Oh, I agree that it is a pain and we try to discourage making the CI name unique if we can.
Regards, Chuck On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Ramey, Anne <anne.ra...@nc.gov> wrote: > We actually did this, put in the filters to require a unique CI Name per Data > Set. It worked, but we ended up taking it out. It just ended up being > troublesome. There are other unique identifiers of the CI and trying to > force a unique CI name caused undo hardship--particularly with discovery > integrations. They match things based on CI Name and/or expect/place > particular things in the CI Name and it couldn't use the values we had > decided to use in that field. > > Hope that made sense, > Anne > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Charles Baldi > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 10:50 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: CI Name* should Unique in Asset Manag > > The CMDB doesn't use NAME as a unique index because you can have > multiple records for the same CI (with the same name) in different > Data Sets. If you want to prevent a user from entering a duplicate > name then you have to do it in workflow. > > Regards, > Chuck Baldi > > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Lammey, Peter A. > <peter.a.lam...@espn.com> wrote: >> ** >> >> I agree. The Atrium CMDB application should have made the ID field unique. >> It wouldn't be a true ID of an asset if it was not unique and because this >> was not enforced in the system, we have had a rash of a number of assets >> that were duplicated in the system. >> >> I don't think Name can be unique. Many times you may just want to >> generically give a name to an Asset CI and I should note that this would be >> a problem with the Purchase Module workflow since I believe it will stage >> the initial CI Names for received assets with the Purchase Line Item >> description. >> >> If you setup filters to produce errors when CI Name is already used the >> Receiving workflow from Purchasing would cease to work properly. >> >> Thanks >> Peter Lammey >> ESPN IT Packaging and Automation >> 860-766-4761 >> >> >> >> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) >> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Pierson, Shawn >> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 9:58 AM >> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG >> Subject: Re: CI Name* should Unique in Asset Manag >> >> >> >> ** >> >> I could come up with some quick reasons why it's a bad idea. The most basic >> one is that while unique CI Names would be good from the perspective of >> managing physical assets, it gets tricky when you talk about things like >> software, databases, etc. You could make up a naming convention to populate >> it with, such as Visio 2...@pc123456 to indicate that it's a copy of Visio >> 2007 on PC123456, but why force yourself to do that? >> >> >> >> The Token ID field is good for a unique ID if you need one you can set, >> otherwise there is always the Instance ID if you just need it within Asset >> Management / CMDB. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Shawn Pierson >> >> Remedy Developer | Southern Union >> >> >> >> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) >> [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Rick Cook >> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 6:57 AM >> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG >> Subject: Re: CI Name* should Unique in Asset Manag >> >> >> >> ** >> >> Try looking in the AR System Configuration manual. But if you don't know how >> to do this basic thing, my guess is that you don't understand WHY you should >> or should not do so. Someone with that level of knowledge is likely to do >> unintended harm by messing with the CMDB. >> >> Rick >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: "IT (Amanullah Bashir Ahmed)" <ahmed...@emiratesnbd.com> >> >> Sender: "Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)" >> <arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> >> >> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:00:14 +0400 >> >> To: <arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> >> >> ReplyTo: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG >> >> Subject: CI Name* should Unique in Asset Manag >> >> >> >> Hi there, >> >> Version 7.1 >> >> >> >> In Asset Management CI Name* would be unique, how is it possible? >> >> I want to make CI Name* Unique in Asset Management. 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