upgrade to unicode - 7.1

2008-10-14 Thread Raido Oja
Hi, Just got a response from BMC that they do not support an upgrade of a non-unicode database to unicode. Just wanted to get some feedback if anyone has ever tried this and if it worked. Are there no other options than rebuilding the system? Any lessons learned would be appreciated. Thanks,

Re: archgid does not support 7.1.0

2008-10-14 Thread Axton
That's asking for trouble. They're named differently for a reason. Axton Grams On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Matias Campo Hoet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you try renaming the 7.1 libraries to their 7.0 names, so the program will find them? Matias.- -Mensaje original- De:

Re: upgrade to unicode - 7.1

2008-10-14 Thread Axton
I've done this using the following steps: - stop remedy - convert oracle instance to unicode - run a set of conversion scripts that convert 8-bit ascii characters to the target unicode character we want - run the arserver install and install the unicode arserver against the upgraded oracle

Re: Results List Drill Down

2008-10-14 Thread Mahesh Chandra
My 2 cents 1. Open the Form in the admin tool, click Form - Manage Views and you will see a Default View specified. 2. Disable the Drill Down option on the Table field and have an AL fire on Return/Table Double click with an Open Window Action and the view specified. If you want to

Re: Results List Drill Down

2008-10-14 Thread Feliciano, Ferdinand, A (Rocky)
You can disable the drill down on the table field and create an active link to execute on Return/Table Dbl-Clk to open it with the specified view. From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mac Rhoades Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:38 AM To:

Sybase Database Customers

2008-10-14 Thread Frank Caruso
I am looking to find out if anyone out there using Sybase has attempted to run against any unsupported configurations. We are running our ARS application hosts on Solaris 9. This is something our company is not happy with for many reasons. I have given them options for moving to a different

Re: Sybase Database Customers

2008-10-14 Thread Remedy Maniac
assuming you are mentioning ARS7: actually we are exactly in the same situation it would be good if BMC could provide more Linux support with Sybase Serouche Frank Caruso wrote: ** I am looking to find out if anyone out there using Sybase has attempted to run against any unsupported

Re: Senior Developer (Sydney/Australia)

2008-10-14 Thread William Rentfrow
I did 3 weeks of work in Sydney about 10 years ago. I'd jump on this in a heartbeat if it was remotely realistic for me to do so :) If there's a lister who wants to head out to Sydney for a couple years I'd HIGHLY encourage it. It's probably the most friendly city I've ever visited - and the

Re: Results List Drill Down

2008-10-14 Thread Rick Cook
If you turn on your Active Link and SQL logs while opening the record, it should tell you what's being done to what. At least then you'd know what you're trying to find. Rick On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Mac Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Rick, Thanks for your response. I don't

Re: Senior Developer (Sydney/Australia)

2008-10-14 Thread William Rentfrow
I don't know about greener - but if you were looking for a place overseas to go live for a few years it would be pretty good. One of the best things about Sydney was just how easy it is to get around. I had no problem at all figuring out the trains and ferries. Plus the city is very friendly to

Re: Results List Drill Down

2008-10-14 Thread Mac Rhoades
Rick, Thanks for your response. I don't believe that it is a Table field. The field is supposedly a Results List field (although not one created by me or the people before me) that appears at the top of the screen (again, in my site because you can have it at the bottom or side by side with the

PERFORM-ACTION-APPLY ver 6.3

2008-10-14 Thread Sanford, Claire
I know I have asked this question before. I looked for a reply that would work and didn't find any. I have asked Support and not received an answer that works. I've even read the manuals and SO I am asking it again. The Run Process is - PERFORM-ACTION-APPLY It pulls the ticket up in a

Re: Senior Developer (Sydney/Australia)

2008-10-14 Thread William Rentfrow
Since someone already called me out on this What I meant is the city is friendly for WALKING. A lot of US cities are not designed to walk through as a primary means of getting around. I've been at numerous places where you have to walk across a 6 lane divided road and have literally 8

Re: Results List Drill Down

2008-10-14 Thread Mac Rhoades
Thanks again Rick. I have tried that and nothing that I can identify is being shown in the logs either on the Server or on my User Tool logging. Do you have access to a ARS 6.3/HelpDesk 6.0 environment, preferably Out of the Box? If so, when you select the Search button on the HelpDesk screen, you

