Reflections on Day 4 . . .

If nothing else, the conversion has certainly driven up the traffic on the Community Feedback forum ... or is that the Community Feedback "space"?
Change is change, and once they seemed to have gotten a handle on the auto-logoff "feature", I haven't seen anything that I can't adjust too. I don't care for the "facebookification" of the site, but so what? I've learned how to do most of what I did before, regarding getting a flat listing of the threads, code tags, bookmarking my favorite 'spaces', etc.
Here's my personal list of what I miss most, but can live without if need be. It would be nice if they could add them back
An indication on the thread listing page (the "Content" tab?) of whether or not I am watching a particular thread
An indication on the same page of whether or not I'm watching the OP
A column on the same page indicating the most recent contributor to a thread.
A 'next/previous thread' button.
As far as the 'watch' indicators, I don't consider a separate page ("Communications") to be a solution. The icons on the "content" tab serve as an "in context" reminder, that I can then decide how to proceed. If I have to deal with 'watches' in a separate page, then when going through the forum 'content' page, I have to try to remember if I've already read a particular thread from the "communications" page.
Perhaps as things settle down a bit, Sonya could start a poll to collect into one place people's wish lists and provide a means to vote on individual items.
It seems with the new format, it might be more difficult for SB to paste user stats into a thread when the OP has a history of not marking questions answered.

But believe me this new upgraded forum comes with some really good improvement. Few to mention
1. The search feature is much better now.
2. Content visibility is extraordinary, I see my posts from day 1. That was not an option in the previous forum.
3. I like the little "History" button near the search box at top right side of the page
4. The like button its a nice thing to have
5. After few days of use I feel the editor is also really good. No more preview, no pop-up's for spell check and lot of other good stuff in there. I just noticed that they have also taken care the extra space between lines.
6. The point system is screwed up (a good thing, hope it stays that way )
Yes, I was critical at first too, still am at a some points (like the overall layout of the threads in content view which consumes too much space). However, I see that Oracle tries to resolve the issues which made the forum restart a bit bumpy.
Let Oracle spend some more time on this, and us the users some more time to discover all new new features which are still hidden.
Keep going!
Timo

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Absence days vs payroll days - their implications to absence quota counting

Hi Gurus
Would like to understand why is absence quota deduction based on payroll days instead of absence days?
If there is a scenario in which the officer applied for a leave period which encompasses a Saturday (ws at that time is on alternate saturday), absence days and payroll days stored in IT2001 are the same.
However, if the same officer later backdates a change in work schedule in which his new working hours are from Monday - Friday, the IT2001 records would be recalculated and payroll days for that period with a Saturday would be 0 which is different from the absence day value.
Since so, wouldn't there be cases in which employees overtook leave when in fact they have really consumed the leave?
Thanks.

Hi,
Absence counting is driven by legislation. For example, in some countries leave entitlement is given in calendar days, in others in working days. In general absence days reflect calendar days, and payroll days reflect days that are paid. Obviously depending on legislation (if it gives entitlement in calendar days) absence and payroll days can be the same.
Cheers

Half working day before a holiday

Hi All,
I have a scenario wherein client wants employees to work half day before every public holiday ( holiday class 1 ).
I am trying to create a variant of Normal ( 5days X 8hrs ) WS by following rule.
Rule   No    Holiday Class        Holiday Class ( Next Day )    Day            Variant
AA     01     XXXXXXXXXX      _X__________                      XXXXX__    C
Above rule is good to replace WS with variant (reduced hour) if holiday is falling between Tuesday to Thursday.
What i am unable to implement is when Holiday falls on Monday and I want WS to reflect half day on Friday.
Appreciate if anyone can share his/her expertise in implementing this scenario.
Thanks
Abhay

Hi Abhayadeep,
We will have to use a workaround to achieve this.
If your public holiday is falling on Monday, then create a dummy public holiday for Saturday with public holiday class 9. Ensure that you keep the day type blank for public holiday class 9 in your day type selection rule.
Then in your variant condition, write the below condition:
Rule   No    Holiday Class        Holiday Class ( Next Day )    Day            Variant
AA     01     XXXXXXXXXX      _X__________                      XXXXX__    C
AA     02     XXXXXXXXXX      ___________X                      _____X__   C
Please do generate your WSR after making the above changes. I hope this will resolve your issue.
Regards,
Vivek

3 months left with Verizon. Eligable upgrade is a joke & 'm sick of Verizon & its lies & pricing

