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Kinetic Data Customer Conference & User GroupFebruary 24-25, 2014
Kinetic Data Your business. Your process.
Little Bundles of JoyAdding a theme to your service catalog
Stephanie Harms
Consultant / Developer
1 year at Kinetic Data Phone: 651-556-0935 Email:
Stephanie HarmsConsultant / Developer
Fun fact!“A factory in the United States changed the color of the bathrooms to an unpleasant green and saw production increase by 8%”
What is a Bundle?
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Files that create a theme Bundles are web-based add ons to Kinetic Request which allow you to
quickly create a web interface to your request catalog.
Why use Kinetic Bundles?
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Kinetic Bundles address common frustrations
Before:
After:
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How Kinetic Bundles ease the pain
Easy
Cost effective
Maintainable
How are Bundles easy?
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For the end user
Consistent look and feel
Consistent types of interaction and navigation
Familiarity with the company brand
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For the Kinetic Request user
No need to worry about formatting forms beyond the basic options
Specific styles are simple to add using predefined css
Don’t need to be a web developer
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For the web developer
Use of a proven abstracted file structure & standard open technologies creates a flexible development environment.
Bundle files drop into the Kinetic Request theme directory and work right out of the box
Catalog shell is created using Kurl after a few configuration changes
Drop in bundle packages to add functionality
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For the support team
Use of a proven abstracted file structure & standard open technologies limits investigation time
Quick updates due to common shared files
Can work on individual “parts” of the bundle without affecting the catalog as a whole.
How are Bundles cost effective?
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There’s nothing better than FREE!
Available for download from our community website
All bundles are complete out of the box with images, css and javascript
Re-use your current branding
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Minimal development time
Abstracted file structure and standard open technologies (html, javascript, css)
Use your current styles and images
Multiple developers
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Drop in packaged functionality – for free Packages are mini bundles that add specific functionality
Freely available on our community website
Easy to develop using the bundle structure
Kinetic Request
Kinetic Bundle
PackageCatalog
PackageSubmissions
Kinetic Bundle
PackageSubmissions
PackageCatalog Package
RKM
How are Bundles maintainable?
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For the Kinetic Request user
You control the content
Content is managed in Kinetic Request
Theme changes are automatic
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For the web developer
Proven abstracted file structure & common file types are easily maintainable
Global changes are quickly completed
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For the support team
Common files allow support to know where the most common updates will happen.
Global changes are quickly completed
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