Re: Error Caughtexception :'t.LoadResultsList' is null or not an object

2008-07-22 Thread ITSM Support
Hi Reddy, This is purely related with the permissions, you need to check the permissions given to the form. Suppose your user is a member of App Support group and if this permission is not given to the Remedy support Form then you will face the Error mentioned by you. Now simply you can do

Re: Limiting Web Service Results

2008-07-22 Thread ITSM Support
Hi Frank, Yes, we can limit the number of rows returned while publishing the services in remedy. While creating web service for the get operation or get list operation in remedy, below the Qualification there is two options called Start record and Max Limit. Where we can limit the number of

Question: Relationship / Financials - Change ITSM 7

2008-07-22 Thread T. Dee
I create a relationship to a CI in Change with no problem. I then click on Create Allocation from the Financial tab in Change and fill out all the necessary fields, again no problem. However, after I save ther record it is not showing up on the table on the Financials tab in Change. Any ideas /

Re: Limiting Web Service Results

2008-07-22 Thread Frank Caruso
Don't see this as an option. I am on 6.3 p20 On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 2:42 AM, ITSM Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** *Hi Frank,* Yes, we can limit the number of rows returned while publishing the services in remedy. While creating web service for the get operation or get list

Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
Am I the only one seeing a resurgance of contacts seeking experienced custom-build expertise vs. install/configure/maintain/integrate folks? I know BMC's pie in the sky goal is minimal need for customizations vs. configuration/data changes, but there seems to be a growing backlash against this

No spaces allowed in a character field

2008-07-22 Thread Atul Vohra
Hi All, This might be very trivial but wanted to get opinion from the list for the best possible solution: I have to stop spaces from entered in a character field. The data can be entered using the user tool/ mid-tier and webservice/import tool. We are on ARS 6.3, Oracle 10g and Solaris.

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Rick Cook
I have a bit of a different take on things, Ray. The new BMC business continues to be almost entirely ITSM, because their sales people can't make as much money selling the AR System. However, many older customers have lots invested in their custom systems, and have no intention of converting.

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Tanner, Doug
Ray, Can you make your font just a little smaller :-) Old school custom builder - Your Business - Your Way I do believe for many reasons there are higher demands for custom applications versus ITSM 7.X (It Takes So Much) Great tool, make it dance, - I am a firm Believer in

Re: No spaces allowed in a character field

2008-07-22 Thread Atul Vohra
Thanks for the response - My effort is to error out if there is a space - not replace it. Atul - Original Message - From: Reiser, John J [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: No spaces allowed in a character field Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:05:04 -0400

Re: No spaces allowed in a character field

2008-07-22 Thread Ben Chernys
So why don't you just use John's suggestion in a Set Fields to another Display only field, then make a new AL with a higher sequence number that has as a qualification 'a' != 'b' and produce an error in that case. If the replace did nothing you will not get an error. (The AL will not fire as

Re: No spaces allowed in a character field-RESOLVED

2008-07-22 Thread Atul Vohra
Thanks for the response. I used the filter (set field) (since needed to take care of webservice / import mechanism) with substr function . Atul - Original Message - From: Ben Chernys [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: No spaces allowed in a character field Date:

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE
I have to admit I was very pleasantly surprised to see a job posting just the other day that called for a custom developer...it said clearly NOT OOTB. I hadn't seen one in a long, long time. It's not so much that I'm against the OOTB solution -- it's that I'm an old school Business your way,

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Tanner, Doug
Ray, Can you make your font just a little smaller :-) Old school custom builder - Your Business - Your Way I do believe for many reasons there are higher demands for custom applications versus ITSM 7.X (It Takes So Much) Great tool, make it dance, - I am a firm Believer in

Re: LDAP Integration with AR Server

2008-07-22 Thread sivarama velicheti
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 12:00 AM, ITSM Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** *ARERR 100* is related to: Request ID parameter is empty. The operation being performed requires the request ID to be specified, but the parameter was not supplied. Try the operation again, this time specifying

Tables in LDAP not showing all attributes

2008-07-22 Thread sivarama velicheti
Hi Guys, Thanks for your inputs on earlier issues. I have a weird situation here. I am trying to integrate LDAP with remedy 7.1. I am till the point where I have filled in the ARDBC LDAP Configuration form and am able to create a vendor form. But my issue is that the available tables in the LDAP

Crystal Reports Server XI and Midtier version 7.1

2008-07-22 Thread Steven Iocco
Hi folks. I am tasked with installing Crystal Reports Server XI on a windows 2003 env't so that users on Midtier 7.1 can run reports via the web. The Midtier is using Apache 5.5.26 and I plan on installing this on the Crystal reports server (seperate machine) prior to the install of crystal.

