Automate - Import Utilization Extractor Data into Scheduler

 

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Introduction

Rampiva Automate provides reporting and metrics for jobs that have been executed with Rampiva Scheduler. We also provide an option to import metrics from cases that were processed using Nuix Workstation. This article describes the process to import the metrics into Rampiva Automate.

Prerequisites 

  • Utilization Extractor v 5.1.3 or later

  • Rampiva Scheduler v 5.3.6 or later

  • Rampiva Security Policy Permissions:

    • Modify on All Clients or All Client Pools; and

    • Modify on All System Resources

  • Nuix 7.8 or later


Instructions

A. Import Utilization data into Rampiva Automate

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Follow the steps in the https://rampiva.atlassian.net/l/c/ApsG3E0t KB article for Exporting metrics from one Scheduler instance to another.

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Follow the steps outlined in https://rampiva.atlassian.net/l/cp/uReGP8Hx to extract metrics from existing Nuix cases where processing was performed outside of Rampiva Automate.

 

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Log into Rampiva Scheduler.

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Navigate to Settings, then System Resources.

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Click Load External.

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Select the non-anonymized utilization JSON file created by Utilization Extractor.

Ensure not to select the Anonymized version as this will load anonymized values into the database and prevent proper data linking and analysis.

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When complete, Rampiva Scheduler will display a Loading Complete screen indicating how many records were added and/or updated.

B. Troubleshooting

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When loading metrics into Rampiva Automate and the following error message is displayed, perform the following steps.

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Browse to the Utilization Extractor JSON.

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Launch PowerShell.

 

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Run the following command in PowerShell:

(Get-Content Input.json) -replace '\{\s*\"value\"\:\s*(\d+)\s*\}', '$1' | Out-File -Encoding "UTF8" Patched.json

 

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