Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Description and Planning Guide

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2.12 Totaling the inventory information according to work goals

To use inventory information collected by JP1/Software Distribution in actual work, you must total the information based on the work content, or create a list by filtering the collected information. With Asset Information Manager Subset, you can total the information or create a list according to your work goal.

By importing inventory information collected by JP1/Software Distribution into the database of Asset Information Manager Subset, you can obtain totals by linking to system information, software information, operation log data, and so on. Furthermore, you can also set up and manage information such as groups and installation locations for each client, separately from the inventory information. Moreover, a user who is assigned a division can manage the system information and software information of other groups.

Asset Information Manager Subset provides menu items matched to work goals. By using the totaling facility of Asset Information Manager Subset, you can use the information managed by JP1/Software Distribution in the following work:

The totaling and search operations that are executed from the individual operation windows of Asset Information Manager Subset can also be performed for each group and installation location.

The following figure provides an overview of totaling operations from Asset Information Manager Subset, according to work goals.

Figure 2-58 Overview of totaling operations according to work goals

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For details about the operations that use Asset Information Manager Subset, see 10. Operating Asset Information Manager Subset in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.