IF the schedule makes it that SA isn't doing many check for that specific entry , then having a MAINTENANCE until for just 1 hour should not be a problem.
Look at my "other example"
 

Dirk.

 


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael D. Shook
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 4:20 PM
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] Possible Future Feature Request

My limited understanding of the issue as proposed:
 
In order to set the 'maintenance until' to the next scheduled time period then, the user has to know what the schedule is, then set the 'maintenance until' to run into that time period so that it goes from 'maintenance until' directly to 'maintenance due to schedule'. The problem here is that with a large number of checks, I'm not going to remember all the different schedules. I would have to open up the check, see what it's schedule was, calculate a good time, then cancel out of that, then set the 'maintenance until' setting.
 
What about this, if SA internally kept it as 'maintenance until' BUT offered an option to automatically calculate that time based on the checks schedule if it has one? This could be inserted into the right click menu as two options, one for the user to enter a time period, and a second to set the 'maintenance until' to when the check is set to go on 'maintenance by schedule' as an internal calculation?
 
Would this solve both user requests and be workable?
 

Michael Shook
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Saddle Creek Corporation
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:48 AM
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] Possible Future Feature Request

I think you might be misunderstanding how this would work.
Let me try to explain.
 
Example:
    entry_1 has a schedule that says NOT to check on Friday from 6am until 8pm
   
    On Friday at 4am you maunal set it to maintenance (NOT changing the schedule!) for 4 hours
 
    This means that the next cycle let's assume at 4:10am the entry is not checked since it's in maintenance.
    ...
    At 8am (to be correct first cycle after 8am) we remove the maintenance flag (4 hours after the time it was set to maintenance), and we see that due to the schedule is set NOT to be checked -> entry is not checked.
 
 
First we look at the maintenance/active flag.  And IF that flag gives an "active" as result then we check the schedule. 
 
So from what I can understand from what you want to do this should not be a problem.
 
 
Other example:
    entry_1 has a schedule that says to check on Wednesday from 8am until 9am
    On Wednesday at 8:15am you put the entry into maintenance for 1 hour
    On Wednesday at 9:15am we remove the maintenance flag and check the schedule and see that we should not check it.
    ...
 
 
Do you understand?
 

Dirk.

 


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carroll, Andy
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 12:48 AM
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] Possible Future Feature Request

 
I would of thought using the schedule to indicate when a check becomes active is exactly what the schedule feature is for, otherwise what was the original idea of having a schedule for the time when a check is active.
 
I find it hard to believe that having the option of putting a check on Maintenance until the start of the next scheduled check would not be generally useful to a wider audience than my current configuration.
 
I have been recommending your product and your excellent support, and feedback, to some colleagues who would be only too happy to purchase if you currently provided a away of providing the facility I have been discussing.
 
Thanks for the feedback and consideration of this request, I will see if I can contrive another way to achieve this sort of functionality.
 
Andy
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: 30 June 2004 19:53
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] Possible Future Feature Request

sorry but using the schedule seems very unrealistic for a common feature. A

can understand that in your setup this is something usefull, but we have to

try to make the tool as general as possible.

Dirk.


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carroll, Andy
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 6:56 PM
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Then how about having a check box, when putting the check into this status, to use either the schedule checking time or if not checked, for a time hh:mm to be manually entered, would this then satisfy both options.
 
Andy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: 30 June 2004 16:11
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] Possible Future Feature Request

It's the same if you set hh:mm correctly.
But I can't agree with it that SA should set hh:mm according to the checking schedule.
 

Dirk.

 


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carroll, Andy
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 3:32 PM
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] Possible Future Feature Request

Dirk,
 
isn't the "maintenance until next schedule" the same as "maintenance until hh:mm", just using the scheduled time for the check, as specified in the 'checking schedule of entry', as the user specified time, rather than setting another field with this value?
 
Andy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx
Sent: 30 June 2004 12:57
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Subject: RE: [SA-list] Possible Future Feature Request

We can't do a "maintenance until next schedule", is would be to specific for your needs and not generaly usefull.  What is a possibily is a "maintenance until hh:mm" were the user can specify until when.
 
 

Dirk.

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