Support for software inventory recognized from file evidence

Note:This enhancement is available with IT Visibility.

File evidence is an evidence type for software inventory. It indicates evidence in the form of a file that is found on a computer—it might simply be the name of the file, or the information found within the file (such as with ISO-compliant software identification [SWID] tags).

Previously, IT Visibility normalization did not cover inventories discovered from file evidence. Therefore, the inventory Data Store did not include software records from file evidence.

Now, IT Visibility offers support for file evidence. All the software inventories recognized from file evidence are normalized and are available in the Data Store.

Note:Currently, file evidence is not counted in the total evidence count for software on the Inventory Normalization Statistics page yet. This will be implemented in future releases.