Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Ken Pritchard
Service Now From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of David Charters Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 9:02 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ENGAGE ** What is SNOW sales? Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Richter, Howard (CEI - Atlanta)
John, I do agree with what you wrote, and would like to add. That our world is changing and we need to prepare for those changes. We know that SNOW is knocking on BMCs door, with its pretty UI and fast (per their sales department) development/implementation time. And we know that others are

BMC Experts and Jr Level Welcome!!!

2014-07-30 Thread Rachna Soni
Hello my Favorite BMC People! We are looking for both Sr. Level and Jr. Level BMC consultants! Opportunities are in California, New York, and Chicago! If you or anyone you know are looking for a great company to grow with contact me ASAP! These are all full time, permanent opportunities that

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Ken Pritchard
Well said Howard ! From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Richter, Howard (CEI - Atlanta) Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 8:32 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ENGAGE ** John, I do agree with what you wrote, and would

Using the Web Report Scheduler without ITSM installed

2014-07-30 Thread Reiser, John J
Hello Listers, We have successfully, finally moved to MS SQL 2008 ARS 8.1.00 Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard We are a non-ITSM setup so I think that may be the problem. Is there a configuration setting or Form to enable using the Report publishing and Scheduling. I saw Jason Miller's write up

Re: Installing Atrium Integrator on 7.6.04 system

2014-07-30 Thread Rick Cook
Peter, I want to be sure we understand one another clearly. What I hear you (and BMC) saying is that on a 7.6.04 server, an AI install cannot interact with Remedy tables on THAT server unless they are CMDB forms. With that, I agree. Are you also saying that it cannot interact with pre-8.x Remedy

Re: Using the Web Report Scheduler without ITSM installed

2014-07-30 Thread Arner, Todd
Hi John, You can certainly use the scheduler against a custom form, we have several configured. However, we also have the ITSM suite installed so I am not sure if that makes a difference. Also wanted to make sure you are aware that you can only publish and schedule web type reports. You

Re: Using the Web Report Scheduler without ITSM installed

2014-07-30 Thread laurent matheo
Hi John, I looked at a 8.1 VM with only ARS installed and the Mid-Tier and I can see the planning icon, can plan and schedule a web report (using mid-tier). According to the documentation, you kinda can do the same thing using the forms directly:

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Lee Cullom
I like what Howard said too, so to add a bit more from my perspective… On implementation time and upgrades… very simply put… ServiceNow is definitely longer as a result of the fact that they have only recently released (in the business edition only) implementation accelerators that have been

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Joe D'Souza
That is because to the best of my knowledge, you cannot really develop or customize SNOW, you use it as is. So implementation time is obviously quicker. I haven't worked with the product myself, but in none of their demo's would they claim that they can customize the product to tailor it

ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread John Baker
Joe I thought SNOW was customisable to an extent, and in a sense, BMC are pushing exactly the same concept, ie overlays, painful to change something, a sense that core ITSM is all that really matters etc. Customisation is a double edged sword: it's very powerful, but it's very expensive to

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Rick Cook
It's probably customizable in the same way that FrontRange is technically customizable, but only using a proprietary BPML programming interface. That's not as easy to learn or quick to work in as the AR System interface, nor is it as flexible or as extensible. I've yet to see a faster prototype

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Joe D'Souza
Correct. And you cannot add fields - you can move them around to make the picture prettier. If you want a new field like for e.g. Alternate Requester Name - easily done in Remedy. Cannot be done in SNOW. From what I heard, any change that impacts the data structure in SNOW is not possible. Is

Re: Installing Atrium Integrator on 7.6.04 system

2014-07-30 Thread Peter Romain
Rick, I don’t fully understand what you are asking! AI on 7.6.04 only has connectors to the CMDB allowing it to read and write the CMDB forms and trigger workflow as it does. AI on 8 has additional connectors to allow it to interact directly with Remedy forms as well. AI in all

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Using the Web Report Scheduler without ITSM installed

2014-07-30 Thread Reiser, John J
To answer Todd, Yes I’m only try to do this with a web report Laurent, I looked over the docs and checked out the forms but I’m not sure what data goes into the parameters fields. I was able to get a status email on a immediately published report. I was an error paragraph. Cannot execute the

Re: Installing Atrium Integrator on 7.6.04 system

2014-07-30 Thread Rick Cook
OK, let me try to ask the question better. I do understand that the CMDB limitation is for files on the local (AI) server. BUT: If the data that AI 7.6 is processing is read from one remote server and written to another, and NO data is read from or written to the local 7.6 AI server, could that

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Lee Cullom
Guys, Whoa. ServiceNow is super-customizable. It’s like Remedy Help Desk 4.0. Simple application… and easy to customize. Of course, that’s also considered a downside (as we all know). You can do anything with ServiceNow, but Javascripting skills are required. Also, they don’t have the

