Processing Inventory Information › Introduction

Introduction

The Asset Collector processes inventory information from various third-party collection tools and provides the following functionality:

• Tenancy collection
• Rules for processing inventory files
• Origin to trust level mapping
• Reject inventory files having a future collect time
• Configurable post-processing actions
• Auditing of Asset Collector actions

The Asset Collector captures details of assets, users, and their associated inventory. You can track the origin and trustworthiness of this inventory, giving you greater control and management over your assets. The Asset Collector collects the hardware and software inventory information from well-formed inventory files. You can create inventory information for any device or user. You can use this inventory information to perform asset management functions in CA APM.