First of all, I was a happy Alltel customer. Happy with my plan, my service, my reception etc. Then Verizon took over my reception became mediocre, and then I accepted a job offer in New Bern, NC. From the day I got here, I had problems with my reception and service. I could not have a conversation with my family 4 hours away with out multiple dropped calls or poor reception. Both areas were in the red areas which meant that there was coverage and plenty of it. Finally after numerous calls to Customer Service and numerous visits to the New Bern Verizon store we were told by Verizon that the only way we could solve this problem was to upgrade to a Verizon brand phone. We upgraded from a Samsung Hue to a LG ENV 3. We were also told that we could not keep our Alltel plan family share 1000 minutes and unlimited text. We had to upgrade to a 1400 family share plan with unlimited text which was about a $30.00 a month increase. But it was the lowest plan we could get and keep our 10 friends & family plan. We also added a phone for our son, since we were in a new area and felt he needed to have one in the event of an emergency. Okay so we thought our dilemma was over.
Then shortly after wards we were getting charged for data usage. I would talk to Verizon customer service and question why there were multiple data charges when we did not use data. I was basically shrugged off by customer service every time I brought it up. Finally I called when I noticed that there was a data charge on my phone that I did not make, I remembered that day clearly and I hadn't used my phone all day. Even the bill reflected that day no calls were made or received. Long story short after a year of being charged here and there on each of the phones I finally totaled my bills up and took it to the New Bern Corporate store. The store employees were not helpful and frankly didn't want to waste their time with me. I asked to speak to the manager, Kendall Greenhill, who blatantly asked why I waited a year to come to them. I told him that I had been complaining for year and no one, no one was taking care of it. He was unhelpful and didn't want to hear it. I asked why there were people who were in the same boat as me not using data, but being charged that I read this and heard this on the news and why was I different? After several hours of my time and being talked down to, I walked out without any resolution. It took another week and I did finally get a 40.00 credit from Customer Service, so.. another dilemma finally after a year of complaining.. finally over.
NOW... here is the new problem with Verizon. I have a little over 3 months to go on my 2 year contract, I have been flooded with text messages, emails etc regarding upgrading our phones. I wasn't planning on upgrading, but I unfortunately left my cell phone on the shelve in the bathroom and on vibrate, and when my alarm went off, it vibrated itself right into the toilet this past weekend. SO- I figure okay.. time to upgrade, and if I am going to do one, I might as well do 2 if not all 3 phones. EXCEPT.. all the feature phones that are offered to me are not in the same league as the ENV 3 they are a downgrade in quality.. and so I look at the Smart phones, well they require a 30.00 data package for each one. OMG. I am already paying 155.00 a month for 3 phones 1400 family share & unlimited text . That would clearly make my bill well over 250.00 a month. In this economy, I really need a phone that is decent and the plan cost to be affordable. That being said, I have also seen the need for the usage of internet on the phone at times. And if we are going to upgrade why do a lateral switch on a phone when all the normal cell phones are being phased out and smart phones and androids are becoming more common?
Why get a phone just to replace what I lost and be locked into another 2 years and not be able to take advantage of the newer phones?
Well after my unfortunate accident with my phone, I had decided to check in the offers I have received recently and in past months, I normally keep all my emails from Verizon and put them in my Verizon Mail Folder, or if I have a offer that we find appealing or information that is useful we will just bookmark it to our Verizon Folder. I had such an offer back during the winter, and at the time we were not eligible for an phone upgrade, it is the Talk and Text Plus Data Promo. There were 2 plans, one was the for Single lines the other Family SharePlans.
Here is the link :
https://email.vzwshop.com/servlet/website/ResponseForm?OSPEUT_9_9_z_UU_0Hsr_.2eHmH_wkhthE
Basically you get for $139.00 for the first two lines : 1400 anytime minutes, unlimited text; unlimited vzw m2m, unlimited data, then $19.99 per extra line. Great. I double checked, there is no expiration no offer ends date. My husband called both customer service and the New Bern Corporate store, no one had heard of this promotion, and after researching it after he tried to explain it to everyone he spoke to, the response then then was "oh", that promotion has expired. But why is the link still active? The ad clearly has no offer ends date, no expiration date..regardless, again my husband called both the Customer Service and then Kendall Greenhill the manager at the New Bern store. Both were very unhelpful and acted as if they cared less.
My husband was directed to call the loyalty department who basically twisted what my husband said and called him liar and round about ways and accused him of just now opening up old Verizon Emails. That we could not get that promo it was expired.... All this when my husband was trying to make the sarcastic rep understand that this was a offer we have saved in our bookmarks and there was NO experation date at all. The Loyalty rep again was making my husband out to be a liar by saying there was 3 pages with detail information of it's experation date.
https://email.vzwshop.com/servlet/website/ResponseForm?OSPEUT_9_9_z_UU_0Hsr_.2eHmH_wkhthE
Do you see a experation date or a 3rd page Verizon???????????????????????????
After a heated conversation, in front of the Verizon authorized dealer in New Bern, we went in and spoke to a representative Tammy (who was helpful and nice). She looked at our promo and called customer service and spoke to a supervisor named Sharon, who after researching the information told her to direct us back to the Verizon Corp Store, that they were authorized to give us the promo andthat she would note our account and have them check it and they would take care of us.
We did as we were told, we drove to the store, and Scott (bad problems before with him) was the salesperson who talked to us. We told him about the conversation with Tammy and what the supervisor Sharon told us and he remembered over hearing Kendall Greenhill's conversation earlier that day and checked our account and claimed there were no notes and that they couldn't authorize this promotion even if they were told to. My husband immediately called customer service from his cell phone and the person he spoke to saw the notes on the computer. We asked Scott to call Customer Service and double check. Lets just say, the store again was unhelpful and would not go one blink out of their way to try to resolve this. We drove back to the authorized dealer, and spoke to Tammy again, who called again, and after a lengthy conversation with a woman named Martina Williams,(who is the only Verizon Rep on the phone that seemed to care and was nice) she has put in a request to accept this offer. So we have to wait to see if our offer is “acceptable”. And that is where I stand right now. I am so upset at the lengths my husband and I have to go through with Verizon. My thing is that if you go the store, and the loaf bread has a sale sign on it for 99 cents and the cashier rings it up at 3.00 shouldn't she honor the price of 99 cents? The sticker has no end date, no offer expires...
Tomorrow night we might go to the Verizon store but if we do it will be in Morehead City or Greenville NC which is 45 minutes away(More gas $ and time). Why? Because Every since we have lived here in New Bern. The reps at the New Bern Corporate Store has always been unhelpful or rude. And I'll be D%MM if we will deal with them anymore!!! Our quality of customer service experience with Verizon since day one has been awful and to deal with the local New Bern store just amplifies the pain. Since Saturday we have put in countless hours on the phone & internet and multiple trips to Verizon. Who pays us for our time and troubles? Yet Verizon , all they care about is the $$$ and not customer service.
Maybe I should just order a crap used phone from ebay. Finish our contract with Verizon and when October comes switch to ATT and get 3 (better selection) smart phones with just enough data on each phone, the same 1400.00 minutes and unlimited text and all calls (ALL) to cellphones are free for 160.00 a month plus tax...
The ball is in your court Verizon.
YOUR CUSTOMER LOYALTY IS A JOKE!!!!!