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Lee Cullom
Joe - Definitely not true. You can look this up on the ServiceNow Wikipedia. It is easier to add fields in AR System Dev Studio, but not by much. Plus, ServiceNow leads in personalization. Also, you can't put fields exactly where you want in ServiceNow, you have to put them in a general

OT: Long-term outlook for the ARS platform (was ENGAGE)

2014-07-30 Thread Rick Westbrock
I believe that SNOW does have an advanced development package (for extra cost of course) that I think allows you to build custom workflow for your environment. I changed the subject line since I want to go on a bit of tangent. Let me play devil's advocate for a moment and hopefully not generate

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Jason Miller
What? You don't need to know the secret handshake to get to SNOW's documentation? But won't the competition get their grubby little hands on it? Jason On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Lee Cullom lee.cul...@northcraftanalytics.com wrote: ** Joe – Definitely not true. You can look this

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Jason Miller
To your point regarding fast prototyping. We are dropping ITSM and going back to an all custom shop. We started evaluating options in April and since then we made the decision to drop Change Management and SRM (all we have been able to roll out in the matter of *years*), built a prototype to

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Joe D'Souza
Thanks for the correction. I thought it was not possible to modify structural definitions in their database. The newer version (onsite option) seems to be an interesting direction they are headed in and definitely a competitor to the AR System as a developers platform.. Joe _

Re: BMC Experts and Jr Level Welcome!!!

2014-07-30 Thread Sayli Shah
Hi Rachana, I am interested in California openings. PFA my resume for your reference. Regards, Sayli On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Rachna Soni rs_employm...@columnit.com wrote: Hello my Favorite BMC People! We are looking for both Sr. Level and Jr. Level BMC consultants! Opportunities

Re: BMC Experts and Jr Level Welcome!!!

2014-07-30 Thread Sayli Shah
Hi Rachana, PFA my revised resume. Refer this one. Regards, Sayli On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Sayli Shah drishti1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rachana, I am interested in California openings. PFA my resume for your reference. Regards, Sayli On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Rachna

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Lee Cullom
That's true. I think they've really got their sights set on salesforce.com. That is the leading PaaS in the world. I was definitely disappointed that Remedy didn't get into the PaaS game at one time. I know that BMC was discussing it. However, they might have already inked their deal with

Re: Installing Atrium Integrator on 7.6.04 system

2014-07-30 Thread Peter Romain
I see no reason why you can’t do what you trying to do. AI on 7.6.4 saves transformations in its own database and is therefore not dependant on any AR system databases. If you don’t choose a CMDB connector then there’s no interaction with Remedy at all. I did a transformation that imported

Re: Installing Atrium Integrator on 7.6.04 system

2014-07-30 Thread Rick Cook
Thanks, Peter. I just tested creating a new transformation on the 7.6 box, and was able to connect to, and preview rows from, a non-CMDB form on that server. So I am not sure what or where the limitation is there. The error only happens when I try to save the transformation. I suspect that

Re: BMC Experts and Jr Level Welcome!!!

2014-07-30 Thread LJ LongWing
Thanks Siylinot that I needed your resume posted publicaly...but it's always nice to look at other people's format to see how they compare :) On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Sayli Shah drishti1...@gmail.com wrote: ** Hi Rachana, PFA my revised resume. Refer this one. Regards, Sayli

Re: BMC Experts and Jr Level Welcome!!!

2014-07-30 Thread Rick Cook
Well, I'm no one to throw rocks here, but I did find it interesting that he posted it twice. Most of us catch our mistake the first time. :) Hope he learns from it as have the rest of us who've done it. Rick On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:04 AM, LJ LongWing lj.longw...@gmail.com wrote: **

Re: BMC Experts and Jr Level Welcome!!!

2014-07-30 Thread Tauf Chowdhury
Alan Truelove, you interested too? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 30, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com wrote: ** Well, I'm no one to throw rocks here, but I did find it interesting that he posted it twice. Most of us catch our mistake the first time. :) Hope he learns

Re: BMC Experts and Jr Level Welcome!!!

2014-07-30 Thread Joe D'Souza
Not throwing rocks either - being a consultant I love emails that have opportunities posted on here. This list however happens to have a prefix of JOB: for posting opportunities that many of us like me use to trap subjects to move the email to an appropriate folder. Some of the conventions

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread arslist
Onsite version is the old version of Service Now since they say developed for the cloud. At one point they claimed they were phasing out all onsite installations. If they have changed their mind they have just weakened their message. ServiceNow definitely wins in terms of simplicity and

Re: Using the Web Report Scheduler without ITSM installed

2014-07-30 Thread Jason Miller
In a custom AR 8.1 environment (well we still have Help Desk 6) I was able to schedule a web report. I should receive it in about 20 minutes if everything goes well. Jason On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 8:01 AM, laurent matheo lm...@me.com wrote: ** Hi John, I looked at a 8.1 VM with only ARS

Re: BMC Experts and Jr Level Welcome!!!

