Clicking the Browse button for each assigned item displays the Assigned Setting From Screen dialog box. The following figure shows an example of the Assigned Setting From Screen dialog box.

Figure 10-28 Example of the Assigned Setting From Screen dialog box

This dialog box lists the items that are set automatically and the management names that were defined in the Item window. Select the information that you wish to assign to each managed item.

Select one of the following assigned items that are displayed in the Assigned Setting From Screen dialog box:

• Do not set
  Does not set an assigned item for the selected managed item.
  
• Auto: Automatic numbering
  Sets the value automatically obtained by the asset management system.
  
• Automatic: Fixed value
  Always sets the specified value. When you select this item, make sure that you specify a fixed value.
  
• Auto: Executed date
  Sets the date the Item executes. If a date has already been registered for the same managed item, it will be overwritten.
  
• Automatic: Executed date (Register if there is no value)
  Sets the date the Item executes. If a date has already been registered for the same managed item, it will not be overwritten.
  
• Acquired from the upload file
  Assigns the value in the CSV file that is uploaded as a file attachment to the Item. Only CSV files are supported for assignment of values. When you select this item, make sure that you specify the location of the value that is to be obtained from the file.
  Also add *Loop start and *Loop end before and after the selected task, and in Task conditions for *Loop start, specify Number of lines of uploaded file in Loop target.
  
• Acquired from table
  Assigns the value that was defined as the Table object in the Item window. When this item is selected, you must also specify the table column from which the value is to be acquired.
  Also add *Loop start and *Loop end before and after the selected task, and in Task conditions for *Loop start, specify Number of table rows in Loop target.
  
• Acquired from the reference devices
  Assigns the value of the device specified from the Browse button in the Item window. When this item is selected, add *Loop start and *Loop end before and after the selected task, and in Task conditions for *Loop start, specify Number of objects selected on window in Loop target.
  
• Acquired from the reference software
  Assigns the value of the software asset specified from the Browse button in the Item window. When this item is selected, add *Loop start and *Loop end before and after the selected task, and in Task conditions for *Loop start, specify Number of objects selected on window in Loop target.
  
• Acquired from the task executed immediately before
  Enables you to assign a value by acquiring applicable information from the immediately preceding task, as defined by the order defined in Use tasks. For example, if Add new device is defined to be executed immediately after Add new user, the user ID registered in Add new user can be assigned to Asset information.User ID for Add new device.
  This item can be set for the following tasks and managed items:
  
  • Add new device:
    Asset information.User name, Asset information.User ID, Asset information.User name of administrator, and Asset information.User ID of administrator
    
  • Assign license key:
    Target device's Asset information.Asset No. or Asset information.User ID, and target software's Asset information.Asset No.
    
  • Auto assign license key:
    Target device's Asset information.Asset No. or Asset information.User ID, and target software's Asset information.Asset No.
    
  • Add network information:
    Network info ID.Asset ID
    
  • Assign asset to contract:
    Asset information.Asset ID
    
  • Assign asset to volume license:
    Asset information.Asset ID
    
  • Update problem:
    Maintenance log ID.Asset ID
    
  • Software distribution:
    Asset information.Asset ID
    
• (Management name defined by Form Designer)
  Displays a managed item defined by Form Designer that has the matching data type. In the Item window, the value entered for the selected item is assigned.
  

Note

If the assigned value is null, when the Item is processed, the null value is used for updating. However, an error results if the null value is assigned to a mandatory managed item.

This subsection describes how to set assigned items when the *Loop start and *Loop end tasks are added to Activity Designer's Use tasks.

When a single task is to be repeated, such as when multiple devices are to be registered or deleted, *Loop start and *Loop end are used to set the range of the repetitive task. The number of times one task is to be repeated is set in Task conditions.

Set the repetition count in Task conditions, which is displayed by selecting *Loop start from Use tasks, and then click the Edit button.

After selecting the target to be repeatedly executed in Loop target, specify an assigned item from the Browse button.

The following describes the value to be selected in Loop target and how to set the assigned item:

• Number of objects selected on window
  Executes the loop processing in the Item window as many times as there are devices or software assets selected from the Browse button.
  For Assigned items, set the management name of the object for which the data type Device reference or Software reference was specified in Form Designer.
  
• Number of lines of uploaded file
  Executes the loop processing as many times as there are lines in the CSV file attached in the Item window.
  For Assigned items, set the management name of the object for which the data type File reference was specified in Form Designer.
  
• Number of table rows
  Executes loop processing the number of times equaling the number of lines defined as the Table object in the Item window. For Assigned items, set the management name of the Table object.
  

This subsection describes how to set the information needed to distribute software from the Item window using Activity Designer by linking with JP1/Software Distribution.

To distribute software, add Software distribution to Use tasks.

You can combine the Software distribution task with another task and define them as a single activity. For example, you can define software registration and software distribution as a single Item window process.

For the task, there is no need to set a loop process using the *Loop start and *Loop end tasks even when multiple software products are to be distributed.

When you select Software distribution and click the Edit button, the items shown in Figure 10-19 are displayed in the Task conditions field.

Figure 10-29 Task conditions field (when the Software distribution task is selected)

The following describes the managed items that are assigned to the Software distribution task. For details about how to specify the settings for assigned items, see (1) Setting assigned items for tasks.

• Job name
  Set this item when you wish to use a specific character string as the job name. When this item is omitted, JP1/Software Distribution sets a name automatically.
  
• Package overwrite attributes
  Set this item when you wish to distribute software by overwriting. When this item is omitted, the package attributes set in JP1/Software Distribution are assumed.
  
• Install type (mandatory)
  Select either Install by package or Install by client user.
  
• Cabinet name, Cabinet ID, Cabinet attributes, Package name, Package ID, Package version, Package generation
  Assign the values specified in the Item window or the values in the attached CSV file. You can omit these items if assigned items have been set for Distribution package.
  Set these items when you distribute only a single package requested in the Item.
  
• Distribution package
  Assign the package that was specified from the Browse button in the Item window.
  If you set assigned items for this item, you can omit Cabinet name, Cabinet ID, Cabinet attributes, Package name, Package ID, Package version, and Package generation.
  Set this item when you distribute multiple packages requested in the item at one time.
  
• Distribution target asset no. (mandatory)
  Assign the value indicating Asset No. of the package distribution target.
  

When no assigned item has been set or when value acquisition fails, a value is set automatically in some items. The following table shows these items and the values that are set:

Task	Managed item	Value that is set
Add new device	Asset information.Reg. date	Execution date of Item
	Hardware information.Device type	PC
Add new software	Asset information.Reg. date	Execution date of Item
Problems	Maintenance log.Reg. date	Execution date of Item
	Maintenance log.Registrar	Login user name
	Maintenance log.Importance	Emergency
	Maintenance log.Problem type	User registered

If no assigned item is set for the following managed items, or if value acquisition fails, Item processing results in an error:

• Add new contract
  Contract information.Contract date, Contract information.Contract start date, Contract information.Contract end date, Contract information.Contracted company
  
• Problems
  Maintenance log.Reg. date, Maintenance log.Overview of problem