Robert02 Kern is out of the office.

2008-09-12 Thread Robert . 2 . Kern
I will be out of the office starting 12.09.2008 and will not return until 22.09.2008. Service Desk: Janker August Remedy General: Christoph Sommerlik Remedy Nafta: Janette Galvan-Diaz Remedy (SIMS) Categories and Groups Change Management: Janker August, Janette Galvan-Diaz eMail to all

SRM - AOT with template

2008-09-12 Thread Raido Oja
Hi, In SRM 2.2, I have created a service request that uses an AOT with an attached template. However I can't see that the fields preset in the template are being applied on the incident. Should I assume that somethings gone wrong with the install? My understanding was that if I am registering a

Re: Can't install ARS 7.1 on SLES 10

2008-09-12 Thread James Pifer
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 20:23 -0400, James Pifer wrote: I'm trying to install ARS 7.1 on SLES 10. I've tried both SLES 10 SP1 32bit and SLES 10 SP2 64 bit. On both systems I get about the same error: # ./ar_install ./ar_install: line 4595: release-notes-sles-10.2.0.12SUSE: command not found

ITSM7

2008-09-12 Thread Matthew Sibley
Hi all Fusion have a contract requirement for a experienced Remedy Consultant with good knowledge of ITSM7 based in the UK. If anyone is interested please contact me offlist. This would initially be a 6 month engagement and regrettably we cannot sponsor work permits on this occasion. Regards

Job: Remedy Admin - Right to Hire - New Jersey // Kforce

2008-09-12 Thread Kitchen, Joshua T
Dear List, 4 Month Contract to Hire in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. Candidate must have 7.x experience. Conversion salary is between 70-75K. Only need someone with 2 years experience. What our client does: Specializes in accounting and advisory services. Other services offered include auditing,

Multiple Instance of ARS 6.3 on Shared database

2008-09-12 Thread Icarus4
Hello listers, I'm considering installing multiple instance of ARS 6.3 on the same box. Instances will share the same database. Anyone did a performance comparison between single and multiple instances? Does it bring a better usage of the server resources? Thanks for sharing. -- View this

Re: Multiple Instance of ARS 6.3 on Shared database

2008-09-12 Thread Easter, David
Instances will share the same database. One thing to consider is that sharing the same database appears to imply that you'll be putting both instances into the same server group - and server groups aren't supported for multiple instances on the same physical server. -David J. Easter Sr.

Job: Remedy Developer - Melbourne/Sydney Australia - Kforce

2008-09-12 Thread Kitchen, Joshua T
Dear List, I have an interesting opportunity. Our Client (Client is a Billion Dollar Organization - Well Established) in Melbourne Australia is looking for a talented Remedy Developer well versed with V. 7.x to take a permanent position with them in Australia. Interviews will take place

Job: Remedy Architect - Menomonee Falls, WI - Right to Hire - Kforce

2008-09-12 Thread Kitchen, Joshua T
Dear List, I have had this open for roughly 3 months and we still have not found the right fit. I need an individual who wants to be hired. I cannot take straight contractors at the moment. Must have experience with 7.x/ITSM/and Implementing as many modules as possible. Technical

Re: Remedy Architect - Menomonee Falls, WI - Right to Hire - Kforce

2008-09-12 Thread Lisa Westerfield
Joshua - Please email me offline regarding this position. Thank you, [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kitchen, Joshua T Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 8:49 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Job: Remedy

Help parsing a string in a set fields

2008-09-12 Thread Shoemaker, Gary
I am trying to do set a field to specific format using the functions but can not get exactly what I want. It is a 5 character string and needs to end up as a 5 character string. The pattern is that I leave all leading 0 and pad right up to 3 - the number of leading 0 if leading is more than

Re: Can't install ARS 7.1 on SLES 10

2008-09-12 Thread Marty.Thorin
Dear James: The bug simple. It does a character comparison rather than a number comparison. Compare the strings 5.3 versus 5.10. The fives match. The dots match. Three is bigger than one. Thus you are trying to install a lower version on a higher server. I just replaced the comparison with