2014-07-30 Thread Sayli Shah
Hi All, Oops.. I am really very sorry :( I thought I just mailed it to her. Sorry for the inconvenience caused. Regards, sayli On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Joe D'Souza jdso...@shyle.net wrote: ** Not throwing rocks either – being a consultant I love emails that have opportunities

Re: BMC Experts and Jr Level Welcome!!!

2014-07-30 Thread LJ LongWing
Sayli, I know you din't ask for critique, but I'll provide it just because I feel like it, and I'm trying to be constructive...and I'm sure that some will respond to my critique and critique itbut that's the way public forums are :) One critique on your resume is the lack of consistent

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Lee Cullom
Well said there! SNOW never did phase out all on-premise implementations. It's just too hard for them to do it. Lee Cullom | Northcraft Analytics IT Metrics Specialist | Business Intelligence for ITSM Direct - 678-438-7244 |

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread John Sundberg
Custom users are happy users. -John On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Jason Miller jason.mil...@gmail.com wrote: ** To your point regarding fast prototyping. We are dropping ITSM and going back to an all custom shop. We started evaluating options in April and since then we made the

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Tanner, Doug
Your Business, Your Way! What a concept. Doug From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Jason Miller Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 1:16 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ENGAGE ** To your point regarding fast prototyping. We are

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Joe D'Souza
Love that line Keep the Simple Simple, make the difficult possible.. Joe _ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of arslist Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 2:34 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ENGAGE Onsite version

RUG UserWorld WWRUG Engage where were they when?

2014-07-30 Thread Daniel
Apparently a bunch of us old timers haven't recorded where the conferences were held. I tried looking up old presentations but the templates didn't say where. Obviously I know where the past 5 (2009-2013) and this year are\were. I have found some of the information for the following ones ..

Re: BMC Experts and Jr Level Welcome!!!

2014-07-30 Thread Sayli Shah
Appreciate it LJ :) Regards, Sayli On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 12:02 PM, LJ LongWing lj.longw...@gmail.com wrote: ** Sayli, I know you din't ask for critique, but I'll provide it just because I feel like it, and I'm trying to be constructive...and I'm sure that some will respond to my

Re: RUG UserWorld WWRUG Engage where were they when?

2014-07-30 Thread Sanford, Claire
1998 was San Francisco - it was the first one I knew of and was not able to go! From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Shellman, David Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 3:12 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: RUG UserWorld WWRUG Engage

Re: RUG UserWorld WWRUG Engage where were they when?

2014-07-30 Thread Dave Wilmot
There was a Pleasanton/San Jose event in there as I recall - I believe some time around late 90's era. Can't pinpoint the date though. Regards, Dave Wilmot - President Rapid Technologies (303) 589-0424 www.raptek.com dave.wil...@raptek.com On Jul 30, 2014, at 2:27 PM, Sanford, Claire

Re: RUG UserWorld WWRUG Engage where were they when?

2014-07-30 Thread Shellman, David
2000 - Santa Clara 2003 - San Francisco I have Washington DC - July 2004 and San Jose - July 2005. Dave From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Daniel Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 3:57 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: RUG UserWorld

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Danny Kellett
Lol Jason. On 30 Jul 2014, at 19:05, Jason Miller jason.mil...@gmail.com wrote: ** What? You don't need to know the secret handshake to get to SNOW's documentation? But won't the competition get their grubby little hands on it? Jason On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Lee Cullom

Re: RUG UserWorld WWRUG Engage where were they when?

2014-07-30 Thread Smerz, Christian
I thought 96 and 97 were the Hyatt by the airport From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Daniel Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 2:57 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: RUG UserWorld WWRUG Engage where were they when? ** Apparently a bunch

Populating Search Bar via AL

2014-07-30 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
Okay, this should be simple, but it's obscure enough I can't find it in the online manuals (I really miss my PDF's), so I ask the list with advanced request for forgiveness at the simple nature of the question ;) If I want to programmatically populate the Advanced Search Bar so that when I run

Re: Populating Search Bar via AL

2014-07-30 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
Field ID 1005 SyntaxExactly what a user would use in the Advanced Search Bar i.e.'Status' = New You can also use field numbers and for selection fields the number value i.e. '7' = 0 Fred -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

Re: Populating Search Bar via AL

2014-07-30 Thread LJ LongWing
https://docs.bmc.com/docs/display/public/ars81/Form+action+reserved+fields Looks like your field is 1005 On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Ray Gellenbeck raygellenb...@yahoo.com wrote: Okay, this should be simple, but it's obscure enough I can't find it in the online manuals (I really miss my

