[racktables-users] Re: survey: barcodes versus asset tags

- I store 1 value in "asset tag" column only

I was planning to add a different value to the barcode field which would
be the barcode sticker that BT insist on putting on everything we
co-locate in one of their DCs. I'll just put that somewhere else (if I
bother, don't use it anyway).

Ray

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[mailto:racktables-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Denis
Ovsienko
Sent: 09 July 2009 14:22
To: racktables-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [racktables-users] survey: barcodes versus asset tags

Hello, list.

There are two columns for each object: "asset tag" and "barcode". There
is also a story behind them. Long time ago the initial implementation of
RackTables had to serve a hardware base, which was accounted by two
independent systems at once (don't ask me, why). One system used labels
without a barcode, and another --- labels with barcode. So at that time
I added two fixed columns into SQL table and that did the trick. Later
it became obvious, that enterprises normally employ only one asset
accounting systems, but the columns were already there, and user's data
also was. So I left things as was.

Now I consider dismissing the "barcode" column in favor of "asset
tag" this year. There are ways to handle existing data:

1. Append the contents of "barcode" to "asset tag".
2. Create an optional "barcode" attribute and move the "barcode" fixed
column data there.
3. Something else, perhaps.

To make the right decision, it is necessary to know, how you,
RackTables users, use these columns. Could you choose, which answer
describes your case best?

- I don't store values in either "barcode" or "asset tag" columns
- I store 1 value in "barcode" column only
- I store 1 value in "asset tag" column only
- I store values in both "barcode" and "asset tag" columns, they are
  different
- I always store the same value in both "barcode" and "asset tag"
  columns

Thank you in advance.

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    Denis Ovsienko 
 
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