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Invisible wrote:
> Perhaps more worrying is that they have apparently decided that we're
> goig to keep a record of every user account ever created... using an
> Excel spreadsheet.
OK, so I've just received an email asking me for details of every user
account that has ever existed in the UK system.
WTF?
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> OK, so I've just received an email asking me for details of every user
> account that has ever existed in the UK system.
>
> WTF?
I would print out the list, scan it in, then email them the PDF. Tell them
you don't have the original document anymore of all the old users, that
should keep them busy for a while :-)
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scott wrote:
>> OK, so I've just received an email asking me for details of every user
>> account that has ever existed in the UK system.
>>
>> WTF?
>
> I would print out the list, scan it in, then email them the PDF. Tell
> them you don't have the original document anymore of all the old users,
> that should keep them busy for a while :-)
More to the point, we really *don't* have this information anywhere.
When I first joined the company, nobody bothered to record this kind of
stuff. Ah, times were much simpler back then. (And much less organised,
it must be said!)
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:28:33 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>>>>> Why...WHY would you do this?? >_<
>>>> Then step in and advise them accordingly.
>>> Yes. Because they're *really* going to take notice of what *I* say.
>>> :-P
>>
>> They certainly are guaranteed to not take notice of what you say if you
>> say nothing.
>
> I queried it. Needless to say, they don't think this is a real problem.
And did you push back with reasons why you think it is?
Jim
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:06:44 +0000, Invisible wrote:
> scott wrote:
>>> OK, so I've just received an email asking me for details of every user
>>> account that has ever existed in the UK system.
>>>
>>> WTF?
>>
>> I would print out the list, scan it in, then email them the PDF. Tell
>> them you don't have the original document anymore of all the old users,
>> that should keep them busy for a while :-)
>
> More to the point, we really *don't* have this information anywhere.
> When I first joined the company, nobody bothered to record this kind of
> stuff. Ah, times were much simpler back then. (And much less organised,
> it must be said!)
If there in Active Directory still, use ldifde (I believe that's what
it's called) and dump the contents to a text file, then send that to them.
Jim
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>>>> WTF?
>>> I would print out the list, scan it in, then email them the PDF. Tell
>>> them you don't have the original document anymore of all the old users,
>>> that should keep them busy for a while :-)
>> More to the point, we really *don't* have this information anywhere.
>> When I first joined the company, nobody bothered to record this kind of
>> stuff. Ah, times were much simpler back then. (And much less organised,
>> it must be said!)
>
> If there in Active Directory still, use ldifde (I believe that's what
> it's called) and dump the contents to a text file, then send that to them.
Nah. We're talking about accounts that were deleted before AD was even
invented.
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:20:13 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>>> WTF?
>>>> I would print out the list, scan it in, then email them the PDF.
>>>> Tell them you don't have the original document anymore of all the old
>>>> users, that should keep them busy for a while :-)
>>> More to the point, we really *don't* have this information anywhere.
>>> When I first joined the company, nobody bothered to record this kind
>>> of stuff. Ah, times were much simpler back then. (And much less
>>> organised, it must be said!)
>>
>> If there in Active Directory still, use ldifde (I believe that's what
>> it's called) and dump the contents to a text file, then send that to
>> them.
>
> Nah. We're talking about accounts that were deleted before AD was even
> invented.
Well, that's even easier, then. Go grab random first names and last
names and stick them together. ;-)
In seriousness, if you can get access to HR records (electronic HR
records), you cold probably reconstruct enough information. Or just
refer them to the HR department if there's an easy criteria (such as
"anyone we hired had an account, and HR documents all of that").
Jim
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Invisible wrote:
> I wonder how well it will "work" once we have a few GB of data in there
> though?
You have a few GB of login account information? WTF?
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Ouch ouch ouch!"
"What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
"No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."
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>> I wonder how well it will "work" once we have a few GB of data in
>> there though?
>
> You have a few GB of login account information? WTF?
A list of every employee who has ever worked for the company in its
entire 25-year history? Every temp who's spent a week with us?
Maybe GB is exaggerating slightly, but we're talking about a file that
by definition is going to grow without limit. Isn't there a row limit in
Excel?
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>Isn't there a row limit in Excel?
By the time you've hired and fired 65,000 employees, you'll probably have
migrated to a better system.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Ouch ouch ouch!"
"What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
"No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."
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