Re: AREmail engine message size limitation?

2010-07-09 Thread Ravi
Thank you. That was the problem. I thought I had already changed this. I am guessing the Patch 8 installation overwrote the value. On 7/8/2010 11:06 AM, Shellman, David wrote: Ravi, The Field Values field on the AR System Email Messages form has the field size set to 32,000. We set this

Re: AREmail engine message size limitation?

2010-07-09 Thread Shellman, David
Each email engine install or patch will reset the AR System Email Messages form. Dave - dave.shell...@tycoelectronics.com (Wireless) - Original Message - From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) arslist@ARSLIST.ORG To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG

New Data Import tool

2010-07-09 Thread Rick Cook
I am using this for the first time, and I don't like it. In addition to it taking longer to map fields, it refuses to both accept a text string into the Character field AND log why it won't. It just gives a popup asking me to confirm that it is skipping each record with a message Record number:

Shibboleth Authentication with Remedy?

2010-07-09 Thread Mark Lev
Does anyone know if Remedy can authenticate against Shibboleth? I cannot find any reference to it in documentation or BMC website, however, it is a standards based solution. Thanks, Mark ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access

Zipping up attachments

2010-07-09 Thread Greg Donalson
Hi all, I have a requirement that in order to send an attachment across web services, that the attachment must be zipped first. I was wondering if there was any way that once the user has submitted an attachment to go back in and zip the attachment and then send it across web services? I

Re: Zipping up attachments

2010-07-09 Thread Garrison, Sean (Norcross)
You don't really have to do this. Remedy compresses the file out of the box. From page 33 of Using relational databases with AR System: The Attachment details table contains information for the properties of Attachment fields. For every Attachment field in the form, a separate table is created

all custom reports error in midtier

2010-07-09 Thread Ramey, Anne
For my custom reports, with and without subreports, I get errors like Error Failed to open the connection. Failed to open the connection. C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{E239F6DA-2BE3-40B1-9AAD-9F898E882E66}.rpt In the midtier. Of course the hex string is different each time. I checked and that file does

Re: Zipping up attachments

2010-07-09 Thread Greg Donalson
Hi Sean, Thanks for the response. The problem is that the application on the other end of the web service only accepts .zip files. That is why I need to zip these attachments. Thanks! Greg -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

Re: New Data Import tool

2010-07-09 Thread Roger Justice
I have done a lot of importing and have hard coded character fields and did not encounter the problem you are having. -Original Message- From: Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com To: arslist arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Fri, Jul 9, 2010 7:49 am Subject: New Data Import tool ** I am using

Re: Zipping up attachments

2010-07-09 Thread Thilo Stapff
Using ARSperl, it would be something like this: # Save attachment from file my $att = ars_GetEntryBLOB( $ctrl, $form, $entryId, $fieldId, ARS::AR_LOC_FILENAME, $file ); die ars_GetEntryBLOB( $form, $entryId, $fieldId ): $ars_errstr\n if $ars_errstr; # Create a ZIP archive, add the

Re: New Data Import tool

2010-07-09 Thread Rick Cook
Is that with the 7.5 data import tool? Rick -Original Message- From: Roger Justice rjust2...@aol.com Sender: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 10:19:53 To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Reply-To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG

Re: New Data Import tool

2010-07-09 Thread jham36
Do you need to put your text string in double quotes? I have not tried it myself. James On Jul 9, 10:19 am, Roger Justice rjust2...@aol.com wrote: I have done a lot of importing and have hard coded character fields and did not encounter the problem you are having. -Original

Re: New Data Import tool

2010-07-09 Thread Rick Cook
No - just the string. The tool should take care of formatting text for its own use. Rick On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:50 AM, jham36 jha...@gmail.com wrote: Do you need to put your text string in double quotes? I have not tried it myself. James On Jul 9, 10:19 am, Roger Justice

Re: all custom reports error in midtier

2010-07-09 Thread Lundgren, Jeff
** B From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) arslist@ARSLIST.ORG To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Fri Jul 09 09:05:09 2010 Subject: all custom reports error in midtier For my custom reports, with and without subreports, I get errors

Re: New Data Import tool

2010-07-09 Thread Roger Justice
7.5 patch 4 -Original Message- From: Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com To: arslist arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Fri, Jul 9, 2010 10:39 am Subject: Re: New Data Import tool Is that with the 7.5 data import tool? Rick From: Roger Justice rjust2...@aol.com Sender: Action Request System

