Identifying Devices Using Evidence

IT Visibility uses evidence information to identify devices within your enterprise. This evidence information is collected as a part of the inventory collection process.

You can see all your discovered devices aligned with normalized results, where applicable, on the Devices page (Inventory > IT Visibility Devices > Devices). This data helps you understand how device-level evidence relates to normalization results and which software is installed on each device.

On the Devices page, you can view the following information:

• The total number of devices and the counts for each recognition status:

  • Devices is a count of all devices, regardless of their recognition status.

  • Active is a count of active devices. This is the default view for the Devices page.

  • Ignored is a count of ignored devices.

• Detailed properties of each device. You can search for devices by using the global search or the filter in each property column. You can also sort the devices by any property.

Devices

The following table lists all the available properties on the Devices page. Some properties are displayed by default and others can be displayed through the column chooser. To open the column chooser, click the icon. You can also export all these details in CSV format, including the deviceId column and other relevant fields.

Property	Description
Device Name	The name of the device. Clicking the <Device Name> opens the Device Detail page for that device. The Device Detail page includes the Device Properties, Software Evidence - Installer, Software Evidence - File, Software Evidence - OS, and Hardware Evidence tabs.
Manufacturer	The manufacturer of the device.
Model	The model of the device.
Serial Number	The serial number of the device.
Last Inventory Date	The date and time when inventory was last received for the device.
Recognition Status	The recognition status of the device as determined from collected evidence. (The Recognition Status column is not shown by default when you are viewing only Active or only Ignored devices.) This field can have one of the following values: Active—Indicates that the device is active. Ignored—Indicates that the device has been marked as ignored.
Data Sources	The data sources that discovered or inventoried the device.

From the Devices page, you can open the Device Detail page. The Device Detail page contains the Device Properties, Software Evidence - Installer, Software Evidence - File, Software Evidence - OS, and Hardware Evidence tabs.

Device Properties

The following table lists all device properties shown on the Device Properties tab of the Device Detail page.

Property	Description
Device Name	The name of the device.
Manufacturer	The manufacturer of the device.
Model	The model of the device.
Serial Number	The serial number of the device.
IP Addresses	The IP addresses of the device.
MAC Addresses	The MAC addresses of the device.
Last Inventory Date	The date and time when inventory was last received for the device.
Data Sources	The data sources that discovered or inventoried the device.
Software Evidence Count	The aggregated total of installer, OS, and active Technopedia-mapped file evidence for the device.
Hardware Evidence Count	The number of hardware evidence records for the device.
Technopedia ID	The unique identifier of the device in Technopedia.

Software Evidence - Installer

The following table lists all the available properties shown on the Software Evidence - Installer tab of the Device Detail page. Some properties are displayed by default and others can be displayed through the column chooser. To open the column chooser, click the icon. You can also export all these details in CSV format, including the deviceId column and other relevant fields.

Property	Description
Evidence Manufacturer	The manufacturer of the software as reported by the evidence.
Evidence Name	The display name of the software as reported by the evidence.
Evidence Version	The version of the software as reported by the evidence.
Installation Path	The installation path of a software application to verify compliance or assist with the uninstallation process.
Last Found	The date and time when the evidence was last found.
Recognition Status	The recognition status of the evidence. This field can have one of the following values: Active—Indicates that the evidence has been recognized and mapped in Technopedia. Irrelevant—Indicates that the evidence has been recognized as not having any value to the customer. Unrecognized—Indicates that the evidence has not been mapped in Technopedia. Flexera curates unrecognized evidence based on whether it is useful for recognition. For more information about this gap-fill process, see the Flexera Community.
Data Source	The data source that discovered or inventoried the installer evidence.
Irrelevant Reason	The explanation of why the evidence has been marked as Irrelevant in its recognition status.
Technopedia Manufacturer	The manufacturer of the software in Technopedia.
Technopedia Name	The display name of the software in Technopedia.
Technopedia Version	The version of the software in Technopedia.
Technopedia Product ID	The unique Technopedia identifier for the application, if applicable.
Technopedia Release ID	The unique Technopedia identifier for the application release, if applicable.

