Job Management Partner 1/Asset Information Manager Administrator's Guide
By using the Contract List job menu, you can search for contracts that are about to expire and change various contract information that has been registered. You can also use this job to add device and software information to newly registered contract information.
By default, only the administrator can change contract information.
To change contract information, start from the Contract List window, which is displayed by clicking the Contract List job menu. The following figure shows the Contract List window.
Figure 2-16 Contract List window
In the search results list, clicking a column title sorts the list in ascending or descending order of that column's information.
To search for contracts that are about to expire, specify Contract end date as the search condition.
In addition to using window operations to search for contracts that are about to expire, you can use a Notification of invalid contract information task registered in Windows Task Scheduler to have emails sent to the administrator. For details about using a task to send email notification, see 5.9 Setting the tasks that are registered in Task Scheduler in the Planning and Setup Guide.
Clicking a link under Contract No. displays the Contract Details dialog box below and enables you to change the contract's information items.
Figure 2-17 Contract Details dialog box
You can update contract information by editing the information, and then clicking the Update button. To cancel, click the Close button.
If the system is set up to acquire contract history, clicking the Update button displays a dialog box that lets you choose whether the contract information is to be registered as contract history. Choose Yes to register the updated information and to register the information as contract history. Choose No to only register the updated information, but not register the information as contract history.
To acquire contract history, open the Server Setup dialog box, and select Acquire for Acquisition of contract history.
To add devices to a contract:
The following figure shows the procedure for displaying the Search Device Details dialog box from the Device tab and then adding a target device.
Figure 2-18 Procedure for adding a target device
To change (delete or restore) devices subject to a contract:
To add or change the software subject to a contract:
The following figure shows the flow for displaying the Search Software dialog box from the Software tab and then adding software.
Figure 2-19 Procedure for adding software
To change (delete or restore) software subject to a contract:
You can view the history of updated contract contents as well as previous contract contents. To view the contract history, open the Server Setup dialog box, and select Acquire for Acquisition of contract history. The Contract Details dialog box displays the History Information button. Click this button to view the contract history.
To view contract history:
The following figure shows the procedure for displaying the Contract History dialog box and Contract History Details dialog box from the Contract Details dialog box and checking contract history details.
Figure 2-20 Flow for checking contract history details
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