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MMcDonald
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We just had two users leave the company and between them, they have about 200 reports they receive. My question is, is there a way to write a job and update all the necessary BOT Tables in SQL repository?
I would need to update the static emails as well as the distribution lists by doing a find and replace on email addresses. This would save a great deal of time from having to edit each schedule and distribution list. Appreciate any assistance you can offer.

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8.0.9, Windows
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Francis Mariani
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I think it's possible. First make a backup of all the BOT tables. Either through (non-existant?) documentation or examination, you will find the appropriate tables. If you do not delete any rows, and just update email addresses or names, I think you should be OK. Of course, use SQL, not WebFOCUS to update the tables. My guess is that only two or three tables would need to be updated. Create a different copy of the tables to test out the SQL before running them on the live tables.


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MMcDonald
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Thanks for the quick response, Francis !
I found 3 tables:
BOTSCHED
BOTDEST
BOTDIST

we will create a test scenario and try updating the emails. Thanks again


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MMcDonald
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This worked great....here's the code I used:

BEGIN
UPDATE S
set S.distlist=REPLACE(S.distlist, 'old_value', 'new_value')

FROM [WebFocus80STG].[dbo].[BOTDIST] S
where distlist like '%old_value%'
END


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