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Discovery models fields

Discovery Models form and related list field descriptions.

Discovery Models form

Field	Description
Display name	Name of the discovery model as it appears in record lists. This value is generated automatically using the discovered publisher, discovered product, and discovered version.
Normalization status	Status of the normalization process:- Normalized - Partially Normalized - Publisher Normalized - Match Not Found - Manually Normalized - New Note: If a normalization suggestion record exists, a caution icon is shown next to the Normalization status field. The caution icon opens the Normalization Suggestion record for the discovery model.
Publisher	Normalized publisher of the software.
Product	Normalized product name of the software.
Version	Normalized version of the software product.
Discovered publisher	Discovered publisher of the software.
Discovered product	Discovered name of the software.
Discovered version	Discovered version of the software.
Additional Information
Product type	- Child: Subcomponent of main software \(not licensable\). - Driver: Software product that controls a device. - Licensable: Software product that is licensable. - Not Licensable: Software product that is not licensable. - Patch: Software product designed to update, fix, or improve an existing computer program. - Unknown: Not discovered. For unknown product types, the product type can be changed to another value. When the product type is changed, the normalization status of the discovery model is updated to Manually Normalized. The reconciliation process only considers software discovery models that are licensable.
Platform	Platforms include:- Windows - macOS - UNIX
Language	Languages include:- Dutch - English - French - German - Italian - Spanish If discovered, more languages are generated.
Edition	Normalized edition of the software.
Full version	Normalized full version of the software.
Exclude from content service	Option that excludes the software discovery model details from being transferred to the Software Asset Management Content Service.The value is set on the custom product form. Note: This field is only shown for custom products when you have opted in to the Software Asset Management Content Service.

Additional Information section

Field	Description
Product type	- Child: Subcomponent of main software \(not licensable\). - Driver: Software product that controls a device. - Licensable: Software product that is licensable. - Not Licensable: Software product that is not licensable. - Patch: Software product designed to update, fix, or improve an existing computer program. - Unknown: Not discovered. For unknown product types, the product type can be changed to another value. When the product type is changed, the normalization status of the discovery model is updated to Manually Normalized. The reconciliation process only considers software discovery models that are licensable.
Platform	Platforms include:- Windows - macOS - UNIX
Language	Languages include:- Dutch - English - French - German - Italian - Spanish If discovered, more languages are generated.
Edition	Normalized edition of the software.
Full version	Normalized full version of the software.
Exclude from content service	Option that excludes the software discovery model details from being transferred to the Software Asset Management Content Service.The value is set on the custom product form. Note: This field is only shown for custom products when you have opted in to the Software Asset Management Content Service.

Field	Description
Display name	Name of the software install as it appears in the record lists.
Publisher	Name of the publisher of the software.
Version	Version of the software.
Installed on	Name of the hardware the software is installed on.

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