Hi,

Maybe you can use RRR|LoginConv, which is a tool that we give away for free:
https://www.rrr.se/cgi/tools/main#rrrLoginConv

It can walk through every record of your system, and replace the old login
name with a new one. It even handles Status-History, Diary-fields and
row-level access control where you have specified login names in the
112/60xxx fields.

When you are removing a login name, change it from "peter" to "x1peter" or
something like that. In this way you can keep all historical data and
still reuse a login name.

        Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://www.rrr.se (ARSList MVP 2011)

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> This has bothered me for a while:  What do to if one is using AREA against
> a system that re-users usernames, and you want the Remedy username to
> match the external one, but then there is the potential for the problems
> mentioned below.
>
> There is a unique id for each account in the external system, of course -
> but not sure how I could leverage that.  Any bright ideas?  I suppose I
> could store the unique id in Remedy and do an ARDBC lookup after every
> login (would maybe have to set up an init-form to trigger the workflow on
> login) to see if it matches.  If it doesn't match, create a new record &
> retire the old, and use this record to stamp this unique id on any
> requests created by the user.   But then how to allow-disallow access to
> the records?   Not sure it's workable.  Does anyone have a good way to
> handle this?
>
> David Durling
> University of Georgia
>
>
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
> [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Joe Martin D'Souza
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 3:17 PM
> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
> Subject: Re: 7.6.04 - Question about re-using Login Id's
>
> **
> It would not be a EULA violation - as long as its not 2 physical
> individuals using the same ID at the same time, they are not breaking any
> EULA...
>
> However for reasons mentioned in the original post itself, this is a bad
> idea. Yes you will see all records since a lot within the system is
> referenced by the Login ID. Remedy does not have any other unique
> identifier that is actually used within searches to separate one login ID
> from the other in the event that you have two login ID's with the same
> value, one of which is retired and the other active..
>
> So bottom-line, if a match is found, rename the new ID that needs to be
> created to something slightly different.
>
> Joe
>
> From: patrick zandi<mailto:remedy...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 3:07 PM
> Newsgroups: public.remedy.arsystem.general
> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG>
> Subject: Re: 7.6.04 - Question about re-using Login Id's
>
> ** Might be a EULA violation as well.. May want to check on that.. License
> violation.
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 3:04 PM, David M. Clark
> <david.m.cl...@tn.gov<mailto:david.m.cl...@tn.gov>> wrote:
> **
> Confirmed.  Don't do that.  For all the reasons you mention and more.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
> [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG>] On Behalf Of Jase
> Brandon
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 1:49 PM
> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG>
> Subject: 7.6.04 - Question about re-using Login Id's
>
> ** Hello All,
> What is the general consensus regarding re use of login id's?
> My concern is this = Login ID "User1" is used by an employee for 6 months.
> That employee leaves the company. Someone new gets hired, in a new support
> group, and our support center then reuses "User1" as a login id. Now if an
> auditor queries for all data modified by 'last update user' = "User1",
> they are going to get everything from both users who shared a login id,
> different data, different support groups, basically a mess - right? I seem
> to remember having the "don't re-use login id's" discussion in the past
> and the answer was "don't do that" - thoughts anyone?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jase
>
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