Managing who gets alerts - shifts and rotations
Wanted to say a very belated thanks and I am sorry for sounding rant-y. Should not have ridden that hobby horse through this group. (I have my curmudgeon ribbon, I'm afraid).
After a bit of a delay we're going full speed ahead with our xymon conversion. Our tech support manager is writing an external rotation script to handle our peculiar rotation complexities. Still kinda surprised that we haven't been able to find any code for such a tool around - I keep thinking we can't be the first company to need this - but I'm glad we're going with xymon.
Newbie questions to follow in very short order
thanks again Betsy
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On 11/09/2010 04:00 PM, Elizabeth Schwartz wrote:
Wanted to say a very belated thanks and I am sorry for sounding rant-y. Should not have ridden that hobby horse through this group. (I have my curmudgeon ribbon, I'm afraid).
After a bit of a delay we're going full speed ahead with our xymon conversion. Our tech support manager is writing an external rotation script to handle our peculiar rotation complexities. Still kinda surprised that we haven't been able to find any code for such a tool around - I keep thinking we can't be the first company to need this - but I'm glad we're going with xymon.
Newbie questions to follow in very short order
A coworker of mine wrote a rotation script to rotate one on call e-mail based on a text file provided with the calendar. This does not help with your multiple times a day rotation, but perhaps it would be of interest? I'm sure he does not wish to hold any rights over it.
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Betsy, Ryan
Why not post what you have/create, so it is available to all for implementation, and, heaven forbid, improvement. :-) Like you said, it is unlikely you are the first to encounter this issue, but others may have solved it in a less elegant manner.
Regards Vernon
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Ryan Novosielski <novosirj at umdnj.edu>wrote:
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On 11/09/2010 04:00 PM, Elizabeth Schwartz wrote:
Wanted to say a very belated thanks and I am sorry for sounding rant-y. Should not have ridden that hobby horse through this group. (I have my curmudgeon ribbon, I'm afraid).
After a bit of a delay we're going full speed ahead with our xymon conversion. Our tech support manager is writing an external rotation script to handle our peculiar rotation complexities. Still kinda surprised that we haven't been able to find any code for such a tool around - I keep thinking we can't be the first company to need this - but I'm glad we're going with xymon.
Newbie questions to follow in very short order
A coworker of mine wrote a rotation script to rotate one on call e-mail based on a text file provided with the calendar. This does not help with your multiple times a day rotation, but perhaps it would be of interest? I'm sure he does not wish to hold any rights over it.
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I'll definitely talk to the person who is writing it. We have an ancient rotation script for the weekly rotation (nothing interesting, 10 lines of perl that swaps around a .forward file ) but now we need real scheduling.
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Vernon Everett <everett.vernon at gmail.com> wrote:
Why not post what you have/create, so it is available to all for implementation, and, heaven forbid, improvement. :-)
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What is the best way to share such a script on this list?
On 11/09/2010 09:23 PM, Vernon Everett wrote:
Betsy, Ryan
Why not post what you have/create, so it is available to all for implementation, and, heaven forbid, improvement. :-) Like you said, it is unlikely you are the first to encounter this issue, but others may have solved it in a less elegant manner.
Regards Vernon
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Ryan Novosielski <novosirj at umdnj.edu <mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu>> wrote:
On 11/09/2010 04:00 PM, Elizabeth Schwartz wrote:
Wanted to say a very belated thanks and I am sorry for sounding rant-y. Should not have ridden that hobby horse through this group. (I have my curmudgeon ribbon, I'm afraid).
After a bit of a delay we're going full speed ahead with our xymon conversion. Our tech support manager is writing an external rotation script to handle our peculiar rotation complexities. Still kinda surprised that we haven't been able to find any code for such a tool around - I keep thinking we can't be the first company to need this - but I'm glad we're going with xymon.
Newbie questions to follow in very short order
A coworker of mine wrote a rotation script to rotate one on call e-mail based on a text file provided with the calendar. This does not help with your multiple times a day rotation, but perhaps it would be of interest? I'm sure he does not wish to hold any rights over it.
To unsubscribe from the xymon list, send an e-mail to xymon-unsubscribe at xymon.com <mailto:xymon-unsubscribe at xymon.com>
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Anyone have an answer to this question? Do I just attach the file?
On 11/10/2010 02:30 PM, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
What is the best way to share such a script on this list?
On 11/09/2010 09:23 PM, Vernon Everett wrote:
Betsy, Ryan
Why not post what you have/create, so it is available to all for implementation, and, heaven forbid, improvement. :-) Like you said, it is unlikely you are the first to encounter this issue, but others may have solved it in a less elegant manner.
