Re: [rt-users] Looking for users of RT 4.4 that use the Asset feature

[Aaron McCormack]

That is how I do it too, via a bash script collecting details and uploading a 
CSV when systems boot, then having a cron job import them to RT via the 
RT-Extension-Assets-Import-CSV extension.

However, I am on 4.2 using the Best Practical Assets Extension, not 4.4 with 
native assets.

> Well, there is,
> but the searchable text entry requires you to know the asset number in order
> to add it, which isn't too useful. But imo this is a solveable problem, I'll
> post when I have figured it out.


To search for adding assets (not sure if it works on 4.4), I use a hack from 
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-users/2014-June/083691.html 
 
However, I encourage my team to go to the asset first and create a linked 
ticket from there as best practice.

Aaron 


> On Nov 29, 2016, at 10:50 AM, chrisis  wrote:
> 
> We use the Asset feature, having migrated to it from SYSAID.
> 
> I assume your powershell script will be used to build a CSV of all your
> assets. You'll be able to import this CSV directly into Assets in RT. There
> is a plugin to make this super easy:
> http://search.cpan.org/~bps/RT-Extension-Assets-Import-CSV-2.1/lib/RT/Extension/Assets/Import/CSV.pm
> 
> You will obviously need to do some planning and configuration up front to
> ensure your specific Asset database has the Custom Fields you need, and
> you'll want to configure your assets catalog lifecycle(s) just like you
> would have configured your RT queue lifecycles.
> 
> The only tricky thing we are facing at the moment is adding an asset to a
> ticket. By default it is easy adding a ticket to an asset (basically: open
> the asset, click "Create Linked Ticket" from Actions) but there isn't a
> default set up for linking an asset to an existing ticket. Well, there is,
> but the searchable text entry requires you to know the asset number in order
> to add it, which isn't too useful. But imo this is a solveable problem, I'll
> post when I have figured it out.
> 
> Other than that do you have any specific questions about Assets in RT?
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [rt-users] Looking for users of RT 4.4 that use the Asset feature

[john boris]

Darin
Thank you. That helps back up what I have been thinking rt could do

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 4:36 PM Darin Perusich  wrote:

> Sadly I'm no longer using RT, however at my previous employer my team
> was using to for IT Support, numerous software development project,
> and asset management. I was using the Puppet configuration management
> system and integrated it with Assets-Import-CSV to automate adding and
> updating of computers as they were provisioned in the environment.
> This allowed for further integration with RT::Extension::Nagios to
> associate system issues with your assets, which provides a rich
> history of issues for systems.
>
> IMO it's a natural fit if you're already using RT for tracking issues
> and helpdesk requests, it allows you to keep all that information in a
> single repository.
> --
> Later,
> Darin
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 2:51 PM, john boris  wrote:
> > Good Day,
> > My department is looking to replace our current Ticket/asset management
> > system. I have been using RT on a small basis to handle my own Support
> > requests and used the Asset Management add on (pre 4.4). Our current
> system
> > used to have an agent that would populate the data set for us but lacked
> > some of the info we needed. We were at the mercy of the company to add
> > features.
> >
> > I am hoping we can roll our own Powershell script to gather the info we
> need
> > and with some other tweaks we can roll our own.My question to the list
> is if
> > anyone is using RT 4.4 with the Asset Management feature and would like
> to
> > share their experience with it. I am putting together the proposal to
> use RT
> > for this replacement. As a ticket system I think it is an easy sell but
> the
> > Asset portion is my tough sell.
> >
> > Anyone who wants to reply can reply off list unless it you feel it is
> > relevant to stay on the list. I will post what happens when completed
> > (albeit that might not be for a month or so).
> >
> > TIA
> >
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> >
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Re: [rt-users] Looking for users of RT 4.4 that use the Asset feature

[Darin Perusich]

Sadly I'm no longer using RT, however at my previous employer my team
was using to for IT Support, numerous software development project,
and asset management. I was using the Puppet configuration management
system and integrated it with Assets-Import-CSV to automate adding and
updating of computers as they were provisioned in the environment.
This allowed for further integration with RT::Extension::Nagios to
associate system issues with your assets, which provides a rich
history of issues for systems.