Re: SRM - AOT with template

2008-09-12 Thread Drew Shuller
Raido, I don't think it works that way. Are you certain that the fields that you are mapping questions to belong to the template form? Or do they belong to the Incident form? My understanding is that you create the Incident, which then kicks off the template associated with it. Drew

Re: Multiple Instance of ARS 6.3 on Shared database

2008-09-12 Thread Webster, Basil
We used to have this type of config on a reporting server before. One AR server was updated weekly (SQL restore) and the other monthly. I our case there were only read actions happening. The server that it was on was not a very wow machine (2 x 2ghx CPU, 4 gb RAM) and it handled it. At the time

Re: SRM - AOT with template

2008-09-12 Thread Mahesh Chandra
You also need to map the fields on the SRD. Mahesh On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 6:16 AM, Raido Oja [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Hi, In SRM 2.2, I have created a service request that uses an AOT with an attached template. However I can't see that the fields preset in the template are being

Increasing Entry ID Length

2008-09-12 Thread Smith, Ron [TBC]
Hi all, Wanted to bounce this off the group to see if there is an easy and safe way to increase the size of the Entry-ID Field (1). We are currently at a length of six on the Homegrown helpdesk app, and after 10 + years using it, we are about to roll over ID# 99. What I want to do is to

Re: SRM - AOT with template

2008-09-12 Thread Raido Oja
Thanks, So even if I register that template with the AOT this does not mean that the template will be automatically applied when an Incident is created from a SR ? I thought I could just specify the classification etc. in the template so I don't need to map all the fields. Then what is the point

Re: Help parsing a string in a set fields

2008-09-12 Thread Chintan Shah
Hi Gary, You got my brain cells working on friday...thanks for that. Try the following out  for first 5 scenarios. Set fields on the field that needs to be set in following sequence. 1.LEFTC($FIELD$, 2) 2 RPADC($FIELD$, 5,  0) Still working on other scenarios..just wanted to through this

Reset id on HPD:Help Desk

2008-09-12 Thread Guillermo Alfredo Torres Barron
Hi dear listers I need reset incident id on form HPD:Help Desk, I try reset entry-id on table arschema for HPD:Help Desk and Ticket Num Generator after that reset remedy services, but not work, appear the next id of the last request+1 =( Any idea? We have: Windows 2003 Advance Server BMC

Email Engine problem listed in the Application Event viewer in Windows

2008-09-12 Thread Reiser, John J
Hello Listers, ARS 6.3 Patch 14 AREmail Engine Patch 21 Remote MS SQL2000 Windows 2000 Has anyone ever seen this error message show up after starting the AREmail Engine? The AREmail logs stdout.log reports a successful start but no email is being processed by the system. Is the RegQueryValueEx

Re: Reset id on HPD:Help Desk

2008-09-12 Thread Roger Justice
Try reseting Request ID of HPD:CFG Ticket Num Generator. -Original Message- From: Guillermo Alfredo Torres Barron [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:08 pm Subject: Reset id on HPD:Help Desk ** Hi dear listers I need reset incident id on form HPD:Help

Re: Help parsing a string in a set fields

2008-09-12 Thread Chintan Shah
Hi Gary, Alright..here is the answer for 00956 goes to 00900 If the field you are using is called Assigned To then, An active link with Run If of ('Assigned To' LIKE 00%)  AND ( (NOT ('Assigned To' LIKE 000%)) AND (NOT ('Assigned To' LIKE %))) and the If Action(in sequence) should be 1.

Re: Help parsing a string in a set fields

2008-09-12 Thread Brian.bishop
Hi Gary, How about this. As you have leading zeros you must have the numbers in a character field. Copy them into an integer field to drop the leading zeros and then copy back to a character field and apply the following logic by doing a character count. If there is one character left

Approval Server issue

2008-09-12 Thread Begosh, Kevin
List, I just upgraded to AR Server 7.1 patch 4 and subsequently Approval Server 7.1 patch 4. When a change request is being processed and a approval is suppose to be attached to it the approval process just hangs up and does not do anything. Has anyone every had this happened before. We are

Re: Increasing Entry ID Length

2008-09-12 Thread Carey Matthew Black
Ron, I would think that any DBA should be able to get the job done. (And much faster than going through the ARS server.) However, while you are at it... I would suggest that you change the length back to 15 so that you never have to do this again. -- Carey Matthew Black Remedy Skilled

View Fields in Search Mode....

