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

On Thu, 2009 Jul 09, 17:21:58 (+0400), Denis Ovsienko wrote:
> 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

Well, we store 1 or more values in "asset tag" column only.

We actually have an Assets Department. Anytime a 'big-ticket' item is bought 
(anything valued 5 digits or more), the Assets people will put one or more 
numbered stickers on the item. Once a year or so, the Assets people will run 
around campus looking for these things, making sure they didn't end up in 
someone's house. Any time an item is transferred between departments or 
colleges, or it is being decommisioned, forms have to be filed out using the 
asset numbers on the stickers.

As an example, we bought a Quantum Scalar i2000 tape library two years ago. Not 
only did the library get an asset number, but so did each of the 4 tape drives 
inside the library. Inside Racktables, I put a comma-delimited string of 5 
numbers for the asset tag. *shrug* Only a couple of items have multiple 
numbers. Some items have no numbers. I tried putting in 'none' for things that 
have no numbers, to differentiate things that need to have its number entered 
in, but there seems to be a strict uniqueness check that disallows multiple 
items to have the same asset tag. :)

Thanks for help Dennis!

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