Software Evidence - File

The following table lists all the available properties shown on the Software Evidence - File tab of the Device Detail page. Some properties are displayed by default and others can be displayed through the column chooser. To open the column chooser, click the icon. You can also export all these details in CSV format, including the deviceId column and other relevant fields.

Property	Description
File Name	The name of the file as reported by the evidence.
File Version	The version of the file as reported by the evidence.
File Path	The path of the file as reported by the evidence.
File Size	The size of the file as reported by the evidence.
Technopedia Version	The version of the software in Technopedia.
Technopedia Manufacturer	The manufacturer of the software in Technopedia.
Technopedia Name	The display name of the software in Technopedia.
Recognition Status	The recognition status of the evidence. This field will have the following value: Active (Technopedia Mapped)—Indicates that the evidence has been recognized and mapped in Technopedia, excluding Private Catalog mapping.
Data Source	The data source that discovered or inventoried the file evidence.
Last Found	The date and time when the evidence was last found.
Technopedia Product ID	The unique Technopedia identifier for the application, if applicable.
Technopedia Release ID	The unique Technopedia identifier for the application release, if applicable.
Product Manufacturer	The manufacturer of the software in Technopedia.
Product Name	The display name of the software in Technopedia.
Product Version	The version of the software in Technopedia.

Software Evidence - OS

The following table lists all the available properties shown on the Software Evidence - OS tab of the Device Detail page. Some properties are displayed by default and others can be displayed through the column chooser. To open the column chooser, click the icon. You can also export all these details in CSV format, including the deviceId column and other relevant fields.

Property	Description
Evidence Manufacturer	The manufacturer of the software as reported by the evidence.
Evidence Name	The display name of the software as reported by the evidence.
Evidence Version	The version of the software as reported by the evidence.
Caption	The description of the operating system as reported by the evidence.
CSD Version	The Client Service Description (CSD) version of the operating system as reported by the evidence.
Recognition Status	The recognition status of the evidence. This field can have one of the following values: Active (Technopedia Mapped)—Indicates that the evidence has been recognized and mapped in Technopedia, excluding Private Catalog mapping. Unrecognized—Indicates that the evidence has not been mapped in Technopedia. Flexera curates unrecognized evidence based on whether it is useful for recognition. For more information about this gap-fill process, see the Flexera Community.
Data Source	The data source that discovered or inventoried the OS evidence.
Last Found	The date and time when the evidence was found.
Technopedia Product ID	The unique Technopedia identifier for the application, if applicable.
Technopedia Release ID	The unique Technopedia identifier for the application release, if applicable.
Technopedia Name	The display name of the software in Technopedia.
Technopedia Manufacturer	The manufacturer of the software in Technopedia.
Technopedia Version	The version of the software in Technopedia.

Hardware Evidence

The following table lists all the available properties shown on the Hardware Evidence tab of the Device Detail page. Some properties are displayed by default and others can be displayed through the column chooser. To open the column chooser, click the icon. You can also export all these details in CSV format, including the deviceId column and other relevant fields.

Property	Description
Evidence Manufacturer Name	The manufacturer of the hardware as reported by the evidence.
Evidence Model Number	The model number of the hardware as reported by the evidence.
Recognition Status	The recognition status of the evidence. This field can have one of the following values: Recognized to Manufacturer—Indicates that the evidence has been recognized and mapped to a manufacturer in Technopedia. Recognized to Model—Indicates that the evidence has been recognized and mapped to a model in Technopedia. Recognized to Product—Indicates that the evidence has been recognized and mapped to a product in Technopedia. Unrecognized—Indicates that the evidence has not been mapped in Technopedia. Flexera curates unrecognized evidence based on whether it is useful for recognition. For more information about this gap-fill process, see the Flexera Community.
Technopedia Manufacturer Name	The manufacturer of the hardware as provided in Technopedia.
Technopedia Product Name	The product name of the hardware as provided in Technopedia.
Technopedia Model Number	The model number of the hardware as provided in Technopedia.
Last Found	The date and time when the evidence was last found.
Data Source	The data sources that discovered or inventoried the hardware evidence.
Technopedia Manufacturer ID	The manufacturer identifier of the hardware as provided in Technopedia.
Technopedia Product ID	The product ID of the hardware as provided in Technopedia.
Technopedia Model ID	The model ID of the hardware as provided in Technopedia.