Dear NetBrain,
Regarding the Export feature of Runbooks.
The export of Runbook information is really detailed “after” the Runbook has been executed, you can see the results of the commands run and the comparison. But we would like to export the Runbook details to Word before the Runbook is executed, so we can put the details into a Change Authorisation Form (part of the change management process outside of NetBrain which needs sign off before we can execute the Runbook)
So as an example, in a Runbook you could create a step to run two show commands and then collect the standard set of “Built-in Live data” across a number of devices.
At this stage we would like to see in the export what tables will be retrieved and commands are going to be run.
But when you export a Runbook that has not yet been run you do not get this information, it focuses on the results (which have not been run at this stage) not the commands or tables you will be collecting.
Would it be possible to include the commands and tables that will be run in the Runbook export, as a new feature?
e.g in the export for that step in the Runbook something like this:
Runbook Step
Devices in Scope:
- Switch1
- Switch2
- Router3
Commands to be executed:
- show run
- show int status
Tables to be collected:
- MAC Table
- ARP Table
This would save us double keying this information into a separate Change Authorisation Form, we could export all of this and save a lot of time, this detail makes up 90% of the form.
Many Thanks for your consideration, happy to discuss further
