Laptop identifier

The laptop identifier is used to

• set out which directories on the Regional Server is used for a laptop's News and Backup

The identifiers are stored in entry "Laptop_Identifier" in Settings (CCMBD.mdb) / A_Info tableand apply to some File Locations.

The naming convention is a letter for the site and a 1 digit number that has no inherent meaning other than to ID a laptop.

Laptop Identifier Assignment

added to Settings

• G9 - old GRA_MICU - p:Gladys Ens
• G8 - old GRA_N3 - p:Mindy Crawley
• G7 - old GRA_N5 - p:Sherry Urbanski
• H9 - old HSC_ICUa - p:Joanna Velasco
• H8 - old HSC_ICUb - p:Joyce Peterson
• H7 - old HSC_ICUd - vacant so different staff cover
• H6 - old HSC_A4 - vacant so different staff cover
• H5 - old HSC_B3 (& D5) -p:Iris DeLeon
• H4 - old HSC_D4 - p:Michelle Lagadi
• H3 - old HSC_H4 - vacant so different staff cover
• S9 - old STB_CCU (ACCU) - p:Marla Penner
• S8 - old STB_CICU - p:Stephanie Cortilet
• S7 - old STB_MISI - p:Valerie Penner
• S6 - old STB_MedB - vacant so different staff cover
• S5 - old STB_MedA - p:Pamela Piche
• S4 - old STB_MedD - p:Debbie Page Newton

Setting the laptop identifier

• open CCMDB.accdb
• click the Settings button
• on the left side, in the "General Settings" panel, find the line that has the word Laptop_Identifier in the left "field_name" column
  • if no line starts with the word Laptop_Identifier
    • make a new line and copy-paste the word Laptop_Identifier into the left, field_name column
    • put your laptop identifier (see #Laptop Identifier Assignment) in the right, "field_data" column
• click "OK" to exit out of the Settings window
• add a RED DOT sticker (use left-overs from Overstay) to the top right corner of the laptop and put the laptop identifier on there for easy reference.

Implementation

In CCMDB.accdb, the function Laptop_Identifier() will return this.

Background

We are using:

• single digits numbers for ease of filling TISS (it doesn't accept letters for that field)
• descending numbers to make it less likely that someone accidentally enters old page number rather than laptop ID
• single letters to minimize the increase in data