Software assets enable you to track information about applications in the Software page inventory. For example, after you add Software assets for applications, you can associate those assets with License assets to track license information.
NOTE: Software assets are not required to set up License Compliance for applications in the Software Catalog inventory. See About License Compliance for Software Catalog applications. |
You can add Software assets for one or more applications at once by selecting applications on the Software list.
Software assets can be added for Software list inventory only. Software assets are not required for applications in the Software Catalog inventory.
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Log in to the appliance Administrator Console, https://appliance_hostname/admin. Or, if the Show organization menu in admin header option is enabled in the appliance General Settings, select an organization in the drop-down list in the top-right corner of the page next to the login information. |
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The assets are created, and they appear on the Assets list.
You can create Software assets one-at-a-time in the Assets section.
Software assets can be added for Software list inventory only. Software assets are not required for applications in the Software Catalog inventory.
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Log in to the appliance Administrator Console, https://appliance_hostname/admin. Or, if the Show organization menu in admin header option is enabled in the appliance General Settings, select an organization in the drop-down list in the top-right corner of the page next to the login information. |
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The asset name. For example, Office Pro SW Asset. | |||||||||||||||||||
For more information, see View and configure asset lifecycle settings. | |||||||||||||||||||
Select the location for this asset from the drop-down list. The values in this list contain all locations defined on the appliance. See Managing locations | |||||||||||||||||||
Review or add barcodes that you want to associate with this asset. See Add barcodes to assets. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Optional: In the Software field, select the name of the application to associate with the asset. To search for items, begin typing in the field. |
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Optional: In the Software Label field, select a label in the Select label drop-down list. The list is empty unless you have created a Smart Label. To filter the labels list, enter a few characters of the label name in the Filter field. |
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The new asset appears on the Assets list.
The appliance Inventory component automatically provides the Asset Management component with information about physical assets, such as devices, that report software and hardware inventory to the appliance. For physical and logical assets that do not report inventory to the appliance, however, information is added and updated manually. See Update custom asset fields manually.
Managing logical assets enables you to:
You can add physical Asset Types as needed.
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Log in to the appliance Administrator Console, https://appliance_hostname/admin. Or, if the Show organization menu in admin header option is enabled in the appliance General Settings, select an organization in the drop-down list in the top-right corner of the page next to the login information. |
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In the Defaut Asset Status field, under the General tab, enter a default asset status, or a custom one (if they exist). |
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Active: Any asset that is deployed, active, or in use. |
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Disposed: An asset that is no longer available for use. |
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Expired: A software license or contract asset that has expired. |
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In Stock: A recently received asset. |
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Missing: Any asset that cannot be located. |
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Repair: An asset that is being repaired. |
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Reserved: An asset that is set aside for a specific person or use. |
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Retired: Any asset that reached its end-of-life state, or is no longer in use. |
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Stolen: An asset that has been reported as stolen. |
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If you want to allow users who do not have the Administrator role to delete assets of this type, select Restrict Delete to built-in Administrator Role. This option is turned off by default. Only administrators can configure this option. For other types of users, this field appears on the page, but it is disabled. |
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If you want assets of this type to display the asset location in the asset details, select Show Location settings. This option is turned off by default. |
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The barcode format. For example, UPC-A, Code 11, or UPC-E. |
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Go back to the Available Values field and enter the brands you use. These will appear in the select list. Separate each brand with a comma. |
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In the Type drop-down list, select Date. The format is yyyy-mm-dd. The supported range is 1000-01-01 to 9999-12-31. |
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You can archive device Assets as needed.
For more information about changing the length of time during which device Assets are marked for archiving, see Configure Admin-level or organization-specific General Settings
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Log in to the appliance Administrator Console, https://appliance_hostname/admin. Or, if the Show organization menu in admin header option is enabled in the appliance General Settings, select an organization in the drop-down list in the top-right corner of the page next to the login information. |
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On the Assets list, click the name of a device Asset. On the Asset Detail page that appears, click Archive. |
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In the Archive Asset dialog box that appears, in the Archive Reason field, type the reason for this action, and click Save. |
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If you want to review the device details for an archived device Asset, on the Assets list, in the Name column, click the device name enclosed in brackets. |
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