Manager: Used for informational purposes and for

Re: ITSM functional roles

2010-06-22 Thread pritch
Looks like Incident Manager is more of an informational role (doesn't say it can actually update the incidents) where the Support Group manager can actually update (closed) Incidents if that group is the Incident Owner. On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:19:29 -0500, Martinez, Marcelo A marc...@cpchem.com

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread Boyd, Rebecca E.
Security by Obscurity is exactly the term my people used. For example, one of my support staff users, not an admin, located SYS:Status Transition Rules and was able to modify it. BMC said if I modified these forms in any way I risked breaking something else. I find myself in a bit of a

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread Chuck
Object list is a Normal Remedy Form, maybe you can go in and customize the form... On Jun 22, 12:55 pm, Boyd, Rebecca E. boy...@wfu.edu wrote: Security by Obscurity is exactly the term my people used. For example, one of my support staff users, not an admin, located SYS:Status Transition

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread Joe D'Souza
Build a filter on such form(s) that allow only people in certain groups to modify them.. Else Error.. That way you are not really modifying the form, just imposing a restriction to who can modify data in such forms.. Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread Joe D'Souza
Chuck, What do you mean by Object List is a Normal Remedy Form? Isn't it a result list generated by a dynamic query?? Have I been missing something? Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org]on Behalf Of Chuck Sent: Tuesday,

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread Boyd, Rebecca E.
If they know the form name, they still can get to it by creating an artask as described below or by using the following syntax: http://server name:8080/arsys/forms/server name/Form Name -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread Kemes, Lisa
But only if they have permissions to it correct? (even though it's hidden). Lisa -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Boyd, Rebecca E. Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:39 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re:

Re: Logging form searches?

2010-06-22 Thread Sabyson Fernandes
Its been around for sometime now. I first used it in ARS 5.x (I think!). Its not mentioned in any of the ARS config manuals, so is still an undocumented feature, but there is a KB on the support website that has all the details. Have fun tracking down those advanced users! Saby --- On Tue,

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread Chuck
It uses a form definition. which is located in MidTier Install Directory/samples its called ARSystemMidTierObjectList.def I don't think you can do much with the form, just a thought... On Jun 22, 1:29 pm, Joe D'Souza jdso...@shyle.net wrote: Chuck, What do you mean by Object List is a Normal

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread Chuck
Yup, that's where if you don't want web access you have an active link that fires on Open to prevent access to the form using Client type in the Run-IF. On Jun 22, 1:38 pm, Boyd, Rebecca E. boy...@wfu.edu wrote: If they know the form name, they still can get to it by creating an artask as

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread Shellman, David
The Object List is not a native part of the MidTier like the desktop client. You need to load the def file referred to here. Then within the MidTier config enable the Object List. Then you need a way to call the form either through an Entry Point or use an Active Link that opens the form.

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread LJ LongWing
Yupsecurity through obscurity is not a good security model. If they should have access to the data, there is no issue with them being able to get to it...if not, change the permissions. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread Mueller, Doug
Folks, I just want to be clear here... There is no Security through Obscurity concept in the AR System. Permissions control security. You can specify that users either do or do not have access. You can do this at the form level, at the field level, at the row level. If a user does not have

Detect QBE Search

2010-06-22 Thread Chad M Whilding
Dear arslisters, Loonnggg time lurker here, infrequent poster; needed to plug into the collective on this one. Goal: Determine when the user issues a QBE search. Customer Need: Recently added Oracle to the application mix and user's are having trouble remembering it is case sensitive. We

Re: Detect QBE Search

2010-06-22 Thread William Rentfrow
If I'm understanding you correctly you need the query to be in uppercase? You could just do workflow to set the fields in question to UPPER on lose focus or on the apply operation if the mode = QUERY. William Rentfrow Principal Consultant, StrataCom Inc. wrentf...@stratacominc.com Blog:

