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Distributed Server Administration program

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The data in many distributed fields is system-generated (DSO sets their values). You cannot manually change the values of such fields in a request. The ardist program, however, enables you to overwrite the values in these distributed fields:

  • From Form
  • From Mapping
  • From Pool
  • From Server
  • Master Flag
Warning

The ardist program simply edits field values in a specified request. It does not distribute data between forms and should not be considered a command-line version of DSO.


The following table lists the ardist command-line arguments.

Note

If you use corresponding uppercase and lowercase arguments in the same command line, such as*-m 1 -M*, the field value is set to NULL.



 Command-line arguments for ardist

Overwriting distributed fields scenario

In the Acme Product Info Archive form on the chicago server, this example procedure sets the following field values in request ID 1234567:

To overwrite distributed fields in a specified request

  1. Perform one of these actions:
    • In Windows, open a DOS session.
    • In UNIX, go to step 3.
  2. Change to the ARSystemServerInstallDir directory containing ardist.
  3. At the prompt, enter this command:

ardist -i  <ARSystemServerInstallDir> -c "Acme West Bug Tracking"
       -e 1234567 -M -p "Acme ProdInfoArch W to E"
       -r sanfrancisco -s "Acme Product Info Archive" -x chicago

 

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