Filter levels

2009-12-07 Thread Barber, David
All, Question on the configuration for the values of : - Maximum Filters for an Operation - Maximum Stack of Filters We're running a custom (and complex) application on 7.0.1 on a Solaris/Oracle platform, and are seeing entries in the error log relating to the maximum filter level being

Advanced Search/field ID?

2009-11-23 Thread Barber, David
All, I'm sure I've done something like this before, but can't find the details ... The advanced search criteria has a field ID, doesn't it - so that you can query over what is, er, being queried? I can't for the life of me find the details of the field ID in question. Regards Dave Barber

Re: Advanced Search/field ID?

2009-11-23 Thread Barber, David
Hi Misi, Many thanks - I've seen some mention of bugs relating to this, also that its not supported in v7? Seems to be working happily on our v7.0.1 system at the moment though . I'm only wanting to pick up the results of macro searches, and this (should) do the job. Regards Dave

Re: E-mail engine - incredibly sensitive to formatting?

2009-11-12 Thread Barber, David
, Robert Fults Remedy Dev Florida International University From: Barber, David [mailto:david.bar...@cw.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:12 AM Subject: E-mail

E-mail engine - incredibly sensitive to formatting?

2009-11-10 Thread Barber, David
All, Is it just my imagination, or is the e-mail engine incredibly sensitive to the formatting on multiple recipients. It seems to only accept them in the form j...@a.com; b...@b.com - if you try to put space-semicolon-space, it seems to fail. Carriage returns (or line feeds) are also not

Menu Access - strange behaviours

2009-10-01 Thread Barber, David
All, Got a strange one with enabling/disabling of menu access - Search/Print/Delete/etc. Long and short - options that are disabled in the admin tool are accessible via the user tool. For example, we have new search, advanced search, print disabled, yet these are available via the user tool.

Re: A question on the home directory....

2009-10-01 Thread Barber, David
Can't remember half of them, but .arf/.arv - application cached files, related to each form used .arr - report styles .arq - search macros Full list will probably be in the documentation somewhere. Regards Dave -Original Message- From: Action Request System

Re: How many users are on your system?

2009-08-01 Thread Barber, David
Peak is over a thousand, probably 1,100+, with probably a 50/50 mix between fixed and floating. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org]on Behalf Of Lyle Taylor Sent: 31 July 2009 20:57 To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: How

Re: History of AR System

2009-07-06 Thread Barber, David
Manual? You were handed a manual??? Okay, I started late on v5, but was sat in front of a PC with the admin tool and told to learn. No manuals! Coming from a more traditional coding background (FoxPro, RPG IV), there was a fair old learning curve in the concepts I think it took 6

Re: History of AR System

2009-07-01 Thread Barber, David
Prior to working on the AR System I was a FoxPro developer, loved the VFP developments (first version was v3.0), and the way they developed a reasonably sensible object model into the whole dBase system. Microsoft did their typical work and eventually killed off VFP after making lousy

Re: Escalation Timeline

2009-05-13 Thread Barber, David
I'm interested about this - what is the relevant metatable to setup a view over? Ta Dave -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org]on Behalf Of Rick Cook Sent: 12 May 2009 16:33 To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Escalation

Re: Escalation Timeline

2009-05-13 Thread Barber, David
Timeline I thought timestamp was the create date of the escalation. The last executed is only in the server's memory -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Barber, David Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:25 AM

Re: Escalation Timeline

2009-05-13 Thread Barber, David
Timeline You can check when they were supposed to run, and put that on a timeline -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Barber, David Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:44 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re

What would $--1$ relate to?

2009-05-07 Thread Barber, David
Seen on a macro/search - field 1 = $--1$ and also a little later in the same search - field 2 = $--1$ The first field is an assignee, but the second is just a flag. Not exactly obvious what it does at all. Any ideas? Ta Dave This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the Cable

Re: What would $--1$ relate to?

2009-05-07 Thread Barber, David
System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Barber, David Sent: 07 May 2009 13:44 To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: What would $--1$ relate to? ** Seen on a macro/search - field 1 = $--1$ and also a little later in the same search - field 2 = $--1$ The first

Re: Remedy user tool is crashing

2009-02-24 Thread Barber, David
Hi Sachin, What sort of error is being received on that PC? There is a variety of errors that can be raised, and the most regular (that I've experienced) is a Visual C++ error - the only resolution I've found so far is to try to re-install the Remedy client. There's also a chance that the

Re: Printing

2009-01-29 Thread Barber, David
Protection Control Sr. Technician Alabama Power Company Office: 205-226-1805 Cell: 205-288-9140 SoLinc: 10*19140 -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Barber, David Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:18 AM

Re: Developer Studio and ARS 7.1

2009-01-28 Thread Barber, David
Brian, I think the normal recommendation is to use the relevant version of the admin tool to the server in use - ie. for a 7.1 server use the 7.1 admin tool. You can have different versions of the admin and user tools on a PC - I've had v5.1.2, v6.3 and v7 clients running on the same

Re: Printing

2009-01-28 Thread Barber, David
This seems to describe the general way printing happens on the WUT. Have tried it on versions from 5.1.2 onwards, and its generally been close to useless. It either gives inconsisten results, or prints off a garbled mess. Maybe its much improved on v7.5? Regards Dave -Original

7.5 download problems?