Re: Detect QBE Search

2010-06-22 Thread Matthew Perrault
CHAD!!! Long time man, hope things are going good for ya. This may not solve your issue, and it is kind of ugly, but, just to throw out an idea: How about on Window open, when $OPERATION$ = QUERY, (or through the Form itself, and unlock them on modify) SET ALL fields except the ones with the

Re: Detect QBE Search

2010-06-22 Thread Chad M Whilding
Matt, Things are well.I see you pop-up on here on occasion, and wonder the same for you. Thanks for the input, I'm still digesting the first idea. One the second idea, the kicker is I can't pass anything to the 2nd window when the EXTERNAL is used to get me to Modfiy. And since both

IBRSD ARS Module Install, IBRSD AR Plugin for ITSM

2010-06-22 Thread Kevin Begosh
okay so this is the first time I am trying to install and not having fun. Has anyone else out there installed the IBRSD AR plugin for ITSM. I am trying to install 7.3.01 version onto ITSM 7.03 Patch 9 AR Server 7.5 Patch 4 CMDB 7.6 Patch 4 SQL 2005 Windows 2003 Server Error I am getting is:

Re: Detect QBE Search

2010-06-22 Thread Kevin Begosh
that is what I did on a old contract i was on a couple of years ago. We actually created workflow that Upper cased certain fields on certain forms, and then also uppered those same fields when they searched. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:28 PM, William Rentfrow wrentf...@stratacominc.com wrote:

Re: Detect QBE Search

2010-06-22 Thread Easter, David
Another option could be to utilize the Full Text Search licensed add-on. One of its key benefits is the ability to do case insensitive searches on a case sensitive DB. Check out Chapter 12 in the Configuration Guide for more information. -David J. Easter Sr. Product Manager, Enterprise

Re: 7.5 Mid Tier Object List Question

2010-06-22 Thread LJ LongWing
Sorry Dougdidn't mean to infer that Remedy considered that a security model...just that most PEOPLE domuch like the person who started this thread...they thought that the form being hidden meant it was secure...thus my term 'through Obscurity'it's a common misconception in the Remedy

Re: IBRSD ARS Module Install, IBRSD AR Plugin for ITSM

2010-06-22 Thread Roger Justice
We did the install on a single server and has some minor issues. We then tried on a Server Group and had major issues requiring importing the Def files and ARX files with the data. -Original Message- From: Kevin Begosh kbeg...@gmail.com To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Tue, Jun 22,

Remedy 7.5 Installation Time

2010-06-22 Thread Kali Obsum
Hi, Would anyone be able to share how long it took them to finish installation (approx time) of the following: ARS Server 7.5 installation Atrium Core 7.6 ITSM 7.6 (with Sample Data) SLM 7.6 Just wanted to compare if what we have is normal. Thanks! Regards, Kali NOTICE The information

Re: Migration of 6.3 to 7.5

2010-06-22 Thread Nair, Rajesh IN BOM SISL
Sorry List for missing that part and thanks Joe for point that out Our Prod and Database recide on two different server. both of same conf. Dual processor with 4 GB RAM.. windows 2003 enterprise. Prod: Remedy AR system 6.3 patch 23 and ITSM 5.5(HPD,CHG,Approval engine,Asset,SLA)

Re: Remedy 7.5 Installation Time

2010-06-22 Thread Herb Partlow
Kali Depends alot on the system config. 32 or 64 bit os, Processor(s), ram, db local or on remote machine (network bandwidth and traffic). Herb Partlow IB Technical Consulting O- 408.253.0344 F - 408.253.0344 C - 408.309.5316 On Jun 22, 2010, at 9:04 PM, Kali Obsum kali.ob...@macquarie.com

Is it possible to store the attachment outside the Remedy DB (for Remedy 7.5)?

2010-06-22 Thread Kali Obsum
Hi, Is it possible to store the attachment files (for example, in Incidents) elsewhere instead of storing it in the DB that Remedy uses? For example, in a file server or in a regular file system on another server? Thanks! NOTICE The information contained in this email is confidential. If you