I have been having issues with my phone. The problems started after only having my brand new phone for 2 months. I called customer service and they tried resetting my phone. Unfortunately, that didn't fix it. I thought I could live with the phone with its problems until it got worse. I am having to take out the battery several times daily to restart the phone. My phone charger suddenly stopped working and my text messages would not come through without taking out the battery. It reboots when I unlock my phone. It randomly shuts off. The battery life does not last even when it's fully charged. I took my phone to my local Verizon store looking for help. The representative was disrespectful, refused to talk to the Verizon customer service rep on the phone, and threatened me. I left the store crying. When I got home, I called Verizon customer service and after 2 days I still don't have a solution. They don't have the replacement phone in stock. I was told it could be up to 6 months before the new shipment. I have never seen such horrible customer service. My contract with Verizon has over a year left and I just want a working smartphone (which is what I paid for). My boyfriend wants to cancel our contract because we can't get any satisfaction from Verizon.

3 months left with Verizon. Eligable upgrade is a joke & I'm sick of Verizon & its lies & pricing

First of all, I was a happy Alltel customer. Happy with my plan, my service, my reception etc. Then Verizon took over my reception became mediocre, and then I accepted a job offer in New Bern, NC. From the day I got here, I had problems with my reception and service. I could not have a conversation with my family 4 hours away with out multiple dropped calls or poor reception. Both areas were in the red areas which meant that there was coverage and plenty of it. Finally after numerous calls to Customer Service and numerous visits to the New Bern Verizon store we were told by Verizon that the only way we could solve this problem was to upgrade to a Verizon brand phone. We upgraded from a Samsung Hue to a LG ENV 3. We were also told that we could not keep our Alltel plan family share 1000 minutes and unlimited text. We had to upgrade to a 1400 family share plan with unlimited text which was about a $30.00 a month increase. But it was the lowest plan we could get and keep our 10 friends & family plan. We also added a phone for our son, since we were in a new area and felt he needed to have one in the event of an emergency. Okay so we thought our dilemma was over.
Then shortly after wards we were getting charged for data usage. I would talk to Verizon customer service and question why there were multiple data charges when we did not use data. I was basically shrugged off by customer service every time I brought it up. Finally I called when I noticed that there was a data charge on my phone that I did not make, I remembered that day clearly and I hadn't used my phone all day. Even the bill reflected that day no calls were made or received. Long story short after a year of being charged here and there on each of the phones I finally totaled my bills up and took it to the New Bern Corporate store. The store employees were not helpful and frankly didn't want to waste their time with me. I asked to speak to the manager, Kendall Greenhill, who blatantly asked why I waited a year to come to them. I told him that I had been complaining for year and no one, no one was taking care of it. He was unhelpful and didn't want to hear it. I asked why there were people who were in the same boat as me not using data, but being charged that I read this and heard this on the news and why was I different? After several hours of my time and being talked down to, I walked out without any resolution. It took another week and I did finally get a 40.00 credit from Customer Service, so.. another dilemma finally after a year of complaining.. finally over.
NOW... here is the new problem with Verizon. I have a little over 3 months to go on my 2 year contract, I have been flooded with text messages, emails etc regarding upgrading our phones. I wasn't planning on upgrading, but I unfortunately left my cell phone on the shelve in the bathroom and on vibrate, and when my alarm went off, it vibrated itself right into the toilet this past weekend. SO- I figure okay.. time to upgrade, and if I am going to do one, I might as well do 2 if not all 3 phones. EXCEPT.. all the feature phones that are offered to me are not in the same league as the ENV 3 they are a downgrade in quality.. and so I look at the Smart phones, well they require a 30.00 data package for each one. OMG. I am already paying 155.00 a month for 3 phones 1400 family share & unlimited text . That would clearly make my bill well over 250.00 a month. In this economy, I really need a phone that is decent and the plan cost to be affordable. That being said, I have also seen the need for the usage of internet on the phone at times. And if we are going to upgrade why do a lateral switch on a phone when all the normal cell phones are being phased out and smart phones and androids are becoming more common?
