[ANSS-netops] ANSS Netops Database

[Kyle Persefield]

All,

ASL does not have an all-in-one means of tracking all activity 
concerning our stations.

We currently use a Access database to track equipment actions.  We 
may change this database in the future to something PASSCAL like.  We 
really want to barcode our equipment.

We also have station mailboxes and filters to track E-mail concerning 
station problems.

We also use Request-Tracker (Freeware, see 
http://www.bestpractical.com/rt/).  We use this software to generate 
trouble tickets\workorders and it can be linked to the E-mails.  Over 
time this can develop into quite a powerful tool to for your station 
knowledge base, history and trend analysis.

Lastly, we maintain station documents on individual stations on a 
common use networked hard drive.  Soon this folder will be 
reorganized and documents will be linked via a local "Wiki" page and 
has a powerful search engine to find things.

If someone comes up with an all-in-one process, we would like to 
know.  The best product we'd like to try and comes closest to this 
all-in-one documents/content management program, is the Microsoft 
Sharepoint Server see 
http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/default.mspx.  One of the 
features, you can move your Access database to Sharepoint.

That's my two cents worth...!!!

For a sure response send E-Mail to gsnmaint at usgs.gov, or 
gsn-xxxx(your station code)@usgs.gov

Regards,

Kyle E. Persefield
Honeywell Int'l HTSI, Field Engineer
USGS Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory Contractor

Observatory "Trouble" Hotline Telephone: 505-846-5646
Tel:   505-846-7597
Fax:  505-846-6973
Web:  http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/

Mailing Address:
U S Geological Survey
Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory
P O Box 82010
Albuquerque, NM 87198-2010