Best practice documents on creating a unique Display name on the Software Entitlement data in SAM

Sandeep _1
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Best practice documents on creating a unique Display name on the Software Entitlement data in SAM

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AJ-TechTrek
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Hi @Sandeep _1 

 

you can use the Asset Tag on the SW Entitlement form. In fact it is what ServiceNow ITAM Product Success recommends to all customers. You can also use just the Asset Tag for the coalesce value, which should simplify things for your developers.

The alm_asset table serves as the base table for both alm_hardware (hardware asset) and alm_license (software entitlement) and it has an auto number field out of box, so no need to create a new one in the Number Management module.  Instead, you'll want to create a Dictionary Override for the Asset Tag attribute which is reflected on the alm_license table. 

Navigate to the SW Entitlement Form.  Right click on the Asset Tag attribute and select Configure Dictionary.  Click on the Dictionary Overrides related list (you should see an override present for the hardware asset table) and click New. 

Complete the form as shown in the screenshot below.  You can specify your own prefex, I chose "SWE" in my demo instance, but I think the OOB Demo Data uses "ENT".  Documentation for the code in the Default Value box can be found here.

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Hi @Harish Bainsla ,

Thank you very much for replying but I have already read this article. The customer requires that Asset Tag the type of field has to be left blank. We do not have to fill anything in the field, so apart from such type of field, the question here is that apart from the Asset Tag field, can we make any other field a unique identifier?

AJ-TechTrek
Giga Sage
Giga Sage

Hi @Sandeep _1 

 

you can use the Asset Tag on the SW Entitlement form. In fact it is what ServiceNow ITAM Product Success recommends to all customers. You can also use just the Asset Tag for the coalesce value, which should simplify things for your developers.

The alm_asset table serves as the base table for both alm_hardware (hardware asset) and alm_license (software entitlement) and it has an auto number field out of box, so no need to create a new one in the Number Management module.  Instead, you'll want to create a Dictionary Override for the Asset Tag attribute which is reflected on the alm_license table. 

Navigate to the SW Entitlement Form.  Right click on the Asset Tag attribute and select Configure Dictionary.  Click on the Dictionary Overrides related list (you should see an override present for the hardware asset table) and click New. 

Complete the form as shown in the screenshot below.  You can specify your own prefex, I chose "SWE" in my demo instance, but I think the OOB Demo Data uses "ENT".  Documentation for the code in the Default Value box can be found here.

AjayKumar011_0-1708596716116.png

 

 

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Thanks

AJ

Linkedin Profile:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajay-kumar-66a91385/