Why get a phone just to replace what I lost and be locked into another 2 years and not be able to take advantage of the newer phones?
Well after my unfortunate accident with my phone, I had decided to check in the offers I have received recently and in past months, I normally keep all my emails from Verizon and put them in my Verizon Mail Folder, or if I have a offer that we find appealing or information that is useful we will just bookmark it to our Verizon Folder. I had such an offer back during the winter, and at the time we were not eligible for an phone upgrade, it is the Talk and Text Plus Data Promo. There were 2 plans, one was the for Single lines the other Family SharePlans.
Here is the link :
https://email.vzwshop.com/servlet/website/ResponseForm?OSPEUT_9_9_z_UU_0Hsr_.2eHmH_wkhthE
Basically you get for $139.00 for the first two lines : 1400 anytime minutes, unlimited text; unlimited vzw m2m, unlimited data, then $19.99 per extra line. Great. I double checked, there is no expiration no offer ends date. My husband called both customer service and the New Bern Corporate store, no one had heard of this promotion, and after researching it after he tried to explain it to everyone he spoke to, the response then then was "oh", that promotion has expired. But why is the link still active? The ad clearly has no offer ends date, no expiration date..regardless, again my husband called both the Customer Service and then Kendall Greenhill the manager at the New Bern store. Both were very unhelpful and acted as if they cared less.
My husband was directed to call the loyalty department who basically twisted what my husband said and called him liar and round about ways and accused him of just now opening up old Verizon Emails. That we could not get that promo it was expired.... All this when my husband was trying to make the sarcastic rep understand that this was a offer we have saved in our bookmarks and there was NO experation date at all. The Loyalty rep again was making my husband out to be a liar by saying there was 3 pages with detail information of it's experation date.
https://email.vzwshop.com/servlet/website/ResponseForm?OSPEUT_9_9_z_UU_0Hsr_.2eHmH_wkhthE
Do you see a experation date or a 3rd page Verizon???????????????????????????
After a heated conversation, in front of the Verizon authorized dealer in New Bern, we went in and spoke to a representative Tammy (who was helpful and nice). She looked at our promo and called customer service and spoke to a supervisor named Sharon, who after researching the information told her to direct us back to the Verizon Corp Store, that they were authorized to give us the promo andthat she would note our account and have them check it and they would take care of us.
We did as we were told, we drove to the store, and Scott (bad problems before with him) was the salesperson who talked to us. We told him about the conversation with Tammy and what the supervisor Sharon told us and he remembered over hearing Kendall Greenhill's conversation earlier that day and checked our account and claimed there were no notes and that they couldn't authorize this promotion even if they were told to. My husband immediately called customer service from his cell phone and the person he spoke to saw the notes on the computer. We asked Scott to call Customer Service and double check. Lets just say, the store again was unhelpful and would not go one blink out of their way to try to resolve this. We drove back to the authorized dealer, and spoke to Tammy again, who called again, and after a lengthy conversation with a woman named Martina Williams,(who is the only Verizon Rep on the phone that seemed to care and was nice) she has put in a request to accept this offer. So we have to wait to see if our offer is “acceptable”. And that is where I stand right now. I am so upset at the lengths my husband and I have to go through with Verizon. My thing is that if you go the store, and the loaf bread has a sale sign on it for 99 cents and the cashier rings it up at 3.00 shouldn't she honor the price of 99 cents? The sticker has no end date, no offer expires...
Tomorrow night we might go to the Verizon store but if we do it will be in Morehead City or Greenville NC which is 45 minutes away(More gas $ and time). Why? Because Every since we have lived here in New Bern. The reps at the New Bern Corporate Store has always been unhelpful or rude. And I'll be D%MM if we will deal with them anymore!!! Our quality of customer service experience with Verizon since day one has been awful and to deal with the local New Bern store just amplifies the pain. Since Saturday we have put in countless hours on the phone & internet and multiple trips to Verizon. Who pays us for our time and troubles? Yet Verizon , all they care about is the $$$ and not customer service.
Maybe I should just order a crap used phone from ebay. Finish our contract with Verizon and when October comes switch to ATT and get 3 (better selection) smart phones with just enough data on each phone, the same 1400.00 minutes and unlimited text and all calls (ALL) to cellphones are free for 160.00 a month plus tax...
The ball is in your court Verizon.
YOUR CUSTOMER LOYALTY IS A JOKE!!!!!

