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toh:views:toh_admin_available [2017/01/21 20:42] – Replaced LEDE unsupported by OEM homepage (more useful in this case) tmomastoh:views:toh_admin_available [2018/03/18 09:20] – New Column "Where available" added tmomas
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-====== ToH admin: Availability column ======+====== Table of Hardware: Availability column ======
 ~~NOSIDEBAR~~ ~~NOSIDEBAR~~
 ~~NOTOC~~ ~~NOTOC~~
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 ===== Purpose ===== ===== Purpose =====
  
-To make it easy working with the Availability column.+Special view for regular updating of availability status.
  
 ===== Task ===== ===== Task =====
  
-Check regularly (1x per year) "Available 20xx" and "unknown 20xx" for availability / EOL status.+Check regularly (1x per year) "**Available 20xx**" and "**unknown 20xx**" for availability / EOL status.
  
 ===== Usage ===== ===== Usage =====
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   * **<color red>Columns can be sorted</color>** by clicking on the column header   * **<color red>Columns can be sorted</color>** by clicking on the column header
   * Enter your filter criteria in the <color black/white>'' white fields ''</color>, or click any of the values shown in below datacloud   * Enter your filter criteria in the <color black/white>'' white fields ''</color>, or click any of the values shown in below datacloud
 +  * Update availability by clicking on //"View/Edit data"// in the last column, then follow instructions on the dataentry page
  
 <newcolumn> <newcolumn>
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 ===== Before updating availability status ===== ===== Before updating availability status =====
  
-  * First, try to find official EOL information at the OEM (only few OEMs have good data on this subject).+  * First, try to find [[wiki:maintenance:eol_devices|official EOL information at the OEM]] (only few OEMs have good data on this subject).
   * If that's not available, try to find the device at different major suppliers in different countries   * If that's not available, try to find the device at different major suppliers in different countries
 +    * google model-name of the device and see if some well known supplier pops up
     * amazon [[https://www.amazon.de/|de]] / [[https://www.amazon.co.uk/|uk]] / [[https://www.amazon.com/|com]]     * amazon [[https://www.amazon.de/|de]] / [[https://www.amazon.co.uk/|uk]] / [[https://www.amazon.com/|com]]
   * If that leads to no result, try   * If that leads to no result, try
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     * .de: [[https://www.conrad.de/|conrad]] / [[https://www.voelkner.de/|völkner]] / [[http://www.reichelt.de/|reichelt]] / [[http://www.pollin.de/shop/index.html|pollin]]     * .de: [[https://www.conrad.de/|conrad]] / [[https://www.voelkner.de/|völkner]] / [[http://www.reichelt.de/|reichelt]] / [[http://www.pollin.de/shop/index.html|pollin]]
     * other local well known suppliers.     * other local well known suppliers.
 +
   * Don't care about "sold only in US/EU/CN/...". If the device is available $somewhere, it is available.   * Don't care about "sold only in US/EU/CN/...". If the device is available $somewhere, it is available.
- +  * If a device is available in 2017 at any of the above suppliers (or any other supplier found via simple google search) in quantities and in new condition, i.e. not a single used one on ebay, then it is "Available 2017"
-If a device is available in 2017 at any of the above suppliers (or any other supplier found via simple google search) in quantities, i.e. not a single used one on ebay, then it is "Available 2017"+  * If it is available, please state in the //Edit summary// where  (only domain, not the full url), e.g. "Available 2017 at amazon.com". 
- +  If you can't buy it "new", then it might be EOL / Discontinued. If you don't know when it was discontinued, set availability to "Discontinued", otherwise e.g. "Discontinued 2017".
-If you can't buy it "new", then it might be EOL / Discontinued. If you don't know when it was discontinued, set availability to "Discontinued", otherwise e.g. "Discontinued 2017"+
 </columns> </columns>
  
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 ---- datatable ---- ---- datatable ----
-cols       : Availability, %lastmod%, Device Type, Brand, Model, Versions, LEDE Supported Current Rel_release, OEM Device Homepage URL_url, OpenWrt Device Page_url, OWrt Forum Topic URL_url, LEDE Forum Topic URL_url, Device Techdata_pageid +cols       : Availability, Where available, %lastmod%, Device Type, Brand, Model, Versions, Supported Current Rel_release, OEM Device Homepage URL_url, Device Page_page, OWrt Forum Topic URL_url, LEDE Forum Topic URL_url, Device Techdata_pageid 
-headers    : Availability, Last modified, Device Type, Brand, Model, Versions, LEDE Supported Current Rel, OEM Device Homepage, OpenWrt Device Page, OpenWrt Forum, LEDE Forum, Device Techdata+headers    : Availability, Where available, Last modified, Device Type, Brand, Model, Versions, Supported Current Release, OEM Device Homepage, Device Page, OpenWrt Forum, LEDE Forum, Device Techdata
 dynfilters : 1 dynfilters : 1
 rownumbers : 1 rownumbers : 1
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