We own and use Abydos Analyzer too. It's one of those tools which you might not use everyday, but when you do it saves you a ton of time.
It's easy to work with and use, and very quick and powerful. I would definitely recommend it. Love that it uses standard Microsoft products for the output to Visio and Excel. Regards, Andrew Goodall Software Engineer 2 | Development Services | jcpenney . www.jcp.com <http://www.jcp.com/> ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of John Sundberg Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 8:42 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Abydos - experiences ** (BTW - I have no connection to Abydos, except that we share the same earth, air, etc...) FYI - we purchased Abydos Analyzer a month or so ago. I thought I would relay back that 2 times in the last week alone -- it was quite helpful. One scenario was to track down and give insight into a design decision we were making for the next version of Request. We were able to easily look at the code areas and get a rough feel of level of effort to implement the change. We could see all the areas that were using a certain table and fields -- and then -- we could estimate the impact. To me - this is very valuable -- as - if you were going blind (I mean using the normal Admin tool) -- you would have to uncover this stuff over time -- and you may be walking into a mine-field of a problem. In our case - we were not walking into a mine-field -- and therefore had confidence in moving forward. The other scenario was a bit of an overall analysis of high-level workflow. We had Abydos analyze what happens on a submit of a Kinetic Request. We printed it out -- and then discussed the flow/process as a group. Without the printout -- it would have been "practically impossible" to have that kind of discussion. I thought I would relay these experiences - as I find design to be the most important step in the creation of software. The traditional tools for ARS are designed to program -- not designed for design :) I think it is a critically missing piece to the toolset. Abydos would be a great addition to any Remedy system. -John -- John David Sundberg 235 East 6th Street, Suite 400B St. Paul, MN 55101 (651) 556-0930-work (651) 247-6766-cell (651) 695-8577-fax john.sundb...@kineticdata.com _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ <font face="monospace"size="-3"><br>The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and <br>may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If the reader of this message is not the intended<br>recipient, you are hereby notified that your access is unauthorized, and any review, dissemination,<br>distribution or copying of this message including any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not<br>the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.<br> _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
