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Meta-Update is a simple-to-learn scripting tool.
Scripts can be a few lines or thousands of lines.
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This 4-line script
sets one of 300+ server settings
like ADMIN_MODE.
What is Meta-Update for?
A Meta-Update script automates any data job
for BMC Helix / Remedy and ServiceNow servers
Ready in 1⁄10th the time of any other way.
Meta-Update's power is shown by our Script Toolkits
Script Toolkits
These Script Toolkits are bundled in the distribution.
Meta-Update Job Console
A BMC App and set of scripts to set-up and queue jobs. A daemon script launches jobs in multi-threaded slots.
- Meta-Archive
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A robust archiving with targets of archive forms, another server, CSV files, HTML files
— for any release or any application.
- Meta-Databot
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A file reading Data Wizard that is easy to configure and add new jobs.
- CMDB Audit Service
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Your CMDB checked for duplicates, missing relationships, missing data.
- Recon
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Recon rules documented
- Server Info
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Dynamic Server information sheet
- All Jobs
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» All jobs
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Job Console
A Meta-Update script server fires jobs in slots and returns results to the user.
Meta-Archive
Powerful, granular, Archive, with CMDB, GDPR mode, restore.
Meta-Databot
Automated Data Wizard with a simple Excel configuration to add jobs and forms — doing a file of changes and sporting an Undo.
CMDB Audit
CMDB duplicates, missing data or relations reporting with a granular Excel configuration.
On-boarding
Imagine on-boarding 8,000 customers from an hp Asset Service system to bmc itsm.
Each with thousands of Sites, organizations, groups, people, servers, routers, laptops, services, groups.
Tool delivered in three months.
Company Reorg
Imagine one company becoming nine legal entities and needing to migrate all people, groups, CIs, incident, changes.
Only the power of Meta-Update was capable of delivering results
Ad-Hoc Scripting
Our Ad-hoc Scripting Service solves your intractable data problems —in record time!
Tags
A Query iterates through results, loading all fields in a Tag.
Substitution
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Nesting
Following trees becomes trivial: a Query followed by a Query using the first's Tag in the qualification.
Conditional
Everyting can be conditional, Update and Query when and if desired.
Rich Assignments
- if
- Fully nested conditional assignments.
- Lookups
- Check and load cached data from files, queries.
- regex
- Full PCRE regular expressions for matching and extraction.
- math
- Full mathlib expressions with additional rand() function.
- msg
- Ability to throw messages and abort.
- include
- Include other files and call sections
- debug
- Embed debug statements and run a full breakpoint single-stepping debugger.
- spawn
- Spawn client OS calls and process results.
- Exec
- Run Remedy server psuedo-processess.
- string
- Assign files and text to strings record / field substitutions.
- Server Logging
- Capture server logs.
- Formats
- Set automatic field based format conversions. Use format in assignments.
- Tabs
- Set automatic tab facility for string assignments.
- Types
- Automatic type detection and conversion.
- Field reference
- Full field / schema reference information available.
- ID Log
- Optional, automatic log of all data records read, updated, etc
- SQL
- Remedy SQL ability with SQL field assists.
Meta-Archive to HTML updating a ServiceNow table
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Why use Meta-Update on ServiceNow?
Meta-Update lets you automate data imports in minutes.
No need to spend hours formatting data to import into ServiceNow.
Meta-Update allows direct transfers of data between Remedy and ServiceNow.
Meta-Update Use Cases
Automate complex data imports
Transfer data and attachments between Remedy and ServiceNow
Automate complex data transformations
Automate complex data reports or file creation
Prototype applications and services
Fully Supported
Your trial license allows any number of users or processes and is fully supported.
Free help with the OOTB functionality.
Free Scripting 101 when you want to build your own scripts.
Trial License
Trials are valid for one month.
You must accept our trial terms and conditions on the Trial request.
This includes our Standard Support agreement.
Scripting 101
From first view of an ini file, through How to run the binaries, to a details of Meta-Update scripting.
Scripting 101 is available as a PowerPoint show.
Documentation
- Instal Guide
- Installation Guide for both Meta-Update and the Job Console application
- User's Guide
- The reference to Meta-Update scripting and debugging.
- Job Console User's Guide
- Admin reference for the optional Job Console.
- Samples Guide
- Samples scripts with detailed explanations as a learning aid.
Operational
SQL Select shortcuts, field level transforms, chunked queries with no limits, CSV columns in any order, values spanning lines.
Assignment
From first view of an ini file, through How to run the binaries, to a details of Meta-Update scripting.
Documentation
- Instal Guide
- Installation Guide for both Meta-Update and the Job Console application
- User's Guide
- The reference to Meta-Update scripting and debugging.
- Job Console User's Guide
- Admin reference for the optional Job Console.
- Samples Guide
- Samples scripts with detailed explanations as a learning aid.
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