Finding deployed software using search criteria

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Use the Deployed Software application to locate all or a subset of all the deployed software records in the database that meet the criteria you specify.

About this task

This task enables you to find deployed software using many available search criteria. You can search for deployed software based on attributes such as the software product name, version, release, role, type, partition, manufacturer, product ID, installation path or date, uninstall date, and more. You can also search for deployed software based on details about the computer associated with the software, such as the model, serial number, or manufacturer, or based on linked computer assets.

For example, if the software originated from Software Knowledge Base Toolkit or Asset Discovery for z/OS®, you can look for it based on a product ID. This can be a useful search criterion because licenses can refer to, and software can be ordered using, the product ID.

When you are using the Deployed Software application to look for software, displaying all records in the record list can generate thousands of deployed software entries. The Deployed Software filter and the Advanced Search feature offer many ways to search for and filter the deployed software entries. You can also use these search features to reduce the record list to 200 entries (unless configured otherwise) or less, which is required before you can select multiple records to work with.

The steps for finding deployed software using search criteria follow.

Procedure

  1. On the navigation bar, click Open Menu > Assets > Deployed Assets > Deployed Software.
  2. On the toolbar, use Advanced Search to filter the records that you want to display.
    Records can be searched based on the fields available in the More Search Fields window.
  3. To view or work with one or more records displayed in the Deployed Software table window, do one of the following:
    • Click on a single record to go directly to the Deployed Software tab and open the record. If you wish, click on subsequent tabs for additional details related to the record.
    • Select the records you want to work with, then select an action appropriate for your task.

      To select multiple records, check the Select Records check box and then check one or more records that you want to work with. From the toolbar, you can click the Previous Record and Next Record icons to page back and forth through the records that you selected in the record list.

    If you select nothing from the record list, any actions that you select affects all the records displayed in the Deployed Software table window.