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Asset Management

CapaInstaller Asset Management automates the process of managing configurations and deployments by centrally tracking hardware, software installations including patch levels and software configuration data for all PCs in the infrastructure. It provides capabilities such as automated discovery licenses, number of installations, metering, and relationships between PCs. It also provides the ability to search the CMDB for configuration data, the comparison of configurations across systems.

CapaInstaller Asset Management is a dynamic inventory solution that provides a comprehensive overview of all software, hardware, and other elements in use throughout your network. All inventory details can be viewed from a single centralized console, which enables managers to filter, group, and sort the data in a variety of useful ways. With software management, you can see what programs are installed on each machine and which machines are running each program. Similarly, the unit management shows you the exact hardware configuration of each machine and can also show you, for example, exactly which machines need a memory upgrade to accommodate an upcoming OS release. Use the user inventories to find out who is using the network, which computers they use, and when.

Using CapaInstaller Reporting makes it easy to generate customized, informative reports.

Asset Management is concentrated in three areas, each with its own view:

How Asset Management fits together

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Asset Management has two branches that both surface in Reporting.

The software pipeline — license and usage management:

  1. The agent collects Inventory on a schedule (Software, Hardware, User, Custom, File Scan, Logon). The schedule is set in Configuration Management.
  2. Scanned programs and .exe files surface under Discovered applications and Discovered files, feeding the All software list.
  3. Related software is collected into Application groups (by a query or by linking) so it can share one license record.
  4. A group can be metered (a metering executable → metering history → license forecast), and everything surfaces in Reporting.

Units and Assets — the hardware and organizational branch: Units (computers, smartphones/tablets, and other devices) are organized into Business Units and departments. The Assets view layers custom data, attachments, relations (unit ↔ unit), and links (software ↔ group) on top.

flowchart TB
  INV["Inventory (scheduled)<br/>Software, Hardware, User,<br/>Custom, File Scan, Logon"] --> DISC["Discovered files and applications"]
  DISC --> ALLSW["All software"]
  ALLSW --> AG["Application groups<br/>(grouped by query or link)"]
  AG --> LIC["Licenses<br/>(count, supplier, business unit)"]
  AG --> MET["Metering<br/>executable, history, forecast"]
  LIC --> REP["Reporting"]
  MET --> REP

  U["Units<br/>Computers, smartphones/tablets,<br/>other devices"] --> BU["Business Units and departments"]
  U --> AST["Assets (custom data),<br/>Attachments, Relations, Links"]
  U --> REP

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  class AG,REP hub;

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