2009-01-19 Thread Barber, David
Has anyone else successfully downloaded the full 7.5 server/suite yet? Both a colleague and I have downloaded 7.5, only to find a corrupt .zip archive . Regards Dave This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the Cable Wireless e-mail security system - powered by MessageLabs. For more

Re: Remedy 7 Upgrade Project Plan (with Milestones)

2009-01-14 Thread Barber, David
Also, is it just a version upgrade, or does it also factor in a migration to a new platform (eg. Windows to Solaris, SQL Server to Oracle)? Possible a few interesting gotchas in moving from SQL Server to Oracle ... Regards Dave -Original Message- From: Action Request System

Re: My New Job!

2009-01-07 Thread Barber, David
Further congrats - goes to show that quality developers/managers/professionals should always be able to find employment regardless of the economic situation. Regards Dave -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org]on Behalf Of

Escalation timings

2008-12-17 Thread Barber, David
Just a general question on escalations ... Say if we have several escalations in place on different timings. Escalation A - 3 minutes Escalation B - 5 minutes Escalation C - 7 minutes Escalations are a single thread, so run in sequence. If say some of the escalations could possibly take

Filter sequencing

2008-12-16 Thread Barber, David
Filters and active links typically fire based on the execution order, 500, 501, etc. What if two filters have the same value - both set at 500, which is likely to fire first, will it be based on alphabetical order, or something else? Regards Dave Barber This e-mail has been scanned for

Re: Filter sequencing

2008-12-16 Thread Barber, David
://www.westoverconsulting.co.uk/ _ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Barber, David Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:16 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Filter sequencing Filters and active links typically fire based

Re: Object list is on wrong screen.

2008-12-10 Thread Barber, David
During the day I'm working on two monitors, and before leaving (and being on-call on an evening) have to ensure that everything opens on the primary laptop display. This isn't just a Remedy issue - outlook likes to open messages on the secondary screen if thats where they were last opened,

Re: FW: OT-BMC Software cut 350 jobs, including 50 here in Houston

2008-12-10 Thread Barber, David
Sadly not, as mentioned by David J. Easter on the list last week : http://finance.yahoo.com/news/BMC-Software-to-cut-350-jobs-apf-13759414.html Here's wishing those laid off the best of luck finding alternative employment - hope the holiday period is kind to them. -Original Message-

Import Tool questions?

2008-12-10 Thread Barber, David
All, Got a little question on the Import Tool - version 7.0.1 against a v7 Solaris server, with an Oracle backend. I'm sure there are a few characters that, for whatever reason, the import tool doesn't like - be it #, _ or some others. Has anyone else experienced something similar with the

Re: Object list is on wrong screen.

2008-12-10 Thread Barber, David
Of Barber, David Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:50 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Object list is on wrong screen. During the day I'm working on two monitors, and before leaving (and being on-call on an evening) have to ensure that everything opens on the primary laptop display

Re: Import Tool questions?

2008-12-10 Thread Barber, David
in over ten years of Remedy work. Now if you want to talk about _producing_ properly formatted CSV (or what was known years ago as SDF, standard data format), then I could provide a few examples. What behavior are you seeing? HTH, --Phil _ From: Barber, David [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Object list is on wrong screen.

2008-12-10 Thread Barber, David
- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barber, David Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:46 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Object list is on wrong screen. Agreed, although I think its possibly a mix of OS and applications at fault

Re: BMC Remedy ARS + ITSM Interview Questions

2008-11-28 Thread Barber, David
Although 4) that doesn't quite answer the question. Failover, replication, etc. will speed up recovery or reduce the likelyhood of downtime, but the question was relating to troubleshooting system downtime. that would require looking into server logs (in windows go to the event viewer,

Re: Load Balanced Remedy - Load Balanced Oracle environments?

2008-11-19 Thread Barber, David
Sean, More cause for concern then we're currently running a hardware load balancer in front of 2 Remedy 7/Solaris boxes each running with (if I remember right) either 8 or 16 processors and 16 gig of RAM. The backend database is running something like 16 processors and 32gig of RAM.

Admin tool changing license type?

2008-11-17 Thread Barber, David
All, Both a colleague and myself have seen this behaviour fairly consistently ... In the admin tool, go to Add/Remove licenses, and select the AR Server. License type shows up correctly with all the relevant details, and shows a type of Server. Leave it for a while, other windows over the

Re: Load Balanced Remedy - Load Balanced Oracle environments?

2008-11-17 Thread Barber, David
node Oracle 10g RAC with 20+ ARS (7.1) processing over 100,000+ tickets a day. Scott On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:41 AM, Barber, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Shyam, I think the question for us is whether going Oracle RAC will give us scalability. From what Conny said it sounds

Re: Load Balanced Remedy - Load Balanced Oracle environments?