2008-09-12 Thread Kemes, Lisa
View fields don't work in Search Mode? The reason why I ask is that I have a Display form that doesn't need to be opened in modify or new mode (which I don't want it to). But my view fields are not working in Search Mode. BOO HOO!! Lisa Kemes AR System Developer Tyco Electronics 717-810-2408

Re: View Fields in Search Mode....

2008-09-12 Thread Kemes, Lisa
To be more specific, I'm try to run some html code to do: a href=mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Email/a Only the email address is going to be dynamic and determined by a temp field. AR Server 7.0.1 Patch3 Windows 2003 Server Lisa From: Action Request System

Re: View Fields in Search Mode....

2008-09-12 Thread Kaiser, Norm E Civ USAF AFMC 96CS/SCCE
Why not open the form in dialog mode? -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kemes, Lisa Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 12:09 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: View Fields in Search Mode ** View fields

Re: Increasing Entry ID Length

2008-09-12 Thread Craig Carter
You may want to consider setting it to 0. We have one of our forms in our system set to 0 with a prefix. That basically gives you ISS1, ISS2, ect, and it automatically grows one character when it needs to ISS10, ISS100, ISS1000, etc. Since it sounds like your IDs are all numeric and you are

Re: Help parsing a string in a set fields

2008-09-12 Thread Rockwood, Julie
Hi Gary, Along the same line of thought, except that once you've copied your string to an integer, you may as well work with the integer. This can be implemented with 5 active links or filters. 1. Set ZTmpInteger to OldString and set NewString to NULL 2. If ZTmpInteger 10 then

Re: View Fields in Search Mode....

2008-09-12 Thread Leonard Neely
Or, you could have an active link do a Set Fields on Window Loaded. Leonard -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaiser, Norm E Civ USAF AFMC 96CS/SCCE Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 10:19 AM To:

Re: Help parsing a string in a set fields

2008-09-12 Thread Carey Matthew Black
Gary, Why does RPAD not work? AKA: RPAD($field$,5,0) I must not understand something about your question? -- Carey Matthew Black Remedy Skilled Professional (RSP) ARS = Action Request System(Remedy) Love, then teach Solution = People + Process + Tools Fast, Accurate, Cheap Pick two.

Re: View Fields in Search Mode....

2008-09-12 Thread Craig Carter
When you open the form (window open), are you initializing the view field to $DEFAULT$ ? We have Active Links that initialize our view fields to $DEFAULT$ when opened (you obviously have to have the attribute set to the URL) and they appear to still work even when I open them in search mode.

Re: View Fields in Search Mode....

2008-09-12 Thread Kemes, Lisa
I'm not sure how I could force a user to open up the form in the User Tool in Dialog Mode. I can certainly to an active link to do a set fields, but what type of field would I be setting? I can't do a text field, a View field doesn't show up in Search Mode.. I'm thinking about possibly

Re: Can't install ARS 7.1 on SLES 10

2008-09-12 Thread Joe DeSouza
Great.. and I hope it worked for you after that? :-)   Joe D'Souza Remedy Developer / Consultant, Shyle Networks, New Jersey. - Original Message From: James Pifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 7:51:10 AM Subject: Re: Can't install ARS 7.1 on

Re: View Fields in Search Mode....

2008-09-12 Thread Craig Carter
Can you do that with a PERFORM-ACTION-OPEN-URL instead? Do you want it basically to open your Email client with the address filled in? If so, I think that will open the associated mail client. Craig Carter Software Engineer, RSP -Original Message- From: Action Request System

Re: Can't install ARS 7.1 on SLES 10

2008-09-12 Thread Joe DeSouza
Thats exactly what it did on Solaris too on ARS version 6.3 if you were on solaris 5.10 where the minimum version expected was 5.6.. On tweaking the script to a lower ASCII value like 4.0 it worked..   Joe D'Souza Remedy Developer / Consultant, Shyle Networks, New Jersey. - Original

Re: View Fields in Search Mode....

