Add a custom software product in Software Asset Management classic

  • Rversion finale: Australia
  • Mis à jour 13 mars 2026
  • 1 minute de lecture

    • If a software product does not exist in the Software Library, you can add a custom product. Custom products enable you to normalize and account for homegrown software, or software that is not yet part of the Software Library.

    Avant de commencer

    Role required: sam_admin

    Pourquoi et quand exécuter cette tâche

    The product and publisher combination is used during discovery model normalization. If the custom product exists, a message is shown.

    Procédure

    Navigate to All > Software Asset > Administration > Custom Products and create a new record (see table for field descriptions).
    Tableau 1. Custom Software Product form
    Field Description
    Publisher Publisher of the custom software product. If it does not exist, a new one can be created on the Publisher field Companies lookup list.
    Product Name of the custom software product.
    Subscription software Option that indicates that the software has a subscription.
    Product type Product type of the custom software product.
    • Child: A subcomponent of main software (not licensable).
    • Driver: A software product that controls a device.
    • Licensable: A software product that is licensable.
    • Not Licensable: A software product that is not licensable.
    • Patch: A software product designed to update, fix, or improve an existing computer program.
    • Unknown: A software product that is unknown.
    Product classification Official UNSPSC classification.
    Exclude from content service Option that excludes the custom product details from being shared with Software Asset Management Content Service if opted in.
    Active Option that indicates the rule is active.