Inventory Filters

During the collection process, hardware and software inventory lists are passed a number of times through a "translation" process, which converts executable file names and sizes into information about the hardware/software package, such as the name of the manufacturer, the version number and the type of application. These translation rules are stored in XML formatted text files on the individual clients. The files are specific in their schema for either hardware ( hwinvcfg.xml ) or software ( swinvcfg.xml ). The Inventory Filters node provides the administrator with a tool to manage these files directly for individual or groups of devices without actually having to edit the xml file itself.

All inventory filters created via the console are stored on the master in its file system in the <MASTER_INSTALL_DIR>/data/InventoryFilter/hw and <MASTER_INSTALL_DIR>/data/InventoryFilter/sw directories. When they are assigned to a device the file will be copied to the target and replace the currently existing XML file.