Company Dropping Remedy

2008-02-05 Thread James Collins
I found out last week that my company has decided to drop Remedy. Through an analysis they found found it to expensive and the support that they received since the BMC takeover as being not worth the costs associated with it. I was a bit surprised; however, they plan on developing some new opportu

Force Users to Use Update Button

2008-01-16 Thread James Collins
I have a form, that has a status field. It gets updated by a button that pulls up a menu of status. People keep free forming in the status field which screws up the status etc., I changed the permissions of the field but that does not allow the users to update with the update button. My other t

Re: epoch formula

2007-09-07 Thread James Collins
ecord count reaches are few hundred thousands, you won't have too much fun waiting for the results of that search.. Cheers Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Collins Sent: Friday, September

epoch formula

2007-09-07 Thread James Collins
It is late on a Friday my brain is a bit fried...or getting old...anyway, trying to do a simple thing, I am trying to set up a query that shows tickets about to escalate in one day... So time date field (target date) - 60*60*24 < target date. I am hoping this shows me what is going to escalate or

timestamp

2007-07-12 Thread James Collins
Simple question, I think. Where does timestamp time come from? I have two workstations on my desk, one my regular one with my time on the east coast. The other a vista box, always has the wrong time and is usually colorado time. I manually change it every day. When I submit tickets into remedy

Re: INIT-FORM

2007-06-14 Thread James Collins
I can't explain it, I started working, sometimes I think gremlins mess with me. Thanks all. James Collins Supervisor Client Services,IT Service Desk Vnet 331-6070 DD 914-881-6070 Fax 914 331 7318 DD 914-881-7318 www.verizonbusiness.com Verizon Business - global capability.per

INIT-FORM

2007-06-14 Thread James Collins
application belongs to the company proprietary info etc., Is there a reason why init form is not working when all things seem to be the same. Does the service need to be stopped or some other undocumented feature? Thanks. James Collins Supervisor Client Services,IT Service Desk Vnet 331-6070 DD

Re: ARS -SQL Servers Consolidation

2007-04-18 Thread James Collins
Subject: ARS -SQL Servers Consolidation My group is in the process of consolidating SQL servers. Currently we run ARS and SQL on separate servers. The plan is to consolidate this onto one. I have the following questions, perhaps someone out there in ARSLIST land has some experience and can answe

ARS -SQL Servers Consolidation

2007-04-11 Thread James Collins
My group is in the process of consolidating SQL servers. Currently we run ARS and SQL on separate servers. The plan is to consolidate this onto one. I have the following questions, perhaps someone out there in ARSLIST land has some experience and can answer these: 1.) Is Remedy ARS 6.3 and CM

Re: Time Calculations-Weekly Meetings.

2007-03-02 Thread James Collins
, Cheap Pick two. On 3/2/07, James Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a question. I am trying to set up some workflow for our change > management system. Here is our process background. We submit changes and > then attend change meetings to discuss the change in more

Time Calculations-Weekly Meetings.

2007-03-02 Thread James Collins
the CR? Thanks in advance. James Collins ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"

Escalation Reports

2007-01-31 Thread James Collins
workflow. I thought perhaps an escalation. Any Suggestions? James Collins ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"

Weekly remedy Reports

2006-12-11 Thread James Collins
I am trying to set up a weekly report that runs stats, I have a report built, is there a way that I can inbed it into an escalation to have it run say on every Friday? James Collins Supervisor Client Services,IT Service Desk Vnet 331-6070 DD 914-881-6070 Fax 914 331 7318 DD 914-881-7318

Re: Last Login

2006-10-06 Thread James Collins
Yes I did think of that but they really do not want that, the first problem, they want to see it, and since that is an admin thing it is not all that clean. But I am surprised that does not come out of the box on the remedy user form. Might be a good suggestion. James Collins Supervisor Client