IMO it's a natural fit if you're already using RT for tracking issues
and helpdesk requests, it allows you to keep all that information in a
single repository.
--
Later,
Darin


On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 2:51 PM, john boris  wrote:
> Good Day,
> My department is looking to replace our current Ticket/asset management
> system. I have been using RT on a small basis to handle my own Support
> requests and used the Asset Management add on (pre 4.4). Our current system
> used to have an agent that would populate the data set for us but lacked
> some of the info we needed. We were at the mercy of the company to add
> features.
>
> I am hoping we can roll our own Powershell script to gather the info we need
> and with some other tweaks we can roll our own.My question to the list is if
> anyone is using RT 4.4 with the Asset Management feature and would like to
> share their experience with it. I am putting together the proposal to use RT
> for this replacement. As a ticket system I think it is an easy sell but the
> Asset portion is my tough sell.
>
> Anyone who wants to reply can reply off list unless it you feel it is
> relevant to stay on the list. I will post what happens when completed
> (albeit that might not be for a month or so).
>
> TIA
>
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>
>
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Re: [rt-users] Looking for users of RT 4.4 that use the Asset feature

[Chris Manly]

I’ve been starting to work with Assets.  It’s not as rich or fully-baked as the 
ticketing side of things, but it gets the job done for me.  You’ll definitely 
want 4.4.1, because there’s a bug in 4.4.0 where you can’t search for assets 
associated with a person and actually find them.

I’ve done .csv loads of assets.  If you’ve got a custom field that has a unique 
key (like an asset tag #) it works well to avoid creating duplicates.  If you 
lack that… well, let’s just say I had a lot of cleanup to do.

--
Christopher Manly
Coordinator, Library Systems
Cornell University Library Information Technologies
c...@cornell.edu
607-255-3344


From: rt-users  on behalf of john 
boris 
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 2:51 PM
To: "rt-users@lists.bestpractical.com" 
Subject: [rt-users] Looking for users of RT 4.4 that use the Asset feature

Good Day,
My department is looking to replace our current Ticket/asset management system. 
I have been using RT on a small basis to handle my own Support requests and 
used the Asset Management add on (pre 4.4). Our current system used to have an 
agent that would populate the data set for us but lacked some of the info we 
needed. We were at the mercy of the company to add features.

I am hoping we can roll our own Powershell script to gather the info we need 
and with some other tweaks we can roll our own.My question to the list is if 
anyone is using RT 4.4 with the Asset Management feature and would like to 
share their experience with it. I am putting together the proposal to use RT 
for this replacement. As a ticket system I think it is an easy sell but the 
Asset portion is my tough sell.

Anyone who wants to reply can reply off list unless it you feel it is relevant 
to stay on the list. I will post what happens when completed (albeit that might 
not be for a month or so).

TIA

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Re: [rt-users] Looking for users of RT 4.4 that use the Asset feature

[john boris]

Thanks. That does help me.

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Joop  wrote:

> On 29-11-2016 20:51, john boris wrote:
> > Good Day,
> > My department is looking to replace our current Ticket/asset
> > management system. I have been using RT on a small basis to handle my
> > own Support requests and used the Asset Management add on (pre 4.4).
> > Our current system used to have an agent that would populate the data
> > set for us but lacked some of the info we needed. We were at the mercy
> > of the company to add features.
> >
> > I am hoping we can roll our own Powershell script to gather the info
> > we need and with some other tweaks we can roll our own.My question to
> > the list is if anyone is using RT 4.4 with the Asset Management
> > feature and would like to share their experience with it. I am putting
> > together the proposal to use RT for this replacement. As a ticket
> > system I think it is an easy sell but the Asset portion is my tough sell.
> >
> > Anyone who wants to reply can reply off list unless it you feel it is
> > relevant to stay on the list. I will post what happens when completed
> > (albeit that might not be for a month or so).
> >
> I'm/We're using RT-4.4 with Assets which is migrated from the 3trd party
> Assets extension and use it quite extensively. As mentioned in the other
> reply linking assets from tickets is more tricky than the other way
> around. We haven't had time to enhance that.
>
> Joop
>
>
>
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>



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Re: [rt-users] Looking for users of RT 4.4 that use the Asset feature

[john boris]

Thanks for the quick response.