2008-11-14 Thread Barber, David
list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Barber, David Gesendet: Freitag, 14. November 2008 08:57 An: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Betreff: Re: Load Balanced Remedy - Load Balanced Oracle environments? ** The DBA reasoning : that the RAC is normally configured in a failover mode. Haven't

Re: Load Balanced Remedy - Load Balanced Oracle environments?

2008-11-14 Thread Barber, David
Shyam, I think the question for us is whether going Oracle RAC will give us scalability. From what Conny said it sounds as if we'd probably have a performance drop, as we are primarily read/write/modify. I've discussed this with our DBA, and he's done some investigation, and it turns out

Load Balanced Remedy - Load Balanced Oracle environments?

2008-11-13 Thread Barber, David
Been asked an intriguing question. Our current Remedy environment : - Hardware load balancer - 2 x ARS 7.0.1 Remedy servers running on Solaris - 1 x Oracle database server running on Solaris Looking to the future and scaling the application, we're looking at load balanced Oracle solutions

Re: Load Balanced Remedy - Load Balanced Oracle environments?

2008-11-13 Thread Barber, David
(TWO_TASK if its a remote database - in a cluster this will most definitely be the case). Joe _ From: Barber, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:59:56 AM Subject: Load Balanced Remedy - Load Balanced Oracle environments? ** Been asked

F5/Refresh removal

2008-10-21 Thread Barber, David
All, Got some strange behaviour - we've got the F5/Refresh functionality being disabled under specific circumstances - its fine when opening an incident from a table form, or from some workflow, but do a search over a form, double click on one of the results, it opens up, and the F5 button is

Re: How to test yet disable Email on dev server

2008-08-29 Thread Barber, David
I've been testing e-mails on dev by just looking at the entries on the AR System Email Messages form - works perfectly, and no messing around required on config or other forms. Works perfectly But some have said you should restart the e-mail engine if you make config changes? From the

Re: Remedy - sensitive to network performance?

2008-06-27 Thread Barber, David
Of Barber, David Sent: June 26, 2008 10:18 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Remedy - sensitive to network performance? Sorry ... Clients are all running on v7.0.01 user tool. No mid tier in use. AR Server is running on Win2k3, 8 procssors Database is running sql server on similar

Re: Remedy - sensitive to network performance?

2008-06-27 Thread Barber, David
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barber, David Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:12 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Remedy - sensitive to network performance? ** Hi, Has anyone experienced end-user performance problems with Remedy over larger networks? We're running a suite of bespoke

Re: Remedy - sensitive to network performance?

2008-06-26 Thread Barber, David
[EMAIL PROTECTED] O 952-432-0227 C 701-306-6157 From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of Barber, David Sent: Thu 6/26/2008 8:11 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Remedy - sensitive to network performance? ** Hi, Has anyone experienced

Re: Remedy - sensitive to network performance?

2008-06-26 Thread Barber, David
-306-6157 From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of Barber, David Sent: Thu 6/26/2008 8:11 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Remedy - sensitive to network performance? ** Hi, Has anyone experienced end-user performance problems

Re: Remedy - sensitive to network performance?

2008-06-26 Thread Barber, David
it at peak times as well as non-peak. Also have your network admin on the phone. hbr On 6/26/08, Barber, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry ... Clients are all running on v7.0.01 user tool. No mid tier in use. AR Server is running on Win2k3, 8 procssors Database is running sql server

Re: Remedy - sensitive to network performance?

2008-06-26 Thread Barber, David
your network admin on the phone. hbr On 6/26/08, Barber, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry ... Clients are all running on v7.0.01 user tool. No mid tier in use. AR Server is running on Win2k3, 8 procssors Database is running sql server on similar hardware/OS to the AR Server

Re: Remedy - sensitive to network performance?

2008-06-26 Thread Barber, David
] On Behalf Of Barber, David Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:36 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Remedy - sensitive to network performance? ** Tickets raised per day is anyones guess, typically several 5-6 thousand+ We have gone through a lot of this at the same time as other users

Re: Remedy - sensitive to network performance?

2008-06-26 Thread Barber, David
-8874 Ph#2: 325-450-5076 Barber, David wrote: ** Hi, Has anyone experienced end-user performance problems with Remedy over larger networks? We're running a suite of bespoke applications, and are finding that some tasks such as opening/updating incidents can take orders of magnitude

Re: Need Stats on ITSM Licensing Usage

2008-06-24 Thread Barber, David
** It is good, but be prepared for a phonecall from their salespeople after using the demo version. On 6/24/08, Barber, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** http://rrr.se/en/ - the rrrLicense tool is pretty good. Regards Dave -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list

Re: Need Stats on ITSM Licensing Usage

2008-06-23 Thread Barber, David
http://rrr.se/en/ - the rrrLicense tool is pretty good. Regards Dave -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ranjith Sent: 23 June 2008 14:47 To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Need Stats on ITSM Licensing Usage **