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This page contains links to the Remedy clients, integrations and API libraries that are recommended when accessing the NC State Remedy system.

NC State is currently operating on Remedy ARS server version 5.01.02 Patch 1313.

Remedy Clients:

Remedy client software is forward and backward compatible (mostly), so the version that you choose is not tightly dictated by the server version. NC State is currently running version 5.1.2. If you are utilizing a Remedy client version preceeding 5, you will not be able to take full advantage of the NC State Remedy system. Our implementation utilizes server features that are not understood by earlier clients.

MS Windows Client
MS Windows is the only operating system for which Remedy produces a native client. When installing the Windows client, you have the option to also install the Crystal Report Engine libraries and associated ODBC drivers. You may safely omit these optional components unless you plan to utilize Crystal report or other ODBC based reporting tools as part of your Remedy reporting strategy.

During the Windows client installation process you will be prompted for the name of the Remedy server. In our environment, the Remedy server is know as remedy.ncsu.edu. The remaining fields can be left blank.

Windows Vista users may want to consider installing version 7 of the Remedy Windows client. This is the only version of the Remedy Windows client that has been certified for Vista although the version 5 clients seems to work just fine under Vista.

Note to firewall users: If you are using the Windows client from behind a firewall, you will be interested in reading Remedy solution 3116 for firewall and Remedy client configuration details.

Solaris Client
The previously deployed Solaris client is no longer fully functional with the NC State system. Solaris users are encouraged to try the web-based PHP client described below.

Remedy Notifier
If you previously used the Remedy Notifier client to alert you to Remedy events, you may wish to download the new Alert tool. For best results, install Alert into a sub-directory of the directory containing the Remedy Windows client. Also note that when uninstalling the Alert tool, you may receive incorrect or incomplete messages.

The current clients are available for download using the links to your left.



PHP Client:

ITD applications developers have produced a web based PHP Remedy client that can be used in lieu of a native client. It works on all modern browsers.

   https://webapps.ncsu.edu/rwc/



TMetrics ACD Integration:

We have developed an integration between the NC State Remedy system and the Automated Call Distribution (ACD) system in use at NC State. This integration provides the following functionality:

  • If the calling customer enters a valid Remedy call number during the ACD prompts, the Remedy call will automatically be loaded into the Remedy users client as the phone call is transfered. The TxMetric.arq macro is used to accomplish this.
  • If the calling customer does not provide a Remedy call number, but is calling from the phone number associated with their Remedy customer record, a list of all of the caller's previous Remedy calls will be loaded into the Remedy users client as the phone call is transfered. The TxCallerId.arq macro is used to accomplish this.
  • As an alternative to the TxCallerId.arq macro, some groups prefer to automatically open a new call if the customer can be identified by their phone number. The TxCallerId_NewCall.arq macro is used to accomplish this. However, this macro must be renamed to TxCallerId.arq to function correctly.

This functionality is only available when using the Windows client.

There are two Remedy Macro files (.arq) that are needed for proper operation of the Remedy-TMetrics integration. These files are to reside in the Remedy user's Remedy home folder. If you do not know the location of your Remedy home folder, look at your Remedy account info from within the Remedy Windows client under the Tools-> Account... menu. You can be sure that you have the macro files in the correct location if you can see them in the list of macros displayed when you choose the Tools-> Run Macro... menu. If the macros do not show up, take a look at the "Search Path" specified in the Tools-> Options... menu. Try placing the macro files in the directory specified there. It may also be necessary to restart the TMetrics Agent software to get the integration to function properly.

The macros are available here. Depending upon your browser, you may need to right-click on the links below to save the files.

   http://remedy.ncsu.edu/project/downloads/files/TxMetric.arq
   http://remedy.ncsu.edu/project/downloads/files/TxCallerId.arq
   http://remedy.ncsu.edu/project/downloads/files/TxCallerId_NewCall.arq

You will also need a newer copy of the "remedy.exe" helper application that the integration utilizes to pass information from the ACD to the Remedy Windows user tool. This application should replace the existing remedy.exe that you probably already have in your "C:\Tmetrics\TMIACDAgentModule" folder. The new remedy.exe is available here:

   http://remedy.ncsu.edu/project/downloads/files/remedy.exe



API Libraries:

The currently supported API libraries are available for download using the links to your left.



API Programing Examples:

Some folks have asked for example code to use in web pages to generate dynamic reports. Here is an example Perl program that can be used to query for calls in a specific Remedy workgroup over a given date range, and return select fields from the call records:

   http://remedy.ncsu.edu/project/downloads/files/fetch_calls.example.zip


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