Adding an entry to the Inventory Software Dictionary

This topic describes how to add an entry to the Inventory Software Dictionary.

Complete the following steps to add an entry to the inventory-software dictionary:
  1. In theIBM Director Console Tasks pane, right-click the Inventory task; then, click Edit Software Dictionary.
  2. In the Inventory Software Dictionary Editor window, type a name to identify the entry in the Title field, which is located in the Entry Definition pane. In the Entry Type field, select the folder in the Available Entries pane in which the entry will be displayed. In the other fields, type the information that you want to use to identify the application.

    The Title and Entry Type fields are the only required fields. However, any information that you type in the Entry Description pane is displayed when you use the Inventory Query Browser window to view software information. It is not used as search criteria when you are collecting inventory data. The information that is entered in the Associated Files group box is used as the search criteria.

  3. In the Associated Files group box, click Add.
  4. In the Associated File Attributes window, click Enter File Information Manually or Select File From List; then, click OK.
  5. In the Associated File Attributes window, if you clicked Enter File Information Manually, type the file name for which you want the inventory-software scanner to search. To further qualify the file, you can type a specific file size, range of file sizes, file date, or range of file dates. Click OK.

    If you clicked Select File from List, type the file name in the File Name field, or select the file. Click OK. The corresponding attributes are displayed in the Associated Files group box.

  6. (Optional) In the Associated Files group box, click Edit to change any of the attributes.
  7. (Optional) If you want to add more files to the software-dictionary entry definition, repeat step 3 through step 6.
  8. Click the Save Entry icon to save the entry. The definition is added immediately to the software dictionary. The next time inventory data is collected, the data that you have provided in the Associated Files pane is used as criteria in locating the file.

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