Re: HD 5.5 Application Documentation

2008-10-14 Thread Tanner, Doug
We have them; I will email them to you off the list Doug -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fossett, Darrel Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:26 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: HD 5.5 Application

Re: Results List Drill Down

2008-10-14 Thread Rick Cook
I think we were all under the false impression that this was on one of the consoles. It seems that this is on the actual HD form, which changes things some, since you're using a native split window of returned search results. Is this on the User Tool or the web? If it's the Web, you have more

Re: HD 5.5 Application Documentation

2008-10-14 Thread Rick Cook
Already took care of it, Doug. Thanks, though! Rick On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Tanner, Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: We have them; I will email them to you off the list Doug -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: upgrade to unicode - 7.1

2008-10-14 Thread Misi Mladoniczky
Hi Raido, I have only done this by: 1. installing a new system 2. importing the def-file 3. copying all the data between old and new server with RRR|Chive (except the User-form) Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://rrr.se Hi, Just got a response from BMC that they do not support an

Re: Results List Drill Down

2008-10-14 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
What about changing the default view for the form? It sounds like double clicking the row in the Results list is opening the Default view of the form. In the Admin tool do: Form - Manage Views and change which view is the default. Fred From: Action Request

Re: Results List Drill Down

2008-10-14 Thread Mac Rhoades
Fred, I have already tried that but it did not work, although that sounds like it should. Thanks anyway. Mac Rhoades Sr. Remedy Developer IT Application Development DataPath, Inc. 678-252-4364 From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Spell Checker

2008-10-14 Thread Begosh, Kevin
Has anyone created some form of spell checker workflow inside of remedy that has worked with Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft 2007. Kevin Begosh, RSP mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist

Re: PERFORM-ACTION-APPLY ver 6.3

2008-10-14 Thread Sanford, Claire
The PERFORM-ACTION-APPLY is the Remedy OOTB workflow. The Window Open with Details Only should work, but it isn't. I'll give it a try with the Commit Change action. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Misi

Re: Spell Checker

2008-10-14 Thread Frank, Gordon M. (CMS/CTR)
Check out the following: http://developer.bmc.com/communities/message/17150 Gordon M. Frank Remedy Skilled Professional ITIL V3 Certified Lockheed Martin From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Job: Remedy - Washington DC - Permanent - Kforce

2008-10-14 Thread Kitchen, Joshua T
Dear List, In short we are basically looking for someone who can do a out of the box upgrade from 5.x to 7.x and then be on support and sustainment. OFFICIAL DETAILS: This individual shall provide development and implementation support of a BMC REMEDY Information Technology Service Management

Re: Results List Drill Down

2008-10-14 Thread Jason Miller
The UT is using the the view that is set in Tools Options Advanced Default Form View. I remember seeing some Run Macro active links that changed the view when you opened different consoles (Management, Asset Management, etc) in previous versions of ITSM. These may have been a customization

Re: Senior Developer (Sydney/Australia)

2008-10-14 Thread Matt Worsdell
Amazing how the world over wants to emigrate to Australia and the aussies are all over here in London ;) I second this, I spent a 3 weeks in Australia vacation (1 wk in Sydney, 1 wk in Melbourne and the rest at the reef and interior). I'd immigrate there without hesitation. The people there

Re: Results List Drill Down

2008-10-14 Thread Rick Cook
Is it possible that it isn't a table field, but a Results List field? I seriously doubt it, but that's a possibility. A slightly greater possibility is that the field isn't on the views you're looking at. A much better possibility is that the table is hidden behind other table fields - that's

Re: Spell Checker

2008-10-14 Thread Joe DeSouza
I have been using Firefox for a while and it works great with its built in spell checker.. The only issue I have come across with Firefox is that the column names of columns in table fields is not displayed. So you do not get to see the names of the columns of table fields. But if you are

Re: Results List Drill Down

2008-10-14 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
To set the default view you should be able to use: PERFORM-ACTION-SET-PREFERENCE 20117 value 20117 = Default Form View From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Miller Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 2:19

Re: Spell Checker

2008-10-14 Thread Begosh, Kevin
I am referring to this with the use of the AR User tool, not the mid tier. I built something that works when I use it but I had someone else use it and it kind of runs in the back ground and they have to bring it up to see it. Also it goes through more than once when it should not. Kevin

Re: Spell Checker

2008-10-14 Thread Subash Biswas
Kevin: I used the OLE spell check described in Integrating with Plug-ins and Third-Party Products Guide 700 pg272. It works just fine with ARS 7.0.1p004 WUT and MS Word 2003. It transfers contents of any selected field to MS Word; spell check is performed by MS Word pop-up and values returned to

Support sites link to view/modify issues not working?

