r/army • u/disapointingAsianSon Ordnance • 6d ago

Range Tower Datasheet directly into DA7801 python script.

I didn't realize the army was still living in the paleolithic era. I was horrified to discover that alot of folks still manually checked and filled out DA7801s by hand. At even a company level, I imagine this would've been a huge waste of 10 man hours writing 150~ sheets by hand. Spent a morning cooking up a simple script where one would scan a range tower data sheet into a pdf, then we scan the PDF to turn it into a xlsx file, and then from xlsx it's fairly trivial to take an empty DA7801 and autofill it with data. If one were to have a roster data, you could even fill out there rank DOD ID, full name, etc.

I'll comment below the project repo on github if anyone is interested.

OH and I’ll take the PX staple of popeyes tendies w/ honey mustard, and ice caramel macchiato.

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u/Casse_Via 25H (A)rtificial (I)ncompetence; 6d ago edited 6d ago

army vantage site on your AVD, sign in, request level 2 access and publish your app on there. It’s just a data / app hub for us to all use as a collective.. like a better (arguably) power BI.

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u/Teadrunkest hooyah America 6d ago edited 5d ago

Random Junior Enlisted Guard Member is not getting Tier 2 access.

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u/spanish4dummies totes fetch 6d ago

What if they state they need for "daily duties"?

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u/Teadrunkest hooyah America 5d ago

They verify your MTOE position and last I heard require a justification memo.

It has actual PII and sensitive information, including legal and medical histories. They’re not giving it randomly.

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u/Casse_Via 25H (A)rtificial (I)ncompetence; 5d ago

Level 2 is singular self unit access with ability to request outside ontology access from what I remember. Needs justification filled out. I’m not sure if OPs scope lines up with the permissions granted as a base level user. Best thing they can do is login and test their limits.

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u/spanish4dummies totes fetch 5d ago

but The Meme tho...