Should we update Product Type field in Software Discovery Model?

[souravdebna]

In Software Discovery Model we have one field Product Type. I understand this data comes from Product record and in the Discovery Model form Product Type field is read only. But I see, from list view this field is editable. Is there any risk if we change product type field in discovery model manually?

[dreinhardt]

Hi @souravdebna,

I wouldn't recommend to change the field, as it is one of the main attributes processed by the reconcile to device between licensable and non-licenable software. See field description below:

Child: Subcomponent of main software (not licensable).
Driver: Software product that controls a device.
Licensable: Software product that is licensable.
Not Licensable: Software product that is not licensable.
Patch: Software product designed to update, fix, or improve an existing computer program.
Unknown: Not discovered.
For unknown product types, the product type can be changed to another value.

When the product type is changed, the normalization status of the discovery model is updated to Manually Normalized.

The reconciliation process only considers software discovery models that are licensable.

Best, Dennis