RE: [SA-list] New check position

[Rosiak, John]

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Dirk,

 

My initial thought was another field to define a "position" within the tree that could be set so that no matter what the group you are working with, the check would always be at the later level (or maintained).  Now, that may present a problem with other dependencies, but it may be a more flexible way to position some checks.

 

Let me see if I can picture this for you:

 

a1

        a2

                a3

all of the above are standard dependencies.

 

Now:

a1-L1

                        a2-L5 (indicates the ability to insert other checks before this one ( 4 levels deep and in this  example,        dependent   on a3

                                a3-L3 (the ability to quick-edit change the implied dependency)

 

The above now gives:    a1, then a3, then a2    with the ability to throw in a7 with a level of L2, making a2 and a3 dependent ON A7 ???

 

Is this making any sense ????---it sounded good when I said it to myself initially.

 

Keep up the good work....the beta with multi drag and drop looks great---solves my dependency issue very nicely !

 

John

 

 From: Dirk Bulinckx [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 3:48 PM
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] New check position

Not sure to understand what you mean with it.  Can you explain it a bit more?

 

dirk.

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Rosiak, John
Sent: Thu Mar 27 8:45 PM
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] New check position

Thanks, Dirk,

 

You may also want to  consider a positioning "flag" of sorts to be able to set up a new dependency check, e.g.  level set the dependencies in the tree... 1,2,3,4,5,6, etc. and then update other checks to position them appropriately.  It may be more helpful then just drag and drop.

 

Just a thought !

 

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Dirk Bulinckx [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 2:20 PM
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] New check position

Just add it at the end of the group and drap & drop all others to it, that way they will depend on it and automaticly they will be seen "under" it too.

Only problem is that you will have to drap & drop them one-by-one and yes in the next version (4.1 or 4.2) it will be possible to drap & drop multiple items.

 

dirk.

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Rosiak, John
Sent: Thu Mar 27 8:08 PM
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Subject: [SA-list] New check position

Dirk and all,

Is there a way to insert a new check in the first position of an existing group, without establishing a new group and then mass-copying the dependents ???

For example.....  A number of network switch pings that now depend on a master switch.  If the master switch isn't up, don't bother with the rest of the sub checks.

Or, is this the good part of the next upgrade ???

Continue the excellent work, Dirk !

John      
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