Re: Different times from User tool and Web

2010-07-09 Thread Alex
We are facing the exact same issue -- the times are 1 hour off on midtier which is on EST. Let me know if you find a solution to the problem. On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Joe D'Souza jdso...@shyle.net wrote: ** Anne's suggestion extended my idea suggested in a mail 5 minutes ago a

Re: New Data Import tool

2010-07-09 Thread Guillaume Rheault
I've used the new data import tool quite a bit, and have not run into show stoppers yet. My version 7.5 patch 4. You can just type the character string without quotes in the field mapping, it does work. Guillaume From: Action Request System discussion

Re: RKM Authentication

2010-07-09 Thread Guillaume Rheault
You may want to upgrade your RKM 7.2 to 7.5. That is exactly one of the new features of RKM 7.5. Guillaume From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [arsl...@arslist.org] on behalf of Carin Grobler [remedy...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03,

Re: RKM Authentication

2010-07-09 Thread Gramlich, Jeff
Hmm. If you set your KMS_config.xml to Remedy authentication then I would be looking at doc ID: 20007163. That was what my issue was. Jeff -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Guillaume Rheault Sent: Friday,

Re: Zipping up attachments

2010-07-09 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
You should not need any API application as you could do everything inside Remedy. Save the attachment to the server using a Set Fields $PROCESS$ PERFORM-ACTION-SAVE-ATTACHMENT I know there are command line versions of Zip available, so you just have to call one in a Run Process command to

AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Shellman, David
Hmm. Just received a support announcement for the withdrawal of AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010. Dave Dave Shellman Phone: (717) 810-3687 Fax:(717) 810-2124 email: dave.shell...@tycoelectronics.com Tyco Electronics MS 161-043 PO Box 3608 Harrisburg, PA 17105-3607

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Tomasiewicz, Mike (Information Technology)
Too late for us, unfortunately ... my DEV server is a WRECK! .:Mike:. From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Shellman, David Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 12:13 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch

JOB: Position Open

2010-07-09 Thread Brandi Barbour
The contact for this position is: Jessie Recco Technical Recruiter Kforce Professional Staffing Phone: 703.464.6661 Cell: 703.447.5676 Fax: 703.481.3866 jre...@kforce.com Dell Federal Systems Contract supporting Dept. of Transportation Washington, DC Contract 3/15/10 – 9/30/10 US

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Guillaume Rheault
WOW Where does the buck stop? Guillaume From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [arsl...@arslist.org] on behalf of Tomasiewicz, Mike (Information Technology) [mike.tomasiew...@conagrafoods.com] Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 1:33 PM To:

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread patchsk
Hmm...I just applied revised patch5 just yesterday. Seems more work to me ahead. On Jul 9, 10:42 am, Guillaume Rheault guilla...@dcshq.com wrote: WOW Where does the buck stop? Guillaume From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

Re: New Data Import tool

2010-07-09 Thread Juan Ingles
Sounds like it might be having trouble with the requestID? Did you double check your Duplicates and Data Handling settings? In 7.5 those can be set per mapping and I've noticed that new mappings don't always pick up the system defaults correctly. The per-mapping settings are easy to miss, they

Re: New Data Import tool

2010-07-09 Thread Joe D'Souza
Rick, Probably a version specific problem? Try stepping up or down a patch? I am certain I was able to map a arbitrary string into a character field without an issue. The new Import Data Tool, is pretty much like the Development Studio. You won't like it when you first use it but there are

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Easter, David
BMC thought it proper to issue a flash warning about the issue and to withdraw the patch until a fix could be put in place. The issue is described in the flash announcement: A licensing and audit issue was fixed in AR System 7.5.00 patch 005 (SW00369044) and 7.1.00 patch 010 (SW00369045). The

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Rick Cook
Will its replacement be also named patch 5/10, or will it be given a new number? I would think it proper procedure to give it a new number, but this is not consistent with what BMC has been doing with its patches. I can think of at least one recent example where there were three different

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Joe D'Souza
Any word on why specifically they were recalled? Mike, what version and patch are you on and what are the problems you are encountering? Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org]on Behalf Of Tomasiewicz, Mike (Information

RKM Authentication

2010-07-09 Thread John Baker
(advert) Sadly, the 'integration' is not a perfect system of moving users between webapps - i.e. it's not true SSO to RKM. The answer lies here: http://www.javasystemsolutions.com/jss/ssoplugin (2m40s into the movie)

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Joe D'Souza
I completely agree. An issue like this also highlights the need for BMC to develop a recovery tool to recover to a previous patch level, just in case recovery to a previous level is not possible through simple file replacement because the AR database structure has also been modified. Those who

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread LJ LongWing
David, Is this a pull of the initial Patch 5, or the revised Patch 5 that came out recently?and why do we again have a scenario where we have two of the same patch version running around? -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

Shibboleth Authentication with Remedy?

