Adding an entry to the Inventory Software Dictionary
This topic describes how to add an entry to the Inventory Software
Dictionary.
Complete the following steps to add an entry to the inventory-software
dictionary:
- In theIBM Director Console Tasks
pane, right-click the Inventory task; then, click Edit
Software Dictionary.
- In the Inventory Software Dictionary Editor window, type a name to identify
the entry in the Title field, which is located in the
Entry Definition pane. In the Entry Type field,
select the folder in the Available Entries pane in which the entry will be
displayed. In the other fields, type the information that you want to use
to identify the application.
The Title and Entry
Type fields are the only required fields. However, any information
that you type in the Entry Description pane is displayed when you use the
Inventory Query Browser window to view software information. It is not used
as search criteria when you are collecting inventory data. The information
that is entered in the Associated Files group box is
used as the search criteria.
- In the Associated Files group box, click Add.
- In the Associated File Attributes window, click Enter File Information
Manually or Select File From List; then, click OK.
- In the Associated File Attributes window, if you clicked Enter File
Information Manually, type the file name for which you want the inventory-software
scanner to search. To further qualify the file, you can type a specific file
size, range of file sizes, file date, or range of file dates. Click OK.
If you clicked Select File from List, type the file name in the File
Name field, or select the file. Click OK. The corresponding attributes
are displayed in the Associated Files group box.
- (Optional) In the Associated Files group
box, click Edit to change any of the attributes.
- (Optional) If you want to add more files to the
software-dictionary entry definition, repeat step 3 through
step 6.
- Click the Save Entry icon to save the entry. The definition is
added immediately to the software dictionary. The next time inventory data
is collected, the data that you have provided in the Associated Files pane
is used as criteria in locating the file.