Thanks Jason... I spoke to Ben and he is going to give me a demo on Monday.
On Oct 21, 4:02 am, Jason Miller <jason.mil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Absolutely. You can write a query as simple or complex as you wish to pull > the source records. Then additional comparison queries against the target > system (or a form on the same system) to make sure you ignore/update/create > if an existing record is found or not. You also have the ability to > suppress workflow so your data does not change as you are loading it into > the new system/form. > > Admittedly we are just pretty new to it and have not used it extensively. I > have written a few semi-basic scripts to get started. One of them will look > to our home grown inventory form for IT assets (old environment) and create > CI's in the correct class (new environment) based on the CTI from the source > record. You can do conditional statements and loops as well as get data > from multiple sources (forms and even do a look up against Excel in the same > run) to build the new "asset" record in memory and then load it into the > CMDB. > > You can also use regex to manipulate data while "building" the new record in > memory. In the past I have written AR workflow to perform some type of data > manipulation/parsing. Depending on the complexity it can take quite a few > workflow objects and display only fields. In more recent history I have > been known to write scripts that I call from ARS to manipulate data and pass > a value back. That still has advantages and disadvantages as well as some > limitations. With Meta-Update I can do the scripting pieces with actual > lines of code (vs temp fields and workflow objects) as well as interact with > the AR server while running the script. We are still working on many > aspects of our migration path from Help Desk 6 with a ton of custom apps to > ITSM 7.6 and during our meetings where we discuss "migration opportunities" > with our customers I pick out pieces of the process where I plan to use > Meta-Update to help with the transition. > > HTH, > Jason > > (Yes Dave, I am off to bed now (WWRUG humor)) > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Elry <elryal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Are you finding it useful for data ETL JOBS? > > > We have custom applications that need movement of a lot of data based > > on record status. Have you it in this capacity? > > > On Oct 20, 4:21 pm, Jason Miller <jason.mil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > We are a new customer and are just starting to use it for our transition > > > from a ton of custom apps and Help Desk 6 to ITSM 7.6 (two different > > > environment where data needs to be "translated" before being copied). > > Just > > > like many software purchases you would have to contact Software Tool > > House > > > for pricing though. I don't want to speak on their behalf when it comes > > to > > > license model and pricing. > > > > Jason > > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Elry <elryal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Has anyone used this product or know the pricing/llicensing scheme? > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > ____ > > > > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives atwww.arslist.org > > > > attend wwrug10www.wwrug.comARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > ____ > > > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives atwww.arslist.org > > > attend wwrug10www.wwrug.comARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives atwww.arslist.org > > attend wwrug10www.wwrug.comARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives atwww.arslist.org > attend wwrug10www.wwrug.comARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"- Hide quoted text > - > > - Show quoted text - _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