2008-10-14 Thread Joe DeSouza
This is what I get in a prompt when I login to support and click on the View/Update Issue link Caught exception :inMenudef is null Last time I got a similar error was about a couple of weeks ago and was told they were upgrading the application with new def files. Something wrong again? Joe

AD question

2008-10-14 Thread Shafqat Ayaz
Hi List A question on AD sync. Is it possible that when an account gets deleted in AD, it can be deleted in Remedy as well? Or can this be done only manually?   Many thanks   shafqat ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist

Re: AD question

2008-10-14 Thread Rick Cook
Sure, it's possible. I don't think I'd delete it in Remedy, though, I'd just mark it as offline or something. I generally recommend having 3 separate actions on the AD sync - adds, changes, and deletes. Rick On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Shafqat Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Hi List

Re: AD question

2008-10-14 Thread Roger Justice
To create an account is easy where login does not exist in Remedy and it does exist in AD. If you mark for deleted in AD and then run an escalation you can mark the Remedy entry for deletion. If you cannot do it this way if you can provide the qualification for does not exist in AD and then

Re: Senior Developer (Sydney/Australia)

2008-10-14 Thread Evans.Randy
I second this, I spent a 3 weeks in Australia vacation (1 wk in Sydney, 1 wk in Melbourne and the rest at the reef and interior). I'd immigrate there without hesitation. The people there are friendly all over the country. The food, scenery and bats were amazing. If you can go. -Original

AL Question

2008-10-14 Thread Mayfield, Andy L.
I have an AL that fires on a selection field. The AL does a set field action, uses the Current Screen, and should take the value from a character field ($Field$) and place it in another character field. $Field$ has a drop down menu to pull it's available options. When the AL fires, I get the

HD 5.5 Application Documentation

2008-10-14 Thread Fossett, Darrel
We need a copy of the PDF docs for Help Desk change and asset version 5.5. We had some old copies but I can not longer find them and I cant find them on the BMC website. Does anyone have them or know where I can download them? Thanks Darrel Fossett CSC [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email may contain

Re: Spell Checker

2008-10-14 Thread Susan Palmer
Check out http://tinyspell.m6.net/ It's free and works while you're typing in Remedy fields. There is also a $$ version but if I recall that one exposes passwords, not a good idea. Susan On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Subash Biswas [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Kevin: I used the OLE spell

Re: AL Question

2008-10-14 Thread LJ Longwing
I'm not sure I understand what you mean 'I get the menu options for $Field$', could you elaborate? -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mayfield, Andy L. Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 3:06 PM To:

Re: Senior Developer (Sydney/Australia)

2008-10-14 Thread Rick Cook
I guess the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, no matter where you live. Rick On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Matt Worsdell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amazing how the world over wants to emigrate to Australia and the aussies are all over here in London ;) I second this,

Re: AL Question

2008-10-14 Thread Mayfield, Andy L.
$Field$ is tied to a search menu and has a predetermined set of values to pull from. When my AL fires, instead of grabbing the value that's currently in $Field$, it pulls up the menu options for the $Field$. Example: Lets say that $Field$ is set the value of 1 on the current form. When the AL

Re: AL Question

2008-10-14 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
It sounds like the AL is getting the If Multiple Requests Match Display a List option. Check your Set Fields Run-If condition to make sure you are trying to select the value you want. If there are more than 1 record that matches your selection criteria you may need to change to the Use First

Re: AL Question

2008-10-14 Thread Mayfield, Andy L.
Since I am using the CURRENT SCREEN options, The Multiple Requests Match options are grayed out. Andy L. Mayfield Sr. System Operation Specialist Alabama Power Company Office: 205-226-1805 Cell: 205-288-9140 SoLinc: 10*19140 -Original Message- From: Action Request System

Re: PERFORM-ACTION-APPLY ver 6.3

2008-10-14 Thread Misi Mladoniczky
Hi, The Window Open with Details Only should work. At least in Windows User Tool, and very likely in Mid-Tier as well. I do not know what you need the PERFORM-ACTION-APPLY for though... Why not use the more modern Commit Changes action? Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://rrr.se I

