Using an escalation to kick off an event??

2013-08-12 Thread Richter, Howard (CEI - Atlanta)
Good morning, afternoon and evening all, I have an odd thing I am trying to do with an escalation. I need to insert a record into a form (lets call is X) to kick off an event. The problem is that this form X is somewhat a busy one so if I do any qualifications, (for example if the subject like

Re: Using an escalation to kick off an event??

2013-08-12 Thread Shellman, David
Howard, Many years ago, I created a single form that I use to trigger reports, uploading data, etc. That is if I find a single record in that form, a push is triggered to create a record in another form. Dave From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG]

Re: Using an escalation to kick off an event??

2013-08-12 Thread Longwing, Lj
Howard, Create a Regular form Y, put a single record in it. Have your Escalation fire on form Y, matching on that record, and have the action be a push to form X. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Richter, Howard (CEI - Atlanta) howard.rich...@coxinc.com wrote: ** Good morning, afternoon

Re: Using an escalation to kick off an event??

2013-08-12 Thread Mueller, Doug
Howard, As LJ and others have described, one way is to have a form that has a single record and just run the escalation on it. You can push to any form so escalate on the dummy form and push wherever you want your new record. OR Set the qualification to something like 1=0 which will match

Re: Using an escalation to kick off an event??

2013-08-12 Thread Misi Mladoniczky
Hi Howard, I usually do exactly what Doug describes. The one issue with it is that it is mandatory to have an IF action as well. It will never run, but this does not matter very much what you put there. Maybe a message that directs future admins to the ELSE action... A qualification of ('1' 1)

Re: Using an escalation to kick off an event??

2013-08-12 Thread Howard Richter
All, Thanks the simple approach is the best. Hope to see you at RUG. Howard From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Shellman, David Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 3:45 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Using an escalation

Re: Using an escalation to kick off an event??

2013-08-12 Thread Howard Richter
Doug, I forgot about that one. That is what happens when you get old and don't do much coding anymore. Thanks and take care, Howard From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Mueller, Doug Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 4:32 PM To:

Re: Using an escalation to kick off an event??

2013-08-12 Thread Howard Richter
Thanks Misi -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Misi Mladoniczky Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 4:59 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Using an escalation to kick off an event?? Hi Howard, I usually do