Regards Vernon
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Ryan Novosielski <novosirj at umdnj.edu <mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu>> wrote:
On 11/09/2010 04:00 PM, Elizabeth Schwartz wrote:
Wanted to say a very belated thanks and I am sorry for sounding rant-y. Should not have ridden that hobby horse through this group. (I have my curmudgeon ribbon, I'm afraid).
After a bit of a delay we're going full speed ahead with our xymon conversion. Our tech support manager is writing an external rotation script to handle our peculiar rotation complexities. Still kinda surprised that we haven't been able to find any code for such a tool around - I keep thinking we can't be the first company to need this - but I'm glad we're going with xymon.
Newbie questions to follow in very short order
A coworker of mine wrote a rotation script to rotate one on call e-mail based on a text file provided with the calendar. This does not help with your multiple times a day rotation, but perhaps it would be of interest? I'm sure he does not wish to hold any rights over it.
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Hi, Ryan !
The usual way is to put such scripts, tools, etc ..
to http://xymonton.trantor.org/doku.php
cheers, martin
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
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Anyone have an answer to this question? Do I just attach the file?
On 11/10/2010 02:30 PM, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
What is the best way to share such a script on this list?
On 11/09/2010 09:23 PM, Vernon Everett wrote:
Betsy, Ryan
Why not post what you have/create, so it is available to all for implementation, and, heaven forbid, improvement. :-) Like you said, it is unlikely you are the first to encounter this issue, but others may have solved it in a less elegant manner.
Regards Vernon
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Ryan Novosielski <novosirj at umdnj.edu <mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu>> wrote:
On 11/09/2010 04:00 PM, Elizabeth Schwartz wrote:
Wanted to say a very belated thanks and I am sorry for sounding rant-y. Should not have ridden that hobby horse through this group. (I have my curmudgeon ribbon, I'm afraid).
After a bit of a delay we're going full speed ahead with our xymon conversion. Our tech support manager is writing an external rotation script to handle our peculiar rotation complexities. Still kinda surprised that we haven't been able to find any code for such a tool around - I keep thinking we can't be the first company to need this - but I'm glad we're going with xymon.
Newbie questions to follow in very short order
A coworker of mine wrote a rotation script to rotate one on call e-mail based on a text file provided with the calendar. This does not help with your multiple times a day rotation, but perhaps it would be of interest? I'm sure he does not wish to hold any rights over it.
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I'm certainly no authority, but try attaching it! ;) Attachments seem to usually get through (though exes, etc. will probably be blocked). The downside is that they are not archived publicly, but someone who find your message in the archive and was not subscribed at the time can probably subscribe and ask someone for it.
SebA
-----Original Message----- From: Ryan Novosielski [mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu] Sent: 12 November 2010 18:12 To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [xymon] Managing who gets alerts - shifts and rotations
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Anyone have an answer to this question? Do I just attach the file?
On 11/10/2010 02:30 PM, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
What is the best way to share such a script on this list?
On 11/09/2010 09:23 PM, Vernon Everett wrote:
Betsy, Ryan
Why not post what you have/create, so it is available to all for implementation, and, heaven forbid, improvement. :-) Like you said, it is unlikely you are the first to encounter this issue, but others may have solved it in a less elegant manner.
Regards Vernon
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Ryan Novosielski <novosirj at umdnj.edu <mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu>> wrote:
On 11/09/2010 04:00 PM, Elizabeth Schwartz wrote:
Wanted to say a very belated thanks and I am sorry for sounding rant-y. Should not have ridden that hobby horse through this group. (I have my curmudgeon ribbon, I'm afraid).
After a bit of a delay we're going full speed ahead with our xymon conversion. Our tech support manager is writing an external rotation script to handle our peculiar rotation complexities. Still kinda surprised that we haven't been able to find any code for such a tool around - I keep thinking we can't be the first company to need this - but I'm glad we're going with xymon.
Newbie questions to follow in very short order
A coworker of mine wrote a rotation script to rotate one on call e-mail based on a text file provided with the calendar. This does not help with your multiple times a day rotation, but perhaps it would be of interest? I'm sure he does not wish to hold any rights over it.
To unsubscribe from the xymon list, send an e-mail to xymon-unsubscribe at xymon.com <mailto:xymon-unsubscribe at xymon.com>
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OK, well, I hate to post on Xymonton something that is in such an early/unrefined state (it's not terribly configurable all in one place, so I went through and just edited out the UMDNJ specific stuff). So... maybe a first cut like this will help. Note that the script was written to solve a specific problem, though... our on call list was generated as a Word doc in a certain format. My colleague wrote something that would accept a saved TXT with the same formatting and use that to manage who's on call when. It would obviously make more sense to use a CSV or something like that, but that is not how the author of the schedule does what she does.