Gweeper64 wrote:
I'm sorry you've had a bad experience, but the page does say:
Limited time offer! Only available by calling:
CALL 877.873.3278
Could that be any clearer?
Seems pretty clear to me. Even though they do not give an expiration date, it is certainly implied that it will expire at some point. If they give you the deal, then great. If they don't give you the deal, though, it seems that you are just crying for something that you don't deserve and that Verizon has no obligation to provide for you.

TS2570 iMac won't boot, GSOD with Flashing Question Mark, safe/verbose mode not possible

I have an iMac 24", just over 2 years old running OS X v10.5 (Leopard). Mighty Mouse and bluetooth keyboard, no peripherals.
It slowed enormously over the last few weeks and has now ceased to boot.
On switching on I hear the chime (blank grey screen initially), the grey screen hangs for approx 30sec before the flashing folder/?mark icon appears.
There is no further progress.
Boot key combination results:
Can reset NVRAM (Option-Command-P-R)
Cannot boot to safe mode
Cannot boot to startup manager
Cannot boot to verbose mode
Cannot boot from target media (DVD etc)
Cannot boot to AHT mode
Cannot boot to single user mode
I have followed the steps here http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
Disconnect, test peripheral devices and network cables - done - de-powered and rebooted. No difference.
Perform a Safe Boot- this does not work. I am familiar with the boot combinations and timings. The safe boot leads to the same flashing folder/?mark icon. I have also tried verbose, single user, AHT and startup manager with the same result.
Reset the NVRAM / PRAM - done - this worked and kicks the system into an auto-reboot after 3-5 seconds. This also demonstrates the Keyboard is fine. The subsequent boot fails at the same point via normal, safe or verbose boot instructions.
Start from your Mac OS X Install disc; use Disk Utility – I never received an OSX install disk. I have the original box with receipts etc, the only disk present is an unsealed version of iLife (yeah thanks Apple). Where would I get one?
Check your cables and power source – done - all fine.
Remove third-party RAM and internal hardware – not applicable.
Perform an Archive and Install installation of Mac OS X – how would I do this when I cannot boot the device?
Perform an Erase and Install installation of Mac OS X as a last resort – how would I do this when I cannot boot the device?
To me the problem looks like a HDD failure. I had windows (dual boot) professionally installed when I bought the iMac and since the Windows boot option is also not visible (startup manager itself does not work) I suspect the system can’t find bootable media because the HDD isn’t spinning.
An OS corruption would generally affect one or the other but presumably not both Operating Systems simultaneously.
It's hard to be certain, but I’m sure it used to make more noise.
I had a look into opening it up and troubleshooting the physical components but it’s hard to know where to start. There are no obvious ways in and I’m not a professional so decided to post a question here rather than hack it open.
I'd be grateful if you could suggest next steps here, or is it time to go dig a hole in the garden? I certainly expected more than 2yrs life from a £1200 unit.
Many Thanks,
Ryan

