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:

• Managing devices
  You can register clients as devices and manage them.
  You can obtain the total numbers of various devices by using system information or software information as a condition, and you can obtain the total number of non-operating devices by obtaining the total number of devices on which inventory information has not been updated for a given period.
  You can use these total numbers to check the devices that are owned, and to check the network configuration.
  
• Managing software
  You can search for devices in which a specific software product is installed, or examine whether software whose installation is prohibited has been installed. You can also examine the operation status of each software product.
  You can use these search results to check the software inventory and usage status.
  

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

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.