CA Client Automation - 14.0

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Create New Template

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You can create templates to collect user-defined inventory information.
To create a new template
  1. Navigate to
    Control Panel
    ,
    Configuration
    ,
    Collection Modules
    , and
    Inventory Template Modules
     folder.
    The existing template modules are displayed in the right pane.
  2. Click
    New
     in the
    Tasks
     section.
    The
    Create new Template
     dialog appears.
  3. Enter the name of the module and click
    Template Editor
    .
    The
    Create Template
     dialog appears.
  4. Enter the name of the template, specify the frequency of prompting the user for inputs. Click
    OK
    .
    The
    Template Editor
     dialog appears.
  5. Add groups and create attributes under each group.
    Ensure that you select the appropriate value in the Access field of each attribute. These group and attributes appear have same structure when collected from the Agent computers.
  6. Click
    OK
    .
    A new template is created with the given specifications.
You can enable the new template in any of the existing template inventories collect tasks or can create a new collect task.
The data that are entered for this module is available under the Computer and User Groups, All Computers,
Computer,
Inventory, Additional,
Template
folder once it is collected.
Create New Template General Tab
Use the General tab to specify the general information about the template:
This tab contains the following fields:
  • Name
    This field defines the name of the new template.
  • Description
    This field describes the template briefly.
  • Template Editor
    This field opens the Create Template dialog where you can specify whether you want to prompt the user for input.
Create New Template Advanced Tab
Use the Advanced tab to specify the template file name.
Do not change the default values.
This tab contains the following field:
  • File Name
    This field specifies the name of the template file, where the collected template information is saved. A template file describes manageable attributes of a component in .MIF file format. This file is present in the local Asset Management Agent directory (typically, C:\Program Files\CA\DSM\Agent\units\00000001 or \00000003) after the Asset Management Agent software has been executed on an agent computer.