ARFields Field Property Viewer
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NOTE:  This utility is unsupported. 

ARFields is a small free utility for Remedy which allows you to view the database structure 
of your remedy tables. In other words, you can see the Txxx number of each table, and the 
Cxxxxxxxxx number of each field in the table. In addition you can select which types of fields 
to view, such as only selection fields or diary fields, and whether to view real database 
fields, display only fields or both. The table structures can also be printed using a built-in 
Crystal report.

It is particularly useful information for those who wish to report from Remedy tables using 
standard database ODBC drivers as it allows you to identify quickly the correct database table 
and column names.

It also allows you to view which field names use the same ID numbers across tables, or which 
ID numbers are used by the same fieldname in different tables which can be helpful when trying 
to implement shared workflow.

SETUP
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To setup the utility, import the definitions on your server and open the DMS:SetupTables form 
(this is a hidden form).  Select the database your server uses and click on the setup button.  
The following actions will be performed:

* The Remedy tables which were created when you imported the definitions will be renamed 
at the database level. (e.g. from T123 to T123Original)

* New Views will be created with the original table names which point to the AR data 
dictionary tables.

(A similar technique may be used to allow Remedy to view the contents of other, non-Remedy
tables)

There is an 'Undo' option which will reverse the above process. You should run the undo 
function if you wish to remove this utility from your system. Once this is done you can 
safely delete the utility tables in the Remedy Admin Tool.

To rename tables, this utility uses the 'sp_rename name1, name2' procedure for SQL Server 
and 'rename name1 to name2' for Oracle.  If you use a different database you may need 
to check the syntax of the SQL commands run on the button press.

David Sanders  March 2000
+44 7710 377761
sandersd@globalnet.co.uk