(a) Updating the information

If you input a CSV file, all the information in the CSV file is processed. It may take a long time to update the information because even unmodified information is processed. Therefore, you should enter only the information that needs to be updated.

(b) New items

Any new user inventory items added to the CSV file are ignored; they are not incorporated into the database.

To enter the user inventory information on the managing server:

1. Use the CSV output utility to output the user inventory information.
2. Edit the output file obtained.
3. With Remote Installation Manager, from the File menu, choose Input from CSV File.
   The CSV File Input dialog box appears.
   
4. Select the file you want to input, and then choose Execute.
   The CSV file is input.
   

You should note the following about input of user inventory information from a CSV file:

• Before starting batch input of user inventory information from a CSV file, check that no Get system information from client job is currently executing. If you input a CSV file containing user inventory information while a Get system information from client job is being executed, the information collected by this job may be incorporated into the database.
• If you input the user inventory information in the batch mode on the managing server, you must also update the client information. Otherwise, when the Get system information from client job is executed, the information collected from the client is incorporated into the database.
• JP1/Software Distribution does not check the following during CSV file input:
  
  • Whether the value entered for a List item is included in a selection item
  • Whether any invalid characters are entered in text-input items that have character restrictions
  • Whether values are entered in required items
  • Whether the higher and lower selection items are correctly related in a hierarchical item
  If you enter an invalid value in the file sent to a client, that item will appear as a blank field when the client user enters user information. If the highest item in a hierarchical user inventory item is invalid, all the lower items will appear as blank fields.
  
• When deleting unnecessary information from a CSV file, you must delete it on a row-by-row (client-by-client) basis. If you delete information on a column-by-column (item-by-item) basis or if you delete only certain items, the resulting information may not correctly reflect the deletion.