Weekly Poll: Have You Encountered Database Cleanup Challenges in GAGEtrak?

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Over time, even well-maintained databases can accumulate inconsistent values, outdated information, and duplicate entries.

For example, a location entered as “Machine Shop 1,” “Machine Shop #1,” and “Machine Shop One” might appear as three different locations when filtering reports. These inconsistencies can make it difficult to get a complete picture of your calibration data.

Which of the following database maintenance or data consistency challenges have you encountered in GAGEtrak?

  • Inconsistent location names
  • Duplicate or inconsistent gage types
  • Archiving of calibration records
  • Outdated or inactive gage records
  • My database is already in good shape!
  • Other
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Join the Discussion!

Have you encountered inconsistent data that caused problems with reporting, calibration scheduling, or audits? How did you address it?

We’re also exploring the idea of offering a professional database health and cleanup service to help customers identify inconsistencies, standardize information, and improve overall database organization.

Would a service like this be valuable to your organization?

We’d love to hear about your experiences and what you think would be most helpful!

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I came into the position where the previous person who set it up made a lot of spelling errors (Maching instead of Machine), naming same gages different things (caliper and calipers or sometimes pin gage and sometime go pin) or naming the department different on the gages (Plant 6 QC and QC Lab Plant 6). They did not always follow a standard format for naming gages either; some gages have spaces in the names, some don’t- this left us with having gages named the same and causing confusion ( example THR-M10 x 1.25-2 and THR-M10x1.25-6H-2 or a plug gage as either M8MD or M8-MD or MD-M8).

Same type of gages but easy to mix up when trying to search for all of one type of gage when they aren’t named correctly or things are spelled wrong. As each gage comes up, I change the gage names to standardize it now, but it is a long process since we also etch gage names on the gage, so that has to be corrected as well.

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Aww, I can only vote for 2? I had 4 of those choices picked out!

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