2010-07-09 Thread John Baker
(advert) Shibboleth provides a Tomcat JAAS module, and hence it'll integrate with the SSO Plugin. I.e. install SSO Plugin, install Tomcat JAAS module, job done. http://wiki.oss-watch.ac.uk/ShibbolethTomcatIntegration

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Rick Cook
Indeed. I appreciate how BMC has improved their release processes over the past few years, but this practice of re-using patch numbers is a major no-no from a Release Mgmt. perspective. At least name them 5a, 5b... or 5.1, 5.2... or something. Rick On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 2:13 PM, LJ LongWing

Re: all custom reports error in midtier

2010-07-09 Thread Ramey, Anne
This was the mid-tier not liking the ODBC name on the report creator's machine (so the ODBC connection name in the report). Changing this to the same ODBC name used in the mid-tier fixes up this issue. Anne Ramey *** E-mail correspondence to and from this

Form with a couple of Views not showing on entry point for homepage

2010-07-09 Thread Tim Rondeau
Hi All, Trying to figure out why my new view is not showing up as an entry point. In the new view I did put Entry Point, New Mode label, but still does not display. The original view does show up with out issue, now I would like to have another view show up. We are using 7.1 patch 7 windows

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Pierson, Shawn
Yeah, I entered a call with BMC Support just this week and they told me to install Patch 5. Fortunately, the only thing I patched was the Email Engine, but it would be nice if BMC stopped trying to be the next Microsoft when it comes to quality. Shawn Pierson From: Action Request System

Migrator tool: No servers for this account

2010-07-09 Thread Martin, Dwayne
Dear List, Trying to get the Migrator tool working. It is licensed on both our AR servers. I open the tool and click the New Server Window icon. It lets me log in to both servers, but the choice window only lists one of the two servers. If I try again and only log in to the missing server,

Re: Migrator tool: No servers for this account

2010-07-09 Thread Garrison, Sean (Norcross)
In migrator go to Tools-Licenses to add the license for the server. Another thing to try: I don't know if 7.1 has a multilicense file but try removing /etc/arsystem/.multilicense and restarting the server. That may resolve it. A third issue is that if you are in a server group environment you

Re: Form with a couple of Views not showing on entry point for homepage

2010-07-09 Thread Mueller, Doug
Tim, It sounds like the following is what you are encountering: You have a form named A and it has a view with a label called AView1. You see the entry point list and AView1 is showing up on the list. So far so good. You now add a new view to form A and give it an entry point label of AView2

Re: Migrator tool: No servers for this account SOLVED

2010-07-09 Thread Martin, Dwayne
Thank, Sean, Re: In migrator go to Tools-Licenses to add the license for the server. I thot I had already taken care of that but I hadn't. Sorry, it's Friday and my brain is fried. Dwayne From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Garrison,

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Easter, David
While I don't disagree, operational issues internally do not enable the issuance of an externally visible 005A or such in terms of patch numbering at this time. However, the version string within the executable does change, so you can tell which version you have by running the version command

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Rick Cook
So we have two versions of 7.5 patch 5, and will soon probably have a third. Having the ability to ascertain which of those I have installed would be much more useful if we had some sort of lookup table available to tell us which of the three we had installed, so that we would be able to know

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Tony Worthington
So make the new one patch 6? Please? :-) Tony Worthington | Sr. Technical Analyst | Kohl?s Department Stores N56 W17000 Ridgewood Drive | Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 | office: (262) 703-7763 | e-mail: tony.worthing...@kohls.com From: Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.com To:

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Guillaume Rheault
I vote for that. I really don't care or mind if the patch number high. I also agree that this is proper release mgmt. Maybe a lister can take a look at the Service Transitioning ITIL guide to see what is the best practice Guillaume From: Action Request System