I am basically seeking that the asset feature is worth the move to RT. As
much as I know about RT I think we (our department) can roll our own
automated scripts to get info and keep it updated.The one we use now can't
get warranty information and I am hoping I can get Dell to cooperate and
allow us to grab the warranty info directly using the service tag number.
Then we could update the fields when we do our initial loads. Right ow we
have not been using the system we have correctly as it is not easy. It is
School Dude and they just changed the way they gather asset info which made
their product unusable for us. They said we are two big. (17 High Schools
and Central Office)

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 1:50 PM, chrisis  wrote:

> We use the Asset feature, having migrated to it from SYSAID.
>
> I assume your powershell script will be used to build a CSV of all your
> assets. You'll be able to import this CSV directly into Assets in RT. There
> is a plugin to make this super easy:
> http://search.cpan.org/~bps/RT-Extension-Assets-Import-
> CSV-2.1/lib/RT/Extension/Assets/Import/CSV.pm
>
> You will obviously need to do some planning and configuration up front to
> ensure your specific Asset database has the Custom Fields you need, and
> you'll want to configure your assets catalog lifecycle(s) just like you
> would have configured your RT queue lifecycles.
>
> The only tricky thing we are facing at the moment is adding an asset to a
> ticket. By default it is easy adding a ticket to an asset (basically: open
> the asset, click "Create Linked Ticket" from Actions) but there isn't a
> default set up for linking an asset to an existing ticket. Well, there is,
> but the searchable text entry requires you to know the asset number in
> order
> to add it, which isn't too useful. But imo this is a solveable problem,
> I'll
> post when I have figured it out.
>
> Other than that do you have any specific questions about Assets in RT?
>
>
>
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> View this message in context: http://requesttracker.8502.n7.
> nabble.com/Looking-for-users-of-RT-4-4-that-use-the-Asset-
> feature-tp63073p63074.html
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> -
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> * Los Angeles - January 9-11 2017
>



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Re: [rt-users] Looking for users of RT 4.4 that use the Asset feature

[Joop]

On 29-11-2016 20:51, john boris wrote:
> Good Day,
> My department is looking to replace our current Ticket/asset
> management system. I have been using RT on a small basis to handle my
> own Support requests and used the Asset Management add on (pre 4.4).
> Our current system used to have an agent that would populate the data
> set for us but lacked some of the info we needed. We were at the mercy
> of the company to add features.
>
> I am hoping we can roll our own Powershell script to gather the info
> we need and with some other tweaks we can roll our own.My question to
> the list is if anyone is using RT 4.4 with the Asset Management
> feature and would like to share their experience with it. I am putting
> together the proposal to use RT for this replacement. As a ticket
> system I think it is an easy sell but the Asset portion is my tough sell. 
>
> Anyone who wants to reply can reply off list unless it you feel it is
> relevant to stay on the list. I will post what happens when completed
> (albeit that might not be for a month or so).
>
I'm/We're using RT-4.4 with Assets which is migrated from the 3trd party
Assets extension and use it quite extensively. As mentioned in the other
reply linking assets from tickets is more tricky than the other way
around. We haven't had time to enhance that.

