Bulk Edit - Asset Purchase or Lease change

Products

• Client Management Suite
• Asset Management Solution

Issue/Introduction

Unable to bulk edit the "Purchase or Lease" information for a few hundred machines.

Environment

Release: 8.5.x

Resolution

First of all, all the needed machines must be managed and have a registry/entry in the ITMS. That is because we will use the machine's Name and GUID to effectuate the change.

1. Create a filter/report that will provide you the machine's name and GUID for the machines that you want to change the  "Purchase or Lease" information.
1. Export that information (Name/GUID) to a .csv file
2. Place the file inside the NS - on a folder/path created by you, and of your choice.
3. Open the file using any text editor (Ex.: Notepad)
4. Check if the file is following the below example/pattern
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2. Open the NS Console and go to:
1. Settings > All Settings > Notification Server > Connector > Data Source
1. Right-click on the above folder and select New > CSV File Data Source
2. Give a name to the newly created Data Source
3. Configure the new Data Source as the following image:
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4. The field "Import from file" might be different on your system.
5. Save all the changes.
2. Settings > All Settings > Notification Server > Connector > Import/Export Rules
1. Right-click on the above folder and select New > Resource Import Export Rule
2. Give a name to the newly created Resource Import Export Rule
3. Configure the new Resource Import Export Rule as the following image:
1. The "Data Source" to be used is the one that you created above
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4. Save all the changes made and click on "Test Rule"
1. Check the outcome and if the result is what you were looking for.
5. W e recommend running it for a small number of machines and checking if that worked as expected and didn't cause any issue (it is recommended to have a database backup in case you need to revert the changes) .