Various projects and script I have created to Automate repetitive tasks.
Some of the larger projects that I have worked on included the automation of installation wizards/tasks to ease the time spent These installation wizards taught me a lot about how Windows manages systems, and clever tricks to get certain tasks to kick off. The installers primarily used also required further tasks to execute, such as the creation/dropping of SQL schemas, the pushing of certain files to certain directories, as well as file manipulation. Here is a short list of functions that I learned while working on these scripts:
A large portion of my work required manually inputing fields based on data sets. To save time, I created tools that would help my team to recover data. These tools enabled my team to switch from manually writing/recording each data set, to simply running my executable to take backups. By learning the ins and outs of the application we supported, I found a use for a hidden 'RAW' data set, which I used to create BackUps from a server. These tools were portable, time efficient, and very easy to use.
Using AutoIt allowed for quick develpment for internal tools. Mainly scripts required to manipulate data, and merge files that were then run on WIndows Servers through the Task Scheduler. I also created a tool to compare datasets for a department that looks at Nutritional information. They were manually comparing columns of information, and by providing them with a tool that generated a report, I was able to save them hours of repeptitive labor.