Need a v 6.0 DLL file...

2008-07-22 Thread William Rentfrow
I need the 6.0 version of this file: arjni60.dll If anyone has it and can zip it/email it to me I'd appreciate it. William Rentfrow, Principal Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] C 701-306-6157 O 952-432-0227 ___

Re: Help with a UNIX script to STOP the AREmail daemon

2008-07-22 Thread Ramey, Anne
Not if your armonitor is set up to restart it. That just kills the process, and then armonitor detects it and restarts the process. Anne Ramey *** E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Elry
I have to say... There is nothing wrong with the ITSM Suite 7.x. It fits nicely into the ITIL Framework that a lot of companies crave. But, there are lot of companies that realize that they can't run their business efficiently inside the Framework; therefore, custom build or find another

Re: Remedy Alert Tool

2008-07-22 Thread Ramey, Anne
It is generally not the same port as the AR server. It's on the Ports and Queues tab of the Server Information in the AR System Administration Console. If you've got a firewall, you will want to specify a port there then open it in your firewall. Anne Ramey

Server ID Mysteriously Changed -

2008-07-22 Thread Jase Brandon
Hello All, I have a strange situation - I came in this morning and our dev server was giving the error This copy of Arsystem has reached the max number of entries, etc.. I checked and it appeared our Server ID had changed, thus invalidating our server license. I thought only a hardware change to

Re: Server ID Mysteriously Changed -

2008-07-22 Thread Rick Cook
Are there multiple NICs on the server? If so, and the box got restarted, it's possible that the other one got designated as the primary. Rick On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Jase Brandon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Hello All, I have a strange situation - I came in this morning and our dev

Re: Server ID Mysteriously Changed -

2008-07-22 Thread Jason Tricky
How do you set one as a primary?  I did ours by setting an interface metric of 1 on the NIC that I didn't want to be the primary.  I just like to know if this is the correct way of doing it or is there a better way? --- On Tue, 7/22/08, Rick Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Rick Cook [EMAIL

ARS 7.x installation problems

2008-07-22 Thread Bisanti,Susan [CMC]
We are moving our ARS server from Solaris (with Sybase) to Linux (with Oracle), and need a little guidance. We have a fresh Oracle 10.2.0.4 installation (32 bit) running on RedHat 5 (64 bit), and are trying desperately to install the latest version of ARS in order to port homegrown

Re: Server ID Mysteriously Changed -

2008-07-22 Thread Gary Opela (Corporate)
I think that on some Dell servers you can control the MAC. I might be wrong though. Thanks, Gary Opela, Jr., RSP Remedy Engineer Leader Communications, Inc. http://www.5pointleader.com http://www.lcibest.com Best Product, Best People, Best PriceTM An ISO 9001:2000 Certified, CMMI(r) Level 3

Re: Server ID Mysteriously Changed -

2008-07-22 Thread Rick Cook
I suppose it would depend on the card - I don't know the specifics, but your networking people should. The important thing is to ensure that the setting is sticky, so that if the box gets restarted, the same NIC you licensed against remains the primary as long as its able to work at all. Rick

Re: Server ID Mysteriously Changed -

2008-07-22 Thread Jase Brandon
I keep speaking of MAC with the presumption that it directly translates to Server ID. Server ID is what changed. Can someone confirm this? Thanks, Jase On 7/22/08, Gary Opela (Corporate) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** I think that on some Dell servers you can control the MAC. I might be wrong

Re: Help with a UNIX script to STOP the AREmail daemon

2008-07-22 Thread Axton
Sure, it start a new process. The only problem with a signal 9 is that the process exits immediately and is not given the opportunity to perform any pending or cleanup operations it has. The impact of such a thing will vary from program to program. The program may leave temp files scattered in