Joop



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Re: [rt-users] Looking for users of RT 4.4 that use the Asset feature

[john boris]

Chris,
Thanks for the quick reply. I am leaning toward using the service tag (we
are a 90% Dell Shop) as an index or searchable field since it will be
unique.  I understand about duplicates. What we have now is not workable

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Chris Manly  wrote:

> I’ve been starting to work with Assets.  It’s not as rich or fully-baked
> as the ticketing side of things, but it gets the job done for me.  You’ll
> definitely want 4.4.1, because there’s a bug in 4.4.0 where you can’t
> search for assets associated with a person and actually find them.
>
>
>
> I’ve done .csv loads of assets.  If you’ve got a custom field that has a
> unique key (like an asset tag #) it works well to avoid creating
> duplicates.  If you lack that… well, let’s just say I had a lot of cleanup
> to do.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Christopher Manly
>
> Coordinator, Library Systems
>
> Cornell University Library Information Technologies
>
> c...@cornell.edu
>
> 607-255-3344
>
>
>
>
>
> *From: *rt-users  on behalf of
> john boris 
> *Date: *Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 2:51 PM
> *To: *"rt-users@lists.bestpractical.com"  >
> *Subject: *[rt-users] Looking for users of RT 4.4 that use the Asset
> feature
>
>
>
> Good Day,
>
> My department is looking to replace our current Ticket/asset management
> system. I have been using RT on a small basis to handle my own Support
> requests and used the Asset Management add on (pre 4.4). Our current system
> used to have an agent that would populate the data set for us but lacked
> some of the info we needed. We were at the mercy of the company to add
> features.
>
>
>
> I am hoping we can roll our own Powershell script to gather the info we
> need and with some other tweaks we can roll our own.My question to the list
> is if anyone is using RT 4.4 with the Asset Management feature and would
> like to share their experience with it. I am putting together the proposal
> to use RT for this replacement. As a ticket system I think it is an easy
> sell but the Asset portion is my tough sell.
>
>
>
> Anyone who wants to reply can reply off list unless it you feel it is
> relevant to stay on the list. I will post what happens when completed
> (albeit that might not be for a month or so).
>
>
>
> TIA
>
>
>
> --
>
> John J. Boris, Sr.
>
>
>



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Re: [rt-users] Looking for users of RT 4.4 that use the Asset feature

[chrisis]

We use the Asset feature, having migrated to it from SYSAID.

I assume your powershell script will be used to build a CSV of all your
assets. You'll be able to import this CSV directly into Assets in RT. There
is a plugin to make this super easy:
http://search.cpan.org/~bps/RT-Extension-Assets-Import-CSV-2.1/lib/RT/Extension/Assets/Import/CSV.pm

You will obviously need to do some planning and configuration up front to
ensure your specific Asset database has the Custom Fields you need, and
you'll want to configure your assets catalog lifecycle(s) just like you
would have configured your RT queue lifecycles.

The only tricky thing we are facing at the moment is adding an asset to a
ticket. By default it is easy adding a ticket to an asset (basically: open
the asset, click "Create Linked Ticket" from Actions) but there isn't a
default set up for linking an asset to an existing ticket. Well, there is,
but the searchable text entry requires you to know the asset number in order
to add it, which isn't too useful. But imo this is a solveable problem, I'll
post when I have figured it out.

Other than that do you have any specific questions about Assets in RT?



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[rt-users] Looking for users of RT 4.4 that use the Asset feature

[john boris]

Good Day,
My department is looking to replace our current Ticket/asset management
system. I have been using RT on a small basis to handle my own Support
requests and used the Asset Management add on (pre 4.4). Our current system
used to have an agent that would populate the data set for us but lacked
some of the info we needed. We were at the mercy of the company to add
features.

I am hoping we can roll our own Powershell script to gather the info we
need and with some other tweaks we can roll our own.My question to the list
is if anyone is using RT 4.4 with the Asset Management feature and would
like to share their experience with it. I am putting together the proposal
to use RT for this replacement. As a ticket system I think it is an easy
sell but the Asset portion is my tough sell.

Anyone who wants to reply can reply off list unless it you feel it is
relevant to stay on the list. I will post what happens when completed
(albeit that might not be for a month or so).

TIA

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[rt-users] Emails as tickets

[Lorraine Johnson]

Hello all,


Please my rt queues are are receiving emails as if it is a mailing list.
Any Idea how I can go about it?

thank you
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