Yeah I know this is possible through embedding a javascript, but like you stated tweaking existing time fields to exhibit that behavior would mean you bring it into the Remedy realm. I have worked at a few sites where if you were to use custom java code or code borrowed from the internet - they go absolutely not. Its not OTB so you are not allowed. They attribute their rigid approach to company policies to keep things OTB as much as possible to lower costs of maintenance of their applications. Its not very uncommon. So it gets hard to sneak foreign stuff under the covers. I have even worked at some companies that even denied me creating my own DB views of certain things to show up as custom view forms.. Leave alone using external java code..
Joe _____ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Jason Miller Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 11:49 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: RFE: A Countdown / Timer / Stopwatch type field... ** That was my first thought as well. Using Javascript it is a bit difficult to take a workflow action when the time is up though. Not impossible, just outside the "normal" Remedy realm. Joe's Idea would bring this back into a pure Remedy realm. Sylvain YVON has posted some great documentation around making Javascript with with Remedy workflow; including how to call an AL Guide via Javascript. Enhancing MT user <https://communities.bmc.com/docs/DOC-21816> experience with JavaScript; Part 1 Enhancing MT user <https://communities.bmc.com/docs/DOC-21818> experience with JavaScript; Part 2 Jason On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 5:17 AM, Jim Bruce <jimjbr...@yahoo.ca> wrote: Hi Joe, you can also implement this with a small bit of Javascript code ... added to a View Field should do the trick, or to target a display only field change the reference of "idCountdown" to your "arid" field (eg. arid888000111). <html> <body> <span id="idCountdown"></span> </body> <script type="text/javascript"> // Countdown from a set number of seconds (eg. 300) // OR set future date to countdown from (eg. end of epoch time) // *** INSTRUCTIONS *** uncomment either of the next two lines var target = new Date().getTime() + (300 * 1000); //var target = new Date("Jan 19, 2038").getTime(); // time vars var dd, hh, mm, ss; // function to update countdown every second setInterval(function () { // seconds from now until target var now = new Date().getTime(); var seconds = (target - now) / 1000; // parse seconds into time vars dd = parseInt(seconds / 86400); seconds = seconds % 86400; hh = parseInt(seconds / 3600); seconds = seconds % 3600; mm = parseInt(seconds / 60); ss = parseInt(seconds % 60); // find and set id="countdown" in document document.getElementById("idCountdown").innerHTML = dd + 'd ' + hh + 'h ' + mm + 'm ' + ss + 's'; // indicate when countdown has completed if (ss<0) { document.getElementById("idCountdown").style.color = 'red'; } }, 1000); </script> </html> Hope this helps. -Jim ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