Results List Drill Down

2008-10-14 Thread Mac Rhoades
I work in an environment with ARS 6.3 and HelpDesk 6.0. The HelpDesk has been heavily customized with multiple views for different groups in the company. I have seen this before but it has never been an issue until now. When doing a search in HelpDesk, the Results list comes up depending on the

EIE Copy Mapping Error

2008-10-14 Thread Drew Shuller
Hello everyone, When trying to copy a Data Mapping in EIE, the system returns this error: Set fields active link running a process failed EIE:DataMapping Error[90]: Cannot establish a network connection to the AR System server EIE:DataMapping Error[90]: Cannot establish a network connection to

Re: Results List Drill Down

2008-10-14 Thread Mac Rhoades
Mahesh, Ferdinand, Thanks for replying but the Default View that is currently set up is the Requester view. The view that is displaying when the line is double-clicked in the Results List is the Support view which is the original full view of HelpDesk 6.0 (although it has been customized at my

Re: AL Question

2008-10-14 Thread Mayfield, Andy L.
Ok, after painfully going through and turning off all other AL's, I have discovered that I apparently have a conflict somewhere. I guess I get go turn them on one by one now. Oh Joy! Andy L. Mayfield Sr. System Operation Specialist Alabama Power Company Office: 205-226-1805 Cell: 205-288-9140

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2008-10-14 Thread Betina Lose
Dear ARSListers - This is a reminder of our upcoming Washington D.C. Area Remedy Users Group (WARUG) meeting on Friday 24 October 2008 again at the Booz Allen Hamilton building in Mclean, VA. The agenda has been finalized as follows: 9:00 - 9:15Betina Lose, WARUG

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2008-10-14 Thread Joe DeSouza
I got a couple of listers complain to me that the font they receive my emails in is not very legible. On seeing a screen capture that one of them sent me I completely agree.. The weird thing however is that I am composing and sending my emails using a regular Times New Roman font size 10. I

Re: Remedy Developer Position (ITSM 7.x) Tuscaloosa, AL

2008-10-14 Thread Timothy Powell
Rick Cook. I was hoping that Tuscaloosa caught your attention and that you would take the rate cut in order to enjoy Dreamland BBQ whenever you want. ;-) Tim From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Powell Sent: Thursday,

Re: Remedy Developer Position (ITSM 7.x) Tuscaloosa, AL

2008-10-14 Thread Rick Cook
Well, that is tempting, but I'll be working in Dallas for a while, and the BBQ there is pretty good, too. Rick On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Timothy Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Rick Cook. I was hoping that Tuscaloosa caught your attention and that you would take the rate cut in

Re: Remedy Developer Position (ITSM 7.x) Tuscaloosa, AL

2008-10-14 Thread Timothy Powell
I hear ya'! I was only hoping! I all seriousness folks, this gig is still open. Long term engagement with probable extension. $75/hr is a starting rate. We could go a little higher depending on your expertise. Regards, Tim From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

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2008-10-14 Thread Axton
Use plain text and don't worry about it. Axton Grams On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:28 PM, Joe DeSouza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** I got a couple of listers complain to me that the font they receive my emails in is not very legible. On seeing a screen capture that one of them sent me I completely

Re: AD question

2008-10-14 Thread Rohini Prasher
Do you have any attribute in AD that is set to some particular value, before a record is deleted in AD. If yes you can create an intermediate form, having a table field based on vendor form on AD. This table field should check for this, delete attribute. After it you can do table looping to

OT: Some receive emails from me with an odd font....

2008-10-14 Thread Joe DeSouza
I can't because I am using Yahoo to communicate with the ARS List and the only choices I have to choose from there are some of the standard fonts. I'll look up advanced options on Yahoo to see if they support plain text emails. Joe - Original Message From: Axton [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Some receive emails from me with an odd font....

2008-10-14 Thread Redick, Kevin
In the web based yahoo mail systems (both classic and their 'new mail') to the right of the subject line there should be a spot where it says Plain Text click on this and it will convert the email your composing to plain text. --Kevin From: Action Request

Re: Some receive emails from me with an odd font....

2008-10-14 Thread Joe DeSouza
Damn I hadn't noticed this! Joe - Original Message From: Redick, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 12:57:05 AM Subject: Re: Some receive emails from me with an odd font In the web based yahoo mail systems (both classic and their 'new