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread LJ LongWing
Ok.so original Patch 5 is still good, if you are willing to deal with the license stuff problems. From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Easter, David Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 1:28 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: AR System

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Rick Cook
And do we really want to start a discussion about why an industry leader in the creation and selling of tools that enforce ITIL practices is unable to leverage those tools to follow those practices in it's own environment? Rick On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Guillaume Rheault

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Easter, David
Ø Ok...so original Patch 5 is still good, if you are willing to deal with the license stuff problems. That is correct. And it's just the audit file/report - not licensing in general. Licensing still works fine with or without any patches. -David J. Easter Sr. Product Manager, Enterprise

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Mike Gould
What are the version strings for the original Patch 005 and the revised Patch 005? -Mike On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.com wrote: ** Ø Ok…so original Patch 5 is still good, if you are willing to deal with the license stuff problems. That is correct.

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Guillaume Rheault
Why not Eating your won food should be a principle for every corporation. Two examples that come to mind: HP and Oracle. HP embarked in a huge project to consolidate all its data centers; at the end of that project, they will be able to tell their clients the hurdles they encountered and

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Rick Cook
Sounds like a great idea for a WWRUG 2010 session. How BMC eats its own dog food. Rick On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Guillaume Rheault guilla...@dcshq.comwrote: ** Why not Eating your won food should be a principle for every corporation. Two examples that come to mind: HP and

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread patchsk
original: 7.5.00 Patch 005 201005111542 revised: 7.5.00 Patch 005 201006240200 On Jul 9, 1:05 pm, Mike Gould mjgo...@gmail.com wrote: What are the version strings for the original Patch 005 and the revised Patch 005? -Mike On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Easter, David

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Pierson, Shawn
I think it would be a good thing for BMC to present this information, however it's pretty obvious that they do use at least some of their own products if you've logged into their support site (custom ARS apps and RKM), and when I was working a contract in their Houston office a number of years

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Joe D'Souza
True but that is not a true recovery method.. You would loose application data written between the upgrade and downgrade.. Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org]on Behalf Of Guillaume Rheault Sent: Friday, July 09,

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Rick Cook
I know that they do use a lot of their own software, and have been trying to move toward that goal for a while. I am hoping that a session like that I suggested would show the status of that dogfood in a favorable light that would leave us impressed. However, there are a couple of noticeable

Commit Changes Action in Midtier

2010-07-09 Thread Smith, Ron [TBC]
Hopefully someone has ran into this before. I am redesigning a survey app that I built last year to do it through a Submit. Send the customer a URL to Midtier for the Survey form. After the customer fills out the survey, there is a button to Submit the Survey. In the Active Link that is

Re: Commit Changes Action in Midtier

2010-07-09 Thread LJ LongWing
Ron, Is it possible you are on a 'Search' of the window instead of a 'Submit'? A commit action in a search window performs the search as specified by fieldsinstead of a create like you would get in a Submit window or the Modify you would get in a Modify window. -Original Message-

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread Jason Miller
I second the motion. What's better then seeing how the mothership uses their own product? I remember being impressed with some of the stuff they were doing when taking the tour in Pleasanton back in 2002. Jason On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com wrote: ** Sounds

Re: Form with a couple of Views not showing on entry point for homepage

2010-07-09 Thread Tim Rondeau
Thank you Doug got explaining. Tim From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Mueller, Doug Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 3:15 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Form with a couple of Views not showing on entry point for homepage ** Tim,

Re: Commit Changes Action in Midtier

2010-07-09 Thread Jason Miller
I agree with LJ. It sounds like you are in a search mode and when you press the button it is doing a QBE search based on the survey fields you filled out. Try adding mode=Submit to the URL somewhere after the question mark (add a question mark if you don't have one). Example: http://

Re: RKM Authentication

2010-07-09 Thread Jason Miller
Or even better the next version of RKM is a Remedy app. Ok so you have to wait a little while until it is released. Jason On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Guillaume Rheault guilla...@dcshq.comwrote: You may want to upgrade your RKM 7.2 to 7.5. That is exactly one of the new features of RKM

Re: DB Links vs Webservices

2010-07-09 Thread Chintan Shah
Hi Naveen, I prefer 3-tier architecture rather than 2-tier solely because working with data-model directly is not a scalable design. I prefer web-services route only because I dont have to deal with SQL havocs(I am not SQL guru :)) and working with Databases which I dont own and have no