I had put in a RFE back in 2010 to change the `! into a "Phase Override" radio button, but it was closed. I had suggested the radio button/dropdown so we could override the phase in all directions (I can see times where we would want a filter to run in Phase 4, such as if we have to push to on outside system after all processing is complete on a record)
Fred -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Rod Harris Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 7:14 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Commit Changes vs PERFORM ACTION APPLY ** Yeah Misi, I'm a bit surprised that the run process commands have grown so much faster than the actions. I guess it's quicker to develop features as Run Process commands rather than have dev studio hold our hand and check the syntax and context on entry. I know that it wouldn't be practical to expect every run process to be implemented as an action but for some of the very common ones it would make a lot of sense. A business time command would be nice. The syntax on those process commands is darn tricky even for experts. The other thing that has surprised me is that the odd `! naming convention for overriding filter phasing has survived all these years. Surely it would be much nicer to have a simple check box field or something to indicate this. It would be easy enough to phase out the old method over time and just auto set the new check box if the name ended in `! I'm not a fan of the mechanics of a piece of code featuring in the name. I think it should describe what it does rather than how it does it. If you change how it does it then you have to change its name also. In Remedy since the name of an active link or filter etc. is the key you have a problem with version control if you keep changing the names of things. If you leave the name the same despite changing how things are done then your naming convention becomes compromised. There's a lot I love about Remedy and it does keep getting better but I'd like it if these couple of things were improved. Rod Harris -----Original Message----- On 12 December 2011 16:32, Misi Mladoniczky wrote: Hi, I definitely vote for Commit Changes! Why use the ugly Run-Process bla bla bla syntax, when you have an action that does the same thing? Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://www.rrr.se (ARSList MVP 2011) Products from RRR Scandinavia (Best R.O.I. Award at WWRUG10/11): * RRR|License - Not enough Remedy licenses? Save money by optimizing. * RRR|Log - Performance issues or elusive bugs? Analyze your Remedy logs. Find these products, and many free tools and utilities, at http://rrr.se. -----Original Message----- > That's a good question Mark. I'm not aware of any differences that would > make one more efficient than the other. Personally I prefer to use the > "Commit Changes" as it seems cleaner to use this rather than one of many > run process commands. > > Rod Harris > > -----Original Message----- > On 9 December 2011 04:51, Brittain, Mark wrote: >> >> HI All,**** >> >> Commit Changes vs. PERFORM ACTION APPLY. Is one better to use than the >> other on ARS 6.3?**** >> >> I have one active link that populates data from a SQL query and a second >> active link to commit the changes. These were probably created under ARS >> 3 >> or 4. The Commit Changes does the job but always looking to smart way to >> do >> things.**** >> >> Thanks**** >> Mark **** >> >> >> *Mark Brittain* >> Remedy Developer**** >> *NaviSite - **A Time Warner Cable Company* >> mbritt...@navisite.com**** >> Office: 315-453-2912 x5335**** >> Mobile: 315-317-2897**** >> ** ** _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
