If a software product does not exist in the Software Library, you can add a custom product. Custom products enable you to normalize and account for homegrown software, or software that is not yet part of the Software Library.

Before you begin

Role required: sam_admin

About this task

The product and publisher combination is used during discovery model normalization. If the custom product exists, a message is shown.

Procedure

Navigate to All > Software Asset > Administration > Custom Products and create a new record (see table for field descriptions).
Table 1. Custom Software Product form
FieldDescription
Publisher Publisher of the custom software product. If it does not exist, a new one can be created on the Publisher field Companies lookup list.
Product Name of the custom software product.
Subscription software Option that indicates that the software has a subscription.
Product type Product type of the custom software product.
  • Child: A subcomponent of main software (not licensable).
  • Driver: A software product that controls a device.
  • Licensable: A software product that is licensable.
  • Not Licensable: A software product that is not licensable.
  • Patch: A software product designed to update, fix, or improve an existing computer program.
  • Unknown: A software product that is unknown.
Product classification Official UNSPSC classification.
Exclude from content service Option that excludes the custom product details from being shared with Software Asset Management Content Service if opted in.
Active Option that indicates the rule is active.