Add a software pattern normalization rule
You can add a pattern normalization rule to normalize specific software products in your environment based on a common pattern.
Before you begin
Role required: sam_admin
About this task
Note: When creating a pattern normalization rule for custom products and publishers, create the custom product and company records first.
Procedure
- Navigate to All > Software Asset > Administration > Pattern Normalization Rules and create a new record (see table for field descriptions).
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Specify a unique name for pattern normalization rule. |
| Discovered publisher contains | Specify text to search for in the software publisher field. |
| Discovered product contains | Specify text to search for in the product field. |
| Active | Option that activates the rule. |
| Discovered publisher is empty | Option that includes products that have an empty publisher field \(the rule applies to discovery models where the publisher is unknown\). |
| Normalized Attributes | |
| Publisher | Specify the normalized name of the publisher of the software. |
| Product | Specify the normalized name of the product. |
| Edition | Specify the product edition. |
| Product type | Choose the product type.- Child: A 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. |
| Version | Specify the version of the product. |
| Platform | Choose the platform.- Windows - macOS - UNIX |
| Language | Choose the language.- Dutch - English - French - German - Italian - Spanish |
- Once the rule is created, to apply the rule so applicable discovery models are normalized without delay, click the Apply Rule related link.
Parent Topic:Software Asset Management administration