Senior Process/Tool Veteran looking around

2014-07-30 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
It's been enjoyable the last few years, but I'm starting to feel pidgeon-holed into being a tool customizer instead of a Senior Lead, so I'm making myself open to new opportunities abroad. I'd prefer to remain in the San Diego area or work-from-home openings. Contract (with proper TE) or FTE

Re: Populating Search Bar via AL

2014-07-30 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
Awesome, thanks for much, Fred! ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years

Re: Populating Search Bar via AL

2014-07-30 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
Cheers. Thank you sir! ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Jason Miller
That is when IT and the business loved Remedy. Right now, not so much. Admittedly we have no interest in ITIL so ITSM was not a good fit for us. We are interested in providing healthcare and sudo-ITIL/ITSM was taking too much effort and away from our core mission. On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at

Re: Senior Process/Tool Veteran looking around

2014-07-30 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
Sorry, I forgot to add that I don't monitor the ARS List registered email (yahoo.com) anymore as they are always getting hacked. I monitor gmail at the same location (raygellenb...@gmail.com). Ray ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
A lot of software shops are the same way, Jason. I work for a content delivery group of a global gaming/electronics company and a majority of the users here are DevOps and ProdOps with emphasis on Agile. I have often butted heads by stating that Agile and ITIL are not oil/water exclusive to

Re: RUG UserWorld WWRUG Engage where were they when?

2014-07-30 Thread Jason Miller
That sounds right because I was sent to DC by Sharp which I left at the end of 2004 and was sent to San Jose by 24 Hour Fitness the following year. Jason On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Shellman, David dave.shell...@te.com wrote: ** 2000 – Santa Clara 2003 – San Francisco I have

San Diego or LA RUG?

2014-07-30 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
I've been out of the loop with RUG's since 2011. If someone from San Diego and/or LA can contact me directly, let me know when/where the next RUG session will be (presuming it's still active). raygellenb...@gmail.com Thx.

Re: OT: Long-term outlook for the ARS platform (was ENGAGE)

2014-07-30 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
IMHO, BMC runs the risk of killing the last major advantage of Remedy as they try more and more to make the server part of the app and not layered. I have held off accepting demonstrations/testing of the newer Galileo product, but from what I see, BMC keeps making small steps to do away with

Re: Senior Process/Tool Veteran looking around

2014-07-30 Thread Jason Miller
FYI, I found 4 messages from you today in my Gmail spam bucket. Jason On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Ray Gellenbeck raygellenb...@yahoo.com wrote: Sorry, I forgot to add that I don't monitor the ARS List registered email ( yahoo.com) anymore as they are always getting hacked. I monitor

Re: San Diego or LA RUG?

2014-07-30 Thread Jason Miller
Unfortunately SDRUG has been dormant for years (I'll stop short of calling it dead. I promised to take it up a few years back but just haven't made the effort/time to commit. I think at this point we need a new person to take it up. Jason On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Ray Gellenbeck

Re: Senior Process/Tool Veteran looking around

2014-07-30 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
Yeah, on the phone with Yahoo support now trying to get my account back. I don't use it so I never notice when they've been hacked again (hence why i quit using them). Last time I used a complex password generator, so it wasn't just a brute force attack. Ray

Re: Populating Search Bar via AL

2014-07-30 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
Actually, I need to follow-up on that. You can't just put 1005 in the Field portion in the Set Fields action of an Active link If Action, so exactly how do you propose to go about setting the value of field ID 1005 from an active link?

Mid-Tier 8.1 upgrade and Copy to New

2014-07-30 Thread Sanford, Claire
I have checked the compatibility charts… I just want some real world clarification. If I install the Mid-Tier 8.1, I can still run my 7.6.04 Server? Also, if I want the Copy to New functionality… is it just a Mid-Tier upgrade or an AR Server Upgrade as well? Has anyone had any real problems

Re: Populating Search Bar via AL

2014-07-30 Thread LJ LongWing
You must create that field on your form, then reference the field :) On Jul 30, 2014 5:39 PM, Ray Gellenbeck raygellenb...@yahoo.com wrote: Actually, I need to follow-up on that. You can't just put 1005 in the Field portion in the Set Fields action of an Active link If Action, so exactly how

Re: Populating Search Bar via AL

2014-07-30 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
yeah, I was just about to post a retraction, I forgot to add a field with ID 1005. Duh... Thanks. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years

Re: Populating Search Bar via AL

2014-07-30 Thread Joe D'Souza
Yes it is 1005. I had done this once before - had made some workflow to show or hide the search bar on certain conditions. You need to actually create that field though with that ID for creating workflow around it so that the developer tool can select that field while creating actions for it.