Re: Server ID Mysteriously Changed -

2008-07-22 Thread Gary Opela (Corporate)
The Server ID is the MAC address. If you have more than one mac, then you can go to the admin tool to see the server ID. The license keys are generated against a specific server ID, so if the server ID changes, as is in your case, then your licenses will not work. You are correct in stating

Re: Tables in LDAP not showing all attributes

2008-07-22 Thread Eli Schilling
Hi Sivarama, I have found that with our AR 7.x implementation not all LDAP fields were visible. However, if you create a character field on the vendor form, go to the database tab and give it the same name as the LDAP field you wish to see it will link up. I had to do this manual workaround

Re: Need a v 6.0 DLL file...

2008-07-22 Thread Kelly Heikkila
If this DLL is for use with the API, I'd get all the DLLs and Jars together (from Axton's site) versus just getting the one you're looking for. We've run into some interesting to track down issues, when the dll/jar patches don't match up together. Kelly Heikkila Kinetic Data On Jul 22,

Re: Tables in LDAP not showing all attributes

2008-07-22 Thread sivarama velicheti
Hi Eli, Your solution works like a charm!!! thanks a lot dude you saved my day. Thanks Sivarama On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Eli Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Sivarama, I have found that with our AR 7.x implementation not all LDAP fields were visible. However, if you

Question: Custom Notification to Groups

2008-07-22 Thread T. Dee
I need to create a custom notification - which I have done previously - i'm OK with this. However, I need the notification to go to several groups. Has anyone done this before? Thank you! ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access

Unqualified Searches in Very Large Enterprises -- Thoughts, Please

2008-07-22 Thread Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE
Hi everyone: I wanted to get everyone's take on this thorny issue...I know this matter has been discussed many times before, but I wanted to put a new twist on it. Specifically, I wanted to get anyone and everyone's thoughts on the problem of unqualified searches in a large enterprise.

Trouble retrieving diary entries

2008-07-22 Thread Monty
Has anyone been able to succesfully pull diary entries using the .net api? I have tried without success and was hoping to get an example as to how this could be accomplished. Thanks ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE
Yes...it is an awesome RAD environment but it's extremely hampered by its extraordinarily expensive licensing model. With another RAD (let's say Visual Studio .Net), you build the application and then never have to worry about paying a dime for application licenses. With Remedy you say, Hey, we

Re: Unqualified Searches in Very Large Enterprises -- Thoughts, Please

2008-07-22 Thread Axton
Some things that come to mind: - Force the use of a preference server, force the value of max returned entries to 1000 or the likes - Set a hard limit on the server for the max number of entries returned from a get... - Don't give users access to search regular forms (front-end things with display

Re: Help with a UNIX script to STOP the AREmail daemon

2008-07-22 Thread Axton
Sure, but to skip from 15 to 9 without giving the process a chance is a bad practice. Axton Grams On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Ramey, Anne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it's totally hung, necessitating a kill, it often requires a kill -9. Anne Ramey ***

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Tanner, Doug
Another great reason for the Custom applications, I have hundreds of users with only an AR User license - No Application licenses needed -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE Sent:

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Begosh, Kevin
Yeah but if you custom build your application you do not need all of the licenses for instance like ITSM 7 needs, Problem, change, asset, incident etc... Kevin Begosh, RSP External Initiatives System Design Integration 301-791-3540 Phone 410-422-3623 Cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original

Re: Unqualified Searches in Very Large Enterprises -- Thoughts, Please

2008-07-22 Thread Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE
Yes...but the limit the number of requests returned approach has that nasty tendency of messing up ad-hoc reports and macros, which are done extensively in this environment. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE
Works exceptionally well just so long as user A doesn't need to update user B's request... -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tanner, Doug Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:37 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re:

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE
Right...you avoid the ridiculous (my opinion) costs associated with ITSM, but you still have to pay for AR System user licenses. With VS .Net, Delphi, or whatever you NEVER worry about user licenses for apps you build. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion

Re: Trouble retrieving diary entries

2008-07-22 Thread Axton
This should have some examples: http://arswiki.org/projects/dotnetutil/browser/ARS_CreateDiaryForm/Trunk/ARS_CreateDiaryForm http://arswiki.org/projects/dotnetutil/browser/ARS_CreateDiaryForm/Trunk/ARS_CreateDiaryForm/Module1.vb Axton Grams On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Monty [EMAIL