Thanks for the response,
I bought the iMac new, 17th Jan 2010, all receipts intact but no extended warrenty. I declined the Applecare Plan for two reasons.
(1) The sales rep seemed very confident in the product build. In fact the main justification of the price tag was the quality of the device. I'd also never had an apple device malfunction at that stage.
(2) The incumbent EU regulations are quite fair in so much as legislation dictates electrical goods should be manufactured to function for a 'reasonable' lifetime. I would be morally uncomfortable paying for rights I theoretically already have.
I triple checked on the OS X disks you mentioned but no joy. Unusual as it may be, the box has not been used and it's contents reflect the day of purchase.
I'm happy to order the OS X v10.5 DVD and attempt a boot to the disk utility, I don't mind risking a few bucks on a potential fix. I'll need to figure out where to order the disk, the call centre is closed ATM so watch this space.
What I'd really be interested in is; (a) is there a known diagnostic routine to determine the HDD functionality and (b) it is possible to replace/upgrade the HDD? This for me is where the iMac loses ground against a conventional PC in terms of motherboard/component access. It's far superior from an asthaetics perspective while things are running smoothly and the OS is great but the first sign of a hardware malfunction and there seems little or no scope to self-medicate the device.
The disk has around 40-60 GB free space.
I don't have a second Mac, nor any friends or family with a Mac to 'borrow' for the disk utility test you mentioned. I'll hunt around this afternoon/week but my instinct tells me finding a locally accessable Mac running 3 yr old OS X might not be possible. Again, watch this space, I'll post any further developments.
In the meantime any further assistance or answers to the above questions on determining HDD status would be much appreciated. No progress has yet been made on the original issue of failing to boot.
Many Thanks
Ryan

IPhoto Folder Structure

Since installing iPhotot 6 I've noticed that the structure of my iPhoto library has changed. iPhoto 5 seemed to create folders that reflected the day, month, year and made it easy to locate photo for attaching to emails or inclusion in documents. iPhoto 6 seems to have destroyed that system and instead seems to create folder that are either named after the "Roll Number" or just apparently arbritarily number.
Can anyone tell me if this is normal? Is there any way to rectify the situation?

Hi James,
Check out the screenshot that explains it.
iPhoto 6 Library folder in the Finder
It is very easy to change the names of film rolls within iPhoto to make them easier to find images within. Open the info panel in iPhoto by clicking on the "i" icon. Once it is opened, click on the roll title in the viewing window.
Click on the word "title" in the info pane and type in your new title. I like to use a date and text format such as 12/25/05 Christmas at Mom's, 1/05/06 my birthday, etc. Once the roll names are changed within iPhoto, they are also changed within the Finder, making it easy to locate an image.
When importing from a camera, make sure you name the roll with a date and text before the import.

Issue with Custom Voicemail Greeting

I change my voicemail's custom greeting everyday to reflect the day and date, however I've recently noticed (maybe since 2.0.1 update) that when I press the record button it doesn't respond and I have to "reboot" my iPhone to record a new greeting.
I never had a problem with version 1 of the iPhone in this regards and I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the two last updates. I heard that the visual voicemail works via EDGE, so I turned off 3G and the WiFi connection to no avail.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks

anyone?