Last Login

2006-10-06 Thread James Collins
logging into multiple forms and not necessarily the same ones so I cannot work off of one common form. My management wants to know who logs in and who doesn't so any help would be helpful James Collins Supervisor Client Services,IT Service Desk Vnet 331-6070 DD 914-881-6070 Fax 914 331 731

Re: help, help, help

2006-08-22 Thread James Collins
** Sara,   For # 2 I am not sure what you are trying to accomplish but if you want a field to increment 1..2..3..4…5  you can can use an integer field set by workflow.    For # 1 you need to come up with workflow that says if transaction of database value  = $Field$  error out.   Jim  

Re: Fields not appearing in notification RESOLVED

2006-08-09 Thread James Collins
Title: Fields not appearing in notification ** Laurie,   Don’t worry we have all been there!!   Good Luck,   James   From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Muhlethaler, Laurie - GPM Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:39 PM

Re: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software

2006-07-19 Thread James Collins
orkstation you would jisust remove these @@: characters. Btw this would only work if you'd use the Windows User Tool, not with Mid-Tier. good luck, Michiel Beijen from Canada this time.... On 7/18/06, James Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I excluded part of the question, w

Re: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software

2006-07-18 Thread James Collins
Maybe it is my email address, try this one if responding, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: James Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 4:41 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 'arslist@ARSLIST.ORG' Subject: RE: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 -

Re: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software

2006-07-18 Thread James Collins
Is this question getting out there? I have not seen any responses in days to any of my questions I am not sure if it is the forum or just not anyone responding? Thanks, -Original Message- From: James Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 2:07 PM To: '[

Re: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software

2006-07-18 Thread James Collins
I excluded part of the question, when I install MD5.exe on the server or can do it on my local workstationl. From: James Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 5:20 PM To: 'arslist@ARSLIST.ORG' Subject: RE: BFS Stron

Re: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software

2006-07-18 Thread James Collins
-Original Message- From: James Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 10:02 AM To: 'arslist@ARSLIST.ORG' Subject: RE: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software I excluded part of the question, when I install MD5.exe on the server or ca

Re: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software

2006-07-18 Thread James Collins
, July 17, 2006 6:08 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software BFS Strong Password installs on the server as AR System forms. From: James Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 5

FW: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software

2006-07-17 Thread James Collins
Title: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software **     From: James Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 5:20 PM To: 'arslist@ARSLIST.ORG' Subject: RE: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software   A lo

Re: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software

2006-07-07 Thread James Collins
Title: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software **   Anyone else have similar hurdles with “Strong Password”  any suggestions? From: James Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 12:32 PM To: 'arslist@ARSLIST.ORG' Subject: FW:

FW: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software

2006-07-07 Thread James Collins
server (in C:\Program Files\AR System) then the set field probably should read:   $PROCESS$ @@:"C:\Program Files\AR System\md5.exe" -d"$Clear Password$"   Fred   From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf O

FW: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software

2006-07-07 Thread James Collins
Title: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software **     From: James Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 5:45 PM To: 'arslist@ARSLIST.ORG' Subject: RE: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software   Fred,

Re: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software

2006-07-06 Thread James Collins
ot;   From: James Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 12:22 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 'arslist@ARSLIST.ORG' Subject: RE: BFS Strong Password 2.5.1 - Errors when setting up software       From: James Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PR

Re: Escalations not firing

2006-04-24 Thread James Collins
Well, it looks like the reboot works. This must be one of those undocumented features. Thanks to all! Jim -Original Message- From: James Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 2:25 PM To: 'arslist@ARSLIST.ORG' Subject: RE: Escalations not firing Ca

Re: Escalations not firing

2006-04-21 Thread James Collins
Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Collins Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 12:41 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Escalations not firing I am having a strange problem. None of my escalations are firing on my production server. All of them are firing on

Escalations not firing

2006-04-21 Thread James Collins
I am having a strange problem. None of my escalations are firing on my production server. All of them are firing on my test server. Nothing seems obvious (i.e. permissions etc.,) Anyone have this type of problem before? Jim Collins _