597: Add method to do bulk updates - RackTables bug tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

597	RackTables	default	public	2012-09-06 21:43	2012-10-20 11:49

Reporter	ToddDTaft	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Product Version	0.19.14

Summary	597: Add method to do bulk updates
Description	Please add a way to do bulk/mass updates via the normal web interface. e.g. I would like a way to update the hardware warranty expiration date on a large number of machines at once without having to do it one-by-one and open up each machine page or resort to a raw database (SQL) command.
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infrastation 2012-10-20 11:49 administrator ~0000923	I doubt there's a volunteer to implement this as requested (solely by means of GUI), but perhaps the following solution may fit: 1. Build a list of objects using the tag/predicate filter panel. 2. Copy the current selection criteria to the "extra" textarea of the panel (there's a button that does it in 0.20.x). 3. Use the following PHP script to update the objects as required: <?php $script_mode = TRUE; include '/usr/local/racktables/wwwroot/inc/init.php'; $text = '{something} and {something else}'; # copy from the textarea foreach (scanRealmByText ('object', $text) as $object) commitUpdateAttrValue ( $object['id'], 21, # support contract expiration strtotime ('09/01/2013') ); ?> Closing.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2012-09-06 21:43	ToddDTaft	New Issue
2012-10-20 11:49	infrastation	Note Added: 0000923
2012-10-20 11:49	infrastation	Status	new => closed
2012-10-20 11:49	infrastation	Resolution	open => won't fix