FormFields Field Property Viewer v5
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NOTE:  This utility is unsupported. 

FormFields 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.

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 there are 2 steps:

Step 1:  you must first create suitable views of some of the Remedy data dictionary
tables in your database.  These will be used to create View Fields to look at the data.

Step 2: import the definitions file

The included Word document "CREATE VIEWS Remedy Data Dictionary.doc" .contains the SQL commands
to create the database views in MS SQL Server.  If you use a different database, check whether 
the syntax of the commands need amending before running them.

Open SQL Query Analyzer, select your ARSystem database and paste each command in turn and execute 
it to create the view.  There are seven views to be created.

Then open the admin tool and import the FormFields5 definitions file.

A demonstration of the setup and the application can be viewed at the following links:

Setup:  http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sandersd/FF/FormFields_viewlet.html

Application demo:  http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sandersd/FF/FormFields_viewlet2.html

David Sanders  March 2002
+44 7710 377761
sandersd@globalnet.co.uk