Reminder:: This would be a bad practice to give out Write capability to the user.. This is the reason for the AR odbc connector, Read only. Which is more than likely going to stick around (somehow). I would think
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Pierson, Shawn <shawn.pier...@sug.com>wrote: > I'm pretty sure that BMC Analytics uses the ODBC drivers, and even if they > were not available, it's pretty trivial to use SQL Server or Oracle ODBC > drivers to connect to the database, it's just that you have to have a > separate account that can access the database and know how to convert the > dates, as well as manually translate the integer values to the text values > on enumerated fields. > > Thanks, > > Shawn Pierson > Remedy Developer | Southern Union > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of David Durling > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 9:35 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: 7.6.04 ITSM No more UT Questions > > I forgot the fate of ODBC driver use, though it was delivered with the > user tool in the past. Some of our users have liked that for logging in > from Excel where they can manipulate reports in a familiar way. Perhaps > it's an option against the newer ARS? (If the users didn't necessarily > feel the need to be "in Remedy".) > > David Durling > University of Georgia > > On 2/22/2011 9:58 AM, Roger Justice wrote: > > ** The Macro's are going to be the hardest sale. The new WEB reporting > > that was added to 7.6.04 allows all users to create their own reports > > and export it to a csv file. It is a little more work however it does > > also provide the capability to build graphical reports. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sanford, Claire <claire.sanf...@memorialhermann.org> > > To: arslist <arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> > > Sent: Tue, Feb 22, 2011 9:50 am > > Subject: Re: 7.6.04 ITSM No more UT Questions > > > > ** > > I highlighted two of Joe's questions and comments. They really hit home > > here with my users. > > > How do people pull their own ad hoc reports, based on their own > > criteria, into a .csv file if there is no user tool. They don't want a > > crystal report. They want a report they can massage and manipulate etc. > > Ad Hoc reports were a huge factor when we looked at keeping Remedy vs. > > "the other guys" and we were told that that would not be a problem. > > Can they use the last created version of the UT on the 7.6.04 version? > > I have a very unhappy user community and I only showed it to a few in my > > heavy user group. Can't wait for the rest of them.... > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" > > Private and confidential as detailed here: > http://www.sug.com/disclaimers/default.htm#Mail . If you cannot access the > link, please e-mail sender. > -- Patrick Zandi _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