Initially, it ran Monday mornings, but that didn't take into account times when someone would swap a day or something. So now we run it at 8:00a everyday.
Anyways, without further ado. Hope it helps someone.
On 11/12/2010 03:10 PM, SebA wrote:
I'm certainly no authority, but try attaching it! ;) Attachments seem to usually get through (though exes, etc. will probably be blocked). The downside is that they are not archived publicly, but someone who find your message in the archive and was not subscribed at the time can probably subscribe and ask someone for it.
SebA
-----Original Message----- From: Ryan Novosielski [mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu] Sent: 12 November 2010 18:12 To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [xymon] Managing who gets alerts - shifts and rotations
Anyone have an answer to this question? Do I just attach the file?
On 11/10/2010 02:30 PM, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
What is the best way to share such a script on this list?
On 11/09/2010 09:23 PM, Vernon Everett wrote:
Betsy, Ryan
Why not post what you have/create, so it is available to all for implementation, and, heaven forbid, improvement. :-) Like you said, it is unlikely you are the first to encounter this issue, but others may have solved it in a less elegant manner.
Regards Vernon
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Ryan Novosielski <novosirj at umdnj.edu <mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu>> wrote:
On 11/09/2010 04:00 PM, Elizabeth Schwartz wrote:
Wanted to say a very belated thanks and I am sorry for sounding rant-y. Should not have ridden that hobby horse through this group. (I have my curmudgeon ribbon, I'm afraid).
After a bit of a delay we're going full speed ahead with our xymon conversion. Our tech support manager is writing an external rotation script to handle our peculiar rotation complexities. Still kinda surprised that we haven't been able to find any code for such a tool around - I keep thinking we can't be the first company to need this - but I'm glad we're going with xymon.
Newbie questions to follow in very short order
A coworker of mine wrote a rotation script to rotate one on call e-mail based on a text file provided with the calendar. This does not help with your multiple times a day rotation, but perhaps it would be of interest? I'm sure he does not wish to hold any rights over it.
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Maybe we get some space
in the svn-repository for such first-shots ... ?
martin
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
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OK, well, I hate to post on Xymonton something that is in such an early/unrefined state (it's not terribly configurable all in one place, so I went through and just edited out the UMDNJ specific stuff). So... maybe a first cut like this will help. Note that the script was written to solve a specific problem, though... our on call list was generated as a Word doc in a certain format. My colleague wrote something that would accept a saved TXT with the same formatting and use that to manage who's on call when. It would obviously make more sense to use a CSV or something like that, but that is not how the author of the schedule does what she does.
Initially, it ran Monday mornings, but that didn't take into account times when someone would swap a day or something. So now we run it at 8:00a everyday.
Anyways, without further ado. Hope it helps someone.
On 11/12/2010 03:10 PM, SebA wrote:
I'm certainly no authority, but try attaching it! ;) Attachments seem to usually get through (though exes, etc. will probably be blocked). The downside is that they are not archived publicly, but someone who find your message in the archive and was not subscribed at the time can probably subscribe and ask someone for it.
SebA
-----Original Message----- From: Ryan Novosielski [mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu] Sent: 12 November 2010 18:12 To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [xymon] Managing who gets alerts - shifts and rotations
Anyone have an answer to this question? Do I just attach the file?
On 11/10/2010 02:30 PM, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
What is the best way to share such a script on this list?
On 11/09/2010 09:23 PM, Vernon Everett wrote:
Betsy, Ryan
Why not post what you have/create, so it is available to all for implementation, and, heaven forbid, improvement. :-) Like you said, it is unlikely you are the first to encounter this issue, but others may have solved it in a less elegant manner.
Regards Vernon
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Ryan Novosielski <novosirj at umdnj.edu <mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu>> wrote:
On 11/09/2010 04:00 PM, Elizabeth Schwartz wrote: > Wanted to say a very belated thanks and I am sorry for sounding > rant-y. Should not have ridden that hobby horse through this group. (I > have my curmudgeon ribbon, I'm afraid).
> After a bit of a delay we're going full speed ahead with our xymon > conversion. Our tech support manager is writing an external rotation > script to handle our peculiar rotation complexities. Still kinda > surprised that we haven't been able to find any code for such a tool > around - I keep thinking we can't be the first company to need this - > but I'm glad we're going with xymon.
> Newbie questions to follow in very short order
A coworker of mine wrote a rotation script to rotate one on call e-mail based on a text file provided with the calendar. This does not help with your multiple times a day rotation, but perhaps it would be of interest? I'm sure he does not wish to hold any rights over it.
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