11.1.10 Setting automatic update for the stocktaking date
You can set automatic update for the stocktaking date of hardware asset information. When automatic update is set, the stocktaking date is automatically updated at the following timing, so the workload of stocktaking can be reduced.
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When the last alive confirmation date/time of the device is updated, or user information is entered
- For offline management
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When the device information is notified to the management server
To set automatic update for the stocktaking date:
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Display the Assets module.
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From Hardware Asset in the menu area, select a group.
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From Action, select Update Tracked Date (Automatically).
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In the displayed dialog box, select one of the following, and then click OK.
For an offline-managed device, the stocktaking date is the day when the device information is notified to the management server.
- Setting the last alive confirmation date/time of the device as the stocktaking date
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When the connection to the network is confirmed, the existence of the device is confirmed, and the stocktaking date is automatically updated. Note that devices that are not connected with the network cannot be automatically updated.
- Setting the day when the user finishes the data entry in the End User Form view as the stocktaking date
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Display the End User Form view on a user computer. Set the End User Form view to be periodically displayed, so that the existence of the computer can be confirmed when the user enters information, and the stocktaking date can be automatically updated. You can specify when to display the End User Form view by selecting Enable End User Form (Frequent Pop-up) from Action. Note that to display the End User Form view, the agent must be installed on the user computer. With the Citrix XenApp and Microsoft RDS server, you cannot display a window for entering user information. For user computers on which the agent is not installed, the stocktaking date cannot be automatically updated.
The stocktaking date is automatically updated at the selected timing.
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You can also batch update the stocktaking dates by using a CSV file that contains the asset numbers or license numbers.
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You can also batch update the stocktaking dates by importing the hardware asset information and software license information. In this case, you can set a different stocktaking date for the information of each asset.
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