Load plan data online

hi..
we are on BW 3.1 and load the plan data using flat files ..users like to enter plan data on the portal and get reflected next day..can we do this without SEM..any ideas...
thanks

Sorry, I read as with SEM.
You can use XML datasources for loading data to the BW cubes from any web page portal in your case. The portal can push an XML file to the XML datasource via SOAP. The attached How to document explains the steps involved in this.
https://websmp201.sap-ag.de/~sapdownload/011000358700011142902001E/HOWTOSENDXMLDATATOBW.doc
Thanks.

Problem with Transport package in sap portal

Hi,
When basis people are exporting the transport requests from Dev to Q and T Portal Systems, the transport changes are getting successfully applied in Q Portal, but the changes are not getting reflected in T Portal. But they are getting return code as RC = 0 for T System.
The changes are getting reflected next day in T System after moving the transport and after that some times the changes are fluctuating and the changes are disappearing. Can anyone please help me to overcome this issue.
Regards,
Sandeep.

Hi Reddy
For checking propose, you can create a another object for transport to Q system
BR
SS

Time machine compression ratio

I know that previously Time Machine didn't do any compression, it is 1:1, but it seems that even on Mavericks it still doesn't.
How is it possible that with all Apple inovation they still didn't come up with the way to compress the image.
Why do I need to back up almost 1Tb of Data equally to 1Tb data where is the logic in it?
I haven't found a way or options to see if there is a way to compress the image, but Time Machine options are pretty basic and I couldn't find anything to work with.
Anyone had better luck or we are all in the same boat here?

If you have 700GB of data then obviously you need at least 700GB of space to do one full backup. Beyond that the amount of space needed will be dictated by how much changes and how often. Time Machine makes and keeps backups according to the following default schedule
Hourly backups for the last 24 hours the Mac has been turned on, if it has been on continuously for the last 24 hours that will be 24 backups
Daily backups for the last month, it is has been on each day for the last month that will be about 30 backups depending on which month
Weekly backups for as many weeks as the Mac has been running and doing backups, until the backup drive is full, if you have enough space for a year that would be 52 backups
See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
So as a hypothetical total number of backups for one year and assuming the Mac was on every day for that year and there was enough space this would total something like -
24 + (number of days in month) + (number of weeks in a year) = 106
It might actually be a bit less because I am not sure if it keeps daily and weekly backups for the latest/current month, if it does not it might be more like 101.
Now if on average 10% of files change per day then we would need for an entire years backups the following amount
1 x 700GB + (365 x (700GB x 10%)) = 26250GB
In reality you may have far less than 10% change per day, as a comparison lets use 1% changing per day
1 x 700GB + (365 x (700GB x 1%)) = 3255GB
As a minimum Time Machine will try and keep backups for the last day and last month which would be 24 + 30 backups, it then keeps as many weekly backups as will fit. Once it runs out of space it is supposed to automatically throw away the older backups. So if we start from new we have the following numbers of backups (assuming it is running all day everyday and have enough space)
End of day 1 = 24 backups
End of day 2 = 24 + 1 = 25 backups
End of month 1 = 24 + 30 = 54 backups
End of month 2 = 24 + 30 + 1 = 55 backups
End of month 3 = 24 + 30 + 4 = 59 backups
End of month 4 = 24 + 30 + 8 = 63 backups
End of month 12 = 24 + 30 + 52 = 106 backups
As far as I can see Time Machine really wants to keep a minimum of an entire day i.e. 24 backups plus an entire month i.e. 30 = 54 backups plus a weekly backup, if you don't have enough space for that i.e. 55 backups then I suspect it will get upset and complain about space regardless of its supposed ability to automatically throw away older backups.
Going back to our space formula, if we estimate a change rate of 1% per day this means I feel Time Machine would need a minimum space of
1 x 700GB + ((1 + 30 + 7) x (700GB x 1%)) = 966GB
However I think it wise to assume it would be happier with a bit more than that for working space etc.
Note: the above reflects one day plus one month (i.e. 30 days) plus one weekly backup i.e. a total of 32 backups, or more importantly the equivalent of 38 days of changes. As we are estimating a daily change rate of 1% the fact there are 24 backups for the latest day makes no difference to the amount changed, you are not changing 1% per hour, but 1% per day, the changes would be merely split in to 24 hourly backups.
This should give you a way of more accurately judging how big a backup drive you need.
If you are finding it is not throwing stuff away then maybe you don't have enough space for the (I feel) minimum of 1 day + 1 month + 1 week, however I also feel as per the following article that sometimes Time Machine just gets confused and unable to throw away older backups. See -
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/mac/time-machine-says-drive-full-what-should-i-do -3456272/

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since last night's time change, iCal has displayed the wrong date. in the dock it shows yesterday's date (nov. 3rd) until i open iCal when it switches to today (nov 4th) until I close it again and it goes back to yesterday.