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Axton
That's driven by who BMC decides market to. It's also driven by the competition in each software segment. Axton Grams On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes...it is an awesome RAD environment but it's extremely hampered by its

Re: Help with a UNIX script to STOP the AREmail daemon

2008-07-22 Thread strauss
I'm hoping to avoid having to do the same thing (Windows env) here, that is, build a custom aremail watchdog to kick-start the service when email starts stacking up. Our AREMail 7.1.00.002 engine has been dying silently and randomly for over a month now, sometimes after a java error in the

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Davis, David CTR NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane, Code 0552
If your customer is willing to conform to the processes established within the ITSM 7.0 framework with very MINIMUM customization Buy! If not Build! Your project is doomed to fail if you try to take the OOTB applications and customize them to meet your customers unique requirements. I know this

Re: Unqualified Searches in Very Large Enterprises -- Thoughts, Please

2008-07-22 Thread Rick Cook
That's the beauty of using the preference values - they can be set differently - and enforced - at the user and/or group level. That way, you can leave the server value unlimited, but limit it dynamically at the user level. Rick On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Tim Widowfield
I think this is where Enterprise Service Suite (ESS) @ Work turns out to be such a bargain. It's very solid application suite that's every bit as functional as ISTM *and ITIL compliant* without the recurring expense of extra application licenses. http://buoyantsolutions.net/ESS.html

Re: Unqualified Searches in Very Large Enterprises -- Thoughts, Please

2008-07-22 Thread Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE
Even though it's customizable by preference, it doesn't address the issue of macros and ad hoc reports being possibly hosed...especially because in this large, decentralized environment across a very large area, it is not possible to know who does or will do ad hoc reporting. What I'm currently

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Davis, David CTR NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane, Code 0552
All Microsoft users must be covered by a CAL license of some type either Server license and/or Database license. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE
Right...given...but same is true about Remedy running in an MS environment. Remedy in MS environment = CALs, server license, and/or database license PLUS Remedy user licenses Other app developed with VS or other RAD = CALS, server license, and/or database license...but no app license! Moreover,

Re: Unqualified Searches in Very Large Enterprises -- Thoughts, Please

2008-07-22 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
Is there any specific fields they add data to before searching? We have a similar situation where tech will add data to at least 1 of probably 10 different fields. We have an AL that fires on search and display's an error if all 10 of them are NULL. The problem with the limit rows returned

Re: Unqualified Searches in Very Large Enterprises -- Thoughts, Please

2008-07-22 Thread Axton
Just offering options. They all have their warts. You just have to find which one works for you. Axton Grams On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes...but the limit the number of requests returned approach has that nasty tendency of

Re: Unqualified Searches in Very Large Enterprises -- Thoughts, Please

2008-07-22 Thread Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE
Hmmm...that's an idea...it's more than 10 fields, but it could be... If A = $NULL$ or B = $NULL$ or C = $NULL$ . . . or ZZZ = $NULL$ then throw error. Actually...that's a very good idea. I would have to be sure to include every possible searchable field, but that's doable. -Original

Re: Unqualified Searches in Very Large Enterprises -- Thoughts, Please

2008-07-22 Thread Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE
Oh...clicked SEND too soon...your idea is good but people who use the Advanced Search Bar would fall victim to the error. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grooms, Frederick W Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:11 PM

BO 11 using HTTPS

2008-07-22 Thread William Rentfrow
Has anyone out there gotten this (or a similar) configuration to work? AR Server = 7.1 on Solaris Mid-tier = IBM HTTP Server + Websphere on Solaris, separate box (8 of them actually) BO Server - Windows with 7.1 AR Web Report viewer This all works - browser clients can print from the web

Re: Unqualified Searches in Very Large Enterprises -- Thoughts, Please

2008-07-22 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
True ... Advanced Only search users would fall victim to it (We are lucky here in that the users who use the Advanced Search bar also use at least 1 of the fields). FYI: The Run if is all AND qualifications (If a = $NULL$ and b = $NULL$ and ... throw error). -Original Message- From:

