Provide uniqueness to assets based on attribute values. Asset Uniqueness can be defined for asset types.
Asset Uniqueness works during asset creation and asset updates. Asset Uniqueness prepares a search query for each definition and executes these queries individually.
If the number of found asset count is more than "Asset Limit" a warning message will be shown on the screen.
| Form Name | Description | ||||||||||
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| Definition Name | Define a specific name for definition | ||||||||||
| Attributes | Select the attribute that uniqueness dependent on. Select multiple attributes for AND search. Example; Assume that Asset Type is Computer and Serial Number, Status, City attributes are selected.
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| Asset Limit | Number of asset occurrence that has the same attribute values with edited/created asset | ||||||||||
| Allow Empty Value | Decide whether a query should be prepared for empty values |
Assume that two Asset Uniqueness definition has been made for asset type Computer.
Assume that the asset that we want to create contains attributes below
Example 1:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| IP v1 | 192.168.1.1 |
| IPv6 | 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334 |
| Location | Istanbul |
| Serial Number | SN12356 |
Two different query will be prepared and executed by Asset Uniqueness
| ID | Query |
|---|---|
| 65 | Asset Type = Computer AND IP v1 = 192.168.1.1 AND IPv6 = 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334 AND Location = Istanbul |
| 64 | Asset Type = Computer AND Serial Number = SN12356 |
If one asset exists in Computer type with the Serial Number SN123456 warning message will be shown.
Example 2:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| IP v1 | 192.168.1.1 |
| IPv6 | |
| Location | Istanbul |
| Serial Number |
When Allow Empty Value is checked empty attributes will not be considered.
| ID | Query |
|---|---|
| 65 | Asset Type = Computer AND IP v1 = 192.168.1.1 AND Location = Istanbul |
| 64 | This query is not prepared because allow empty value is checked and the attribute value is empty. |
Asset Uniqueness can be defined by following steps below;
1 - Click Asset Type Schemes
2 - Select an Asset Type Scheme
3 - Click Configure
4 - Select an Asset Type
5 - Click Asset Type Configuration
6 - Click Define asset uniqueness
7 - Click the Create New Asset Uniqueness button
8 - Click Save