The Inventory Adapter Studio Interface

IT Asset Management (Cloud)

The Inventory Adapter Studio has the following key areas in its interface:

Toolbar

• Creates new adapters or open existing ones.
• Manages database connections.
• Saves changes.
• Specifies the database connection to work on.
• Specifies the data size limits to apply when testing.

Step Explorer

Shows the steps in the currently open adapter. These open the edit panels on the right.

• Import execution status will show as icons in this element.
• Bold steps in the templates show where user customization is required; other steps have been completed by Flexera.
• Steps may be added, deleted or have their execution order changed using the toolbar in the step explorer.

Step editor

Shows:

• The name of the step and its settings.
• The script in the step, with a Run button for testing.
• The logs, showing import results.
• The Result panel, which shows datasets from your SQL queries.

Status bar

Shows import progress.

Each section is discussed in more detail in the following topics.