NAME

       RT-Extension-Assets-Import-CSV - RT Assets Import from CSV

PREREQUISITES

       This version of RT::Extension::Assets::Import::CSV requires RT 4.4, as that version of RT has Assets
       built in.

       If you're running RT 4.2 with the Assets extension, you should seek an older version of this extension;
       specifically, version 1.4.

INSTALLATION

       "perl Makefile.PL"
       "make"
       "make install"
           May need root permissions

       Edit your /opt/rt5/etc/RT_SiteConfig.pm
           Add this line:

               Plugin('RT::Extension::Assets::Import::CSV');

           See "CONFIGURATION", below, for the remainder of the required configuration.

       Restart your webserver
       Run "bin/rt-assets-import-csv"
           See "bin/rt-assets-import-csv --help" for more information.

CONFIGURATION

       The following configuration would be used to import a three-column CSV of assets, where the column titled
       "serviceTag" is unique:

           Set( $AssetsImportUniqueCF, 'Service Tag' );
           Set( %AssetsImportFieldMapping,
               'Name'           => 'description',
               'CF.Service Tag' => 'serviceTag',
               'CF.Location'    => 'building',
               'CF.Serial #'    => 'serialNo',
           );

   Constant values
       If  you  want  to set an RT column or custom field to a static value for all imported assets, precede the
       "CSV field name" (right hand side of the mapping) with a slash, like so:

           Set( $AssetsImportUniqueCF, 'Service Tag' );
           Set( %AssetsImportFieldMapping,
               'Name'           => 'description',
               'Catalog'        => \'Hardware',
               'CF.Service Tag' => 'serviceTag',
               'CF.Location'    => 'building',
               'CF.Serial #'    => 'serialNo',
           );

       Every imported asset will now be added to the Hardware catalog  in  RT.   This  feature  is  particularly
       useful  for  setting the asset catalog, but may also be useful when importing assets from CSV sources you
       don't control (and don't want to modify each time).

   Computed values
       You may also compute values during import, by  passing  a  subroutine  reference  as  the  value  in  the
       %AssetsImportFieldMapping.  This subroutine will be called with a hash reference of the parsed CSV row.

           Set( $AssetsImportUniqueCF, 'Service Tag' );
           Set( %AssetsImportFieldMapping,
               'Name'           => 'description',
               'CF.Service Tag' => 'serviceTag',
               'CF.Location'    => 'building',
               'CF.Weight'      => sub { $_[0]->{"Weight (kg)"} || "(unknown)" },
           );

       Using computed columns may cause false-positive "unused column" warnings; these can be ignored.

   Numeric identifiers
       If  you  are  already  using a numeric identifier to uniquely track your assets, and wish RT to take over
       handling of that identifier, you can choose to leave $AssetsImportUniqueCF unset, and assign to  "id"  in
       the %AssetsImportFieldMapping:

           Set( %AssetsImportFieldMapping,
               'id'             => 'serviceTag',
               'Name'           => 'description',
               'CF.Service Tag' => 'serviceTag',
               'CF.Serial #'    => 'serialNo',
           );

       This  requires  that,  after  the import, RT becomes the generator of all asset ids.  Otherwise, asset id
       conflicts may occur.

AUTHOR

       Best Practical Solutions, LLC <modules@bestpractical.com>

BUGS

       All bugs should be reported via email to

           L<bug-RT-Extension-Assets-Import-CSV@rt.cpan.org|mailto:bug-RT-Extension-Assets-Import-CSV@rt.cpan.org>

       or via the web at

           L<rt.cpan.org|http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=RT-Extension-Assets-Import-CSV>.

COPYRIGHT

       This extension is Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Best Practical Solutions, LLC.

       This is free software, licensed under:

         The GNU General Public License, Version 2, June 1991

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