Contents Software Asset Management Previous Topic Next Topic Add a software pattern normalization rule Subscribe Log in to subscribe to topics and get notified when content changes. ... SAVE AS PDF Selected Topic Topic & Subtopics All Topics in Contents Share Add a software pattern normalization rule You can add a pattern normalization rule to normalize specific software products in your environment based on a common pattern. Before you beginRole required: sam_admin About this task Note: When creating a pattern normalization rule for custom products and publishers, create the custom product and company records first. Procedure Navigate to Software Asset > Administration > Pattern Normalization Rules and create a new record (see table for field descriptions). Table 1. Pattern Normalization Rule form Field Description Name Specify a unique name for pattern normalization rule. Discovered publisher contains Specify text to search for in the software publisher field. Discovered product contains Specify text to search for in the product field. Active Option that activates the rule. Discovered publisher is empty Option that includes products that have an empty publisher field (the rule applies to discovery models where the publisher is unknown). Normalized Attributes Publisher Specify the normalized name of the publisher of the software. Product Specify the normalized name of the product. Edition Specify the product edition. Product type Choose the product type. Child: A subcomponent of main software (not licensable). Driver: Software product that controls a device. Licensable: Software product that is licensable. Not Licensable: Software product that is not licensable. Patch: Software product designed to update, fix, or improve an existing computer program. Version Specify the version of the product. Platform Choose the platform. Windows Mac UNIX Language Choose the language. Dutch English French German Italian Spanish Once the rule is created, to apply the rule so applicable discovery models are normalized without delay, click the Apply Rule related link. On this page Send Feedback Previous Topic Next Topic
Add a software pattern normalization rule You can add a pattern normalization rule to normalize specific software products in your environment based on a common pattern. Before you beginRole required: sam_admin About this task Note: When creating a pattern normalization rule for custom products and publishers, create the custom product and company records first. Procedure Navigate to Software Asset > Administration > Pattern Normalization Rules and create a new record (see table for field descriptions). Table 1. Pattern Normalization Rule form Field Description Name Specify a unique name for pattern normalization rule. Discovered publisher contains Specify text to search for in the software publisher field. Discovered product contains Specify text to search for in the product field. Active Option that activates the rule. Discovered publisher is empty Option that includes products that have an empty publisher field (the rule applies to discovery models where the publisher is unknown). Normalized Attributes Publisher Specify the normalized name of the publisher of the software. Product Specify the normalized name of the product. Edition Specify the product edition. Product type Choose the product type. Child: A subcomponent of main software (not licensable). Driver: Software product that controls a device. Licensable: Software product that is licensable. Not Licensable: Software product that is not licensable. Patch: Software product designed to update, fix, or improve an existing computer program. Version Specify the version of the product. Platform Choose the platform. Windows Mac UNIX Language Choose the language. Dutch English French German Italian Spanish Once the rule is created, to apply the rule so applicable discovery models are normalized without delay, click the Apply Rule related link.
Add a software pattern normalization rule You can add a pattern normalization rule to normalize specific software products in your environment based on a common pattern. Before you beginRole required: sam_admin About this task Note: When creating a pattern normalization rule for custom products and publishers, create the custom product and company records first. Procedure Navigate to Software Asset > Administration > Pattern Normalization Rules and create a new record (see table for field descriptions). Table 1. Pattern Normalization Rule form Field Description Name Specify a unique name for pattern normalization rule. Discovered publisher contains Specify text to search for in the software publisher field. Discovered product contains Specify text to search for in the product field. Active Option that activates the rule. Discovered publisher is empty Option that includes products that have an empty publisher field (the rule applies to discovery models where the publisher is unknown). Normalized Attributes Publisher Specify the normalized name of the publisher of the software. Product Specify the normalized name of the product. Edition Specify the product edition. Product type Choose the product type. Child: A subcomponent of main software (not licensable). Driver: Software product that controls a device. Licensable: Software product that is licensable. Not Licensable: Software product that is not licensable. Patch: Software product designed to update, fix, or improve an existing computer program. Version Specify the version of the product. Platform Choose the platform. Windows Mac UNIX Language Choose the language. Dutch English French German Italian Spanish Once the rule is created, to apply the rule so applicable discovery models are normalized without delay, click the Apply Rule related link.