2008-09-12 Thread Kemes, Lisa
Yes, I just tested the PERFORM-ACTION-OPEN-URL option with a button, and it works wonderfully! Thanks so much everyone for helping think this through!!! Lisa -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Carter

Re: View Fields in Search Mode....

2008-09-12 Thread Craig Carter
View fields show up in search mode but you have to set the value on open. You could probably just set the value on window open to the URL but it sounds like you really want to open the mail client. If so, just fire the AL you suggested below on window open or window loaded. Craig Carter

Re: Increasing Entry ID Length

2008-09-12 Thread Joe DeSouza
The only problem with that approach is the sort order gets messed up.. Since the Entry ID is a character field the sort order would be something like 1 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   That sort of sucks sometimes. You can sort of overcome that by changing your sort order of the form to the Create date and

Re: SRM - AOT with template

2008-09-12 Thread Sabyson Fernandes
Raido, The template should be applied to the incident when the incident is created. This is done via a filter. If you had your categorizations fields populated on the incident template, then these fields should be populated on the incident form when instantiated. Do you have any fields on

Re: Increasing Entry ID Length

2008-09-12 Thread Craig Carter
Since they are all numeric, you may be able to create an associated integer field you could use for the sort but I agree, this can be a pain at times with character fields. One of the other downsides is trying to parse a Request ID like from another string (ie; subject line in an Email--which we

Caught Exception

2008-09-12 Thread SUBSCRIBE arslist Melissa
I'm getting several user on our web client that are getting Caught Exception 't.LoadResultList' is null or not an object when they go to the incident mgmt console. Has anyone seen this before? I cannot recreate it on my machine. ARS 7.01 patch 5 MidTier 7.01 patch 5

Re: Email Engine problem listed in the Application Event viewer in Windows

2008-09-12 Thread Reiser, John J
Not that I know what caused it or corrected it but my email engine came back to life. BMC Support had me run the EmailStart.bat in debug mode which indicated a successful start up but eventually I saw --- Email Daemon Exception in thread --- repeated over and over on the console (dos cmd window)

Re: Help parsing a string in a set fields

2008-09-12 Thread Chintan Shah
Hi Thad, Thanks a lot This was what I was trying to figure out from workflow perspective(only 1 active link and no new fields)...however...lol..it will take me a good amount of time to understand this. Thanks again.. Regards, Chintan. --- On Fri, 9/12/08, Thad K Esser [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Approval Server issue

2008-09-12 Thread Begosh, Kevin
Sorry I feel stupid but this issue was issue to fix, I was trolling through the ar.conf file and noticed that this was there Approval-Server-Suspended: T So I changed that T to F, restarted the AR Server and it works like a charm. Something so simple, but if anyone has issue with approval

Re: Help parsing a string in a set fields

2008-09-12 Thread Thad K Esser
Glad to help. Working from the inside: TRUNC($Character Field$) - This takes the character field and returns an integer without using a separate integer field, effectively chopping off the leading zeros. (LENGTH(TRUNC($Character Field$)) / 5) - Dividing the length of that

Re: Help parsing a string in a set fields

2008-09-12 Thread Chintan Shah
Thanks once again. This will make life easier. Regards, Chintan. --- On Fri, 9/12/08, Thad K Esser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Thad K Esser [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Help parsing a string in a set fields To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Date: Friday, September 12, 2008, 12:40 PM ** Glad to

Re: AR System and the DSL.... Is it just me?

2008-09-12 Thread Thad K Esser
Its not just you. I had asked the same thing in a CMDB class and the response was that the DSL data comes from a Third Party service, and so most BMC software isn't in it. You'd think they'd take the time to add it in. This goes back to my CMDB question from a few days ago. It would be

Re: Server Groups - is load balancer required?

2008-09-12 Thread Charles Baldi
Thanks Carey. BMC finally responded to my query and they confirmed that a load balancer is *not* required in order to set up a Server Group. However, they did explain that without the load balancer the clients would have to connect to the individual server names rather than the group name (what

Re: Help parsing a string in a set fields

2008-09-12 Thread Rockwood, Julie
Thad, You are the king of functions. I would never ever want to maintain your code, yet I, a mere mortal, humbly bow before you in awe of your most amazing and creative use of set fields. Julie From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thad