The Software Install table (cmdb_sam_sw_install) is the base table SAM Pro is built on. The Software Install table is a 1:1 from your discovery sources. For example, if you have SCCM or ServiceNow Discovery identifying software it would be loaded into this table with the same values as the source.
The next step is the SAM module looks at your raw Software Install data and normalizes and enriches it in the Discovery Model table (cmdb_sam_sw_discovery_model). This normalization happens automatically when new software install data is populated (software model is not a requirement for normalization).
After everything is normalized we come to the software model table (cmdb_software_product_model). The software model references what discovery models we want in scope.