Re: Unqualified Searches in Very Large Enterprises -- Thoughts, Please

2008-07-22 Thread Thad K Esser
I think you want to use AND, not OR. If they are all null, then throw the error. You can take care of the Advanced Search Bar by adding: ... AND '1005' = $NULL$ to your qualification. 1005 is the field id for the Advanced Search bar. I just tested it on a basic form (6.3 server) and it seems

Re: Unqualified Searches in Very Large Enterprises -- Thoughts, Please

2008-07-22 Thread Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE
Yes, AND...not OR...correct...typo on my part. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grooms, Frederick W Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:33 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Unqualified Searches in Very Large

Re: Unqualified Searches in Very Large Enterprises -- Thoughts, Please

2008-07-22 Thread Hall Chad - chahal
We use the special 'Search Criteria' field (ID 1005). I put that display-only field on forms I want to lock down searches on. Then I setup an active link, firing On Search, that throws an error if 'Search Criteria' = $NULL$ and a select set of other fields are also null. I handpick the other

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Gidd
Norm, I'll take a stab at this, from all appearances you are gainfully employed servicing some sort of Remedy application? Like it or not there are few, count them on one hand if you like, enterprise applications like ITSM (or ESS for that matter) that can scale globally and that is

Re: Unqualified Searches in Very Large Enterprises -- Thoughts, Please

2008-07-22 Thread Brian Goralczyk
How about defaulting the Status field? I believe it would be acceptable to say that most of your queries are going to be for open records. Another option (albeit expensive) would be to create a reporting server, so that way you wouldn't keep more records than you are willing to accept being

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Pierson, Shawn
In addition to that, based on what I've seen, Remedy ARS developers get paid a lot more than .NET developers. Factor into that the difficulty in finding ARS developers, and management is more likely to pursue custom .NET development work as opposed to custom ARS development. If you leave the

Re: Server ID Mysteriously Changed -

2008-07-22 Thread Jase Brandon
I have been chasing this issue all day, it appears no hardware changes were made to the development box. Logs show the development box hasn't been resatarted in over a week, so I am guessing no hardware changes were made while the server was up. :-) If we imported a .lic file from a 6X system to

Single Sign On

2008-07-22 Thread sivarama velicheti
Hi Guys, I am trying to implement single sign for my current remedy system. Can anyone please guide me as to how to implement that. Any documents that you can forward me to would be good as well. I am having the following setup running. OS: Windows 2003 R2 Database: MS SQL Server 2005

Re: Single Sign On

2008-07-22 Thread Roger Justice
Have you searched BMC developer network? -Original Message- From: sivarama velicheti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 7:51 pm Subject: Single Sign On ** Hi Guys, ?? I am trying to implement single sign for my current remedy system. Can anyone

Difference between ARS 5 and ARS 7

2008-07-22 Thread sam appecherla
Hi, Is there a document that I can refer which contains the difference between ARS 5 and ARS 7? Thanks in advance!! Regards, SriSamSri Appecherla Mobile# +91 991 610 6008 ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at

Re: Single Sign On

2008-07-22 Thread Easter, David
Roger's suggestion is a good one. After logging in, type SSO into the Search BMC DN field. The first forum hit is a thread on SSO for AR System. You may also wish to use the archive search for ARSList in places where it is available: http://listserv.rbugs.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S1=arslistX=-

Re: Single Sign On

2008-07-22 Thread ITSM Support
Hi Sivarama, I would like to suggest integrating the BMC Remedy Mid Tier and BMC Remedy AR System server with the Single Sign On. I have done integration with the Oracle Application Server (OracleAS) Single Sign-On (SSO). Even you can do with BMC Web Access Manager (WAM) Single Sign-On

Re: Buy vs. Build

2008-07-22 Thread Bradford Bingel
Shawn, you are right on target! IT management culture has changed since the AR System's initial introduction. In those days IT shops regularly debated the buy vs. build dilemma, and there wasn't a clear winner. Today it's different, as IT shops regularly select OOTB applications -- build

Export Automation -- Possible ??

2008-07-22 Thread Ganga Prasad
Hi List As part of my job role I need to go for frequent Import and Export using my Administrator tool. Every time I need to export from source server and put it into Destination Server. The object list always varies. For that I need to carefully search the object and add it for exporting. This