Creating a Flexera SQL Edition view within Tanium Asset

IT Asset Management (Cloud)
You must manually create the Flexera SQL Edition view in Tanium Asset to enable the Tanium adapter to correctly recognize Microsoft SQL Server, and retrieve related evidence from Tanium for import into IT Asset Management.

To create the Flexera SQL Edition view in Tanium Asset:

  1. Login to Tanium Asset.
    Tip: As a shortcut, you can, from the Asset menu, click Views > Create Flexera Views, and then check for the Flexera SQL Edition view in the list of Asset Views. If you choose to do this, skip the rest of this process. Otherwise, to specify your own view, continue below.
  2. Expand the left-hand menu and navigate to Views.
    The list of existing destinations displays.
  3. Click New View.
    The Create View page displays.
  4. In the View Name field, enter Flexera SQL Edition.
    This exact name must be entered.
  5. In the Description field, you can enter any description.
  6. In the View Attributes section, click the Select None link to deselected all of the check boxes and then select the following attributes:
    • Computer Name
    • The following attributes which are in the Asset Internal section:
      • Asset Id
      • Created At
      • Updated At
    • The following attributes which are in the Asset SQL Server Details section:
      • SQLServerEdition
      • SQLProductVersion
      • SQLProductLevel
      • SQLDisplayName
      • SQLInstanceName
  7. Click Create View.
    The Flexera SQL Edition view displays in the list of Asset Views.

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