Data Platform Administrator Guide

Data Platform

Data Platform is a browser-based application that provides you with a convenient, centralized administrative interface, the Administration Console.

The following table lists the main topics with descriptions that you can access in this Administrator guide.

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Topic	Content
Getting Started	Getting started with the Data Platform Console.
Setting Preferences	Configuring preferences on the Console preferences screen.
Managing Security Settings	Manage security settings.
Configuring Technopedia Catalog Synchronization	Configuring synchronization with the Technopedia Catalog.
Synchronizing the Technopedia Catalog	Scheduling synchronization with the Technopedia Catalog.
Creating an IT Discovery Tool Process	Use the IT Discovery process to normalize data from an IT Discovery Tool.
Creating a Purchase Order Process	Normalize for Purchase Orders aligns and enriches the information contained in your procurement system.
Managing Processes and Data Sources	Manage processes and data sources from the Normalize panel of the Administration Console.
Running Normalize	Run Normalize either as an on-demand or scheduled basis.
Managing Settings	Manage Normalize Settings screens to review and edit information about any of the Normalize processes you added to the Administration Console.
Monitoring Normalize	Monitor Data Platform Normalize activity.
Extracting Additional Data from an IT Discovery Tool	Extracting additional data from an IT Discovery tool.
Objects and Mapping Fields	Objects and Mapping Fields that can be used for Data Mashup, Pass-Through, and Purchase Orders.
Dissecting a Configuration File	Explanation of the values required in the customizable sections of a configuration file.
ADDM Extractor Setup	Enabling Data Platform Normalize processing of data from a BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping database (ADDM).
Converting a Custom 4.x Extractor Configuration	Converting the format of the configuration file to conform to the Data Platform standard format.
Integrating the HP Data Flow Probe Server	Integrating the Hewlett-Packard Universal Discovery (HPUD) agent-based discovery solution with the Normalize component of Data Platform.