<Background>
I am currently verifying SAM Pro.
M365 integration is required, but verification will take time, so we will not introduce SAM Pro yet. Instead, we will manually create a Software Model (cmdb_software_product_model) and a Catalog Item (pc_software_cat_item) and start operation, and in parallel, we will verify SAM Pro and M365 integration, etc. separately.
<My understanding during verification>
As for the behavior of SAM Pro, I understand that "When you perform M365 integration, a Software Model is automatically created. Then, you can create a Catalog Item with one click from the related link of the Software Model."
*My understanding is that if you create a Catalog Item in this way, the Catalog Item name will be registered in the "Product Catalog" tab.
And if you install the separate com.snc.procurement plugin, you can assign to a user with the "sc_request > sc_task > Source Request" button, but I understand that the condition for linking the assignment is that the corresponding Catalog Item must be linked to the "Product Catalog" tab of the Software Model.
<Question>
I've made a long introduction, but if you manually create a Software Model and Catalog Item first, and then integrate with M365 and the Software Model is automatically created, of course you will use the automatically created Software Model in the future, but is there a way to link this automatically created Software Model with the manually created Software Model?
For example, when integrating with M365, you can customize it to link to an existing Software Model... (However, this is difficult, and I expect it is not recommended.)
Or would it be better to "not create the Software Model manually, but create only the Catalog Items manually and start operation, and then later integrate with M365 and automatically create the Software Model, and then set up the existing Catalog Items to be linked in the Product Catalog tab"? (The fields in the Product Catalog tab of the created Software Model are read-only, so we plan to link them using a script or something.)
The best practice would probably be to "create Catalog Items and start operation after M365 integration is complete," but since this is difficult as a customer request, I asked the above question.
