I guess they could have send it to the list for review/QA :-) From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tommy Morris Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 3:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: New Product Catalog Data Import - Disappointed!
** Oh that is a good one Rick. BMC's QA department seems to be more committed to clearing their queue by their deadlines than actually testing and sending bugs back to the engineers. From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Cook Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 6:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: New Product Catalog Data Import - Disappointed! ** BMC does have a QA department, don't they? Rick On Jun 8, 2011 6:09 AM, "Peter Romain" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi, > > BMC just released new Product Catalog data based on ADDM discovery data. > > I was hoping to use this data immediately as we need to reconcile ADDM > data with other data sources (HP uCMDB, CiscoWorks and manual audit data). > > I loaded the data only to find that it looks amateurish. > > Specifically: > Data has the first character as upper case and the rest as lower. This > means that we see companies like Bmc, Ibm, Hp, etc. The product name data > is also the same. For reports this won't look good. > > Then there are exceptions and possible duplicates such as the inclusion of > both 'Network associates' and 'Networks Associates' (note the capital > 'A'). > > Although open to debate the customer here thinks the normalisation aliases > are the wrong way around for companies like BMC (BMC Software converts to > BMC), HP (Hewlett-Packard converts to Hp), etc. > > The Tier 1-3 values are all the same. A suggestion of possible values > would have been good. > > The data only includes Product class data. The opportunity to include > other classes has been missed (but I hope will come later). > > > The customer here has decided to analyse ADDM data themselves and create > Product Catalog, Manufacturers and NE aliases. > > The BMC data as it stands is as much help as the old DSL data was (did > anyone really use this?). Maybe I was expecting too much! > > Anyone else looked at this? > > Cheers > > Peter > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at > www.arslist.org<http://www.arslist.org> > attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com<http://www.wwrug.com> ARSList: "Where the > Answers Are" _attend WWRUG11 www.wwrug.com<http://www.wwrug.com> ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _attend WWRUG11 www.wwrug.com<http://www.wwrug.com> ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ ________________________________ Blue Turtle Technologies (Pty) Limited | Reg. no.: 2003/002610/07 | Tel: +27 (0)11 206 5600 | Fax: +27 (0)11 206 5606 | http://www.blueturtle.co.za Midridge Office Estate, International Business Gateway, cnr New Road & Sixth Street, Midrand, 1685 | P O Box 31331, Kyalami, 1684 DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This communication represents the originator's personal views and opinions, which do not necessarily reflect those of Blue Turtle Technologies (Pty) Ltd. If you are not the original recipient or the person responsible for delivering the email to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error, and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender. Thank you. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