I have found iCal has displayed the wrong date in the dock a number of times since installing Leopard. It was doing so again now (yesterday's date) until I quit and reloaded it.
I'm not sure what triggers the behaviour but it tends to reflect the day I opened iCal.

Billing statement

Canceled an additional TV severice on 6/10/15. Was told the credit would be reflected that day and that I could deduct the charge of $19.99 because the statement was mailed to me on 6/7/15. Today (7/13/15) I received the current statement and the credit was still not reflected. I called and was told that the credit, although not on the current statement, was given and that if I reviewed my account online I would see it. I checked online and did not see it. When I called back and mentioned that the credit was no listed I was told that for some unknown reason it was overlooked and it was just approved today. This is ridiculous and very poor record keeping. On top of it my bill was increased this month from 113.12 to $147.59.

Rjxavier,
I'm sorry you feel this way. The system needs a certain amount of time to process and post the accurate adjustment towards the account. In addition, depending on the situation some adjustments, reversals, and refunds may have to be approved. I hope this helps bring some clarity.

I know the day and time of a conference call that took place b/w 2 Verizon customers and a 3rd party but it is not reflected in either phone record. Why?

I am an attorney with a law firm that is involved in litigation where the date and time of a 3 way call that took place in June 2009 between an attorney at my firm, a broker, and the broker's client. The broker and broker's client are both Verizon Wireless customers. I have their phone records for June 2009. I am 100% certain a three way phone call took place between the attorney in my firm, the broker, and broker's client. However there is no phone record that shows a phone call between all three individuals. .
The first Verizon Customer is a local real estate broker with a West Palm Beach, Florida phone number with a 561 area code. The other Verizon Customer is the broker's client and was in CT on both 6/24 and 6/25. The broker's cell phone records were reproduced by Verizon in 2014. I believe the client's cell phone records were reproduced by Verizon in 2013. The client has an 860 area code. The law firm is in Palm Beach County with a 561 area code. Any phone call from the law firm to the broker would be local and would only show up on the broker's cellphone record. Any phone call from the law firm to the broker's client (who was not a client of the law firm) would be reflected in the law firm's long distance records. There is no such phone call. The broker's cell phone records show a 10 minute phone call between the broker and the law firm at 2:24 p.m on 6/24. There is a 8 minute phone call from the broker to the law firm at 9:39 am on 6/25 and a 22 minute phone call from the law firm to the broker at 9:48 am. The broker's cellphone record shows that during the 9:48 phone call the broker attempted to perform a 3 way call with the client at 10:04 and again at 10:05. Each attempt lasts just 1 minute and neither shows up on the client's cell phone records. The phone call with the law firm and broker lasts an additional 4 minutes.
The broker's and client's cell phone records show a 10/11 minute phone call on 6/25 depending on the record at 8:41 am. There are numerous other phone calls between the broker and client on other days.
If the broker called the client then called the law firm, then the initial phone call should be reflected in both Verizon invoices, and the 2nd call should be reflected in the broker's record.
The same would be true if the client initiated the phone calls.
If the broker called the law firm or law firm called the broker, then called the broker's client the phone call should be reflected in the law firm's long distance records and the client's records. It is not. There is no documentation that shows the client was participating in a 3 way call.
My question is why not?   Alternatively, is it possible for the 3 way call not to be reflected in the records? I have the phone records of both customers. I also have the invoice number for the broker. How can I find out if the broker added the client to any of the above calls.

    Hi papal74. I am sure that this is a situation in which these call records are extremely important. In order to provide additional information about these call records we would need to speak with you personally. Please give us a call at 800-922-0204. This way we can get down to the bottom of this.
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The birthday reminder on the calender is not in sync with the date reflected in my contact. It is always one day ahead. How do I rectify this?

The birthday reminder on the calender is not in sync with the date reflected in my contact. It is always one day ahead. How do I rectify this?

Hi Jim McKee,
Please PM your order no# and Adobe ID, so that I can check the account details.
To send a PM please click on the picture and then you will find the option of private message.
You may also try to contact Customer Support:
http://www.adobe.com/support/download-install/supportinfo/
Regards
Gurleen

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