Use the Software Catalog application to launch Software
Knowledge Base Toolkit and
view additional details, such as a software signature, for the current
software catalog record. These details are available only if the source
of the currently displayed catalog record is the separately
licensed Software
Knowledge Base Toolkit product.
Before you begin
This task requires that you are using the Software
Knowledge Base Toolkit product. Before
starting this task, make sure that the source of the catalog record
you want to display is
Software
Knowledge Base Toolkit.
To do this, follow the procedure for viewing details about a software
catalog record. If the source of the record is the
knowledge base,
then make sure that the record is configured with the name and port
of the
knowledge base server.
If necessary, you can use the Launch in Context application to change
the server name and port name established during installation (on
the navigation bar, click , specify or select
SWKBT_EDIT_GUID on
the List tab, and then go to the Launch Entry tab).
About this task
In addition to viewing additional details about the current
software catalog record, you can launch the knowledge base to
edit its records (you cannot do so from the Software Catalog application,
because the imported records are read-only), fix errors (like a misspelled
name), or rename software to establish a consistent naming convention.
The
steps for launching Software
Knowledge Base Toolkit follow.
Procedure
- On the navigation bar, click .
- On the toolbar, display all records for software products,
or use the table filter or Advanced Search to
filter the records that you want to display.
- Select the record whose details you want to view from the knowledge base. The catalog record is displayed on the Software tab.
- To verify that the source
of the currently displayed software catalog record is the knowledge base,
in the Details section look for IBM SwKBT in the Catalog
Name field.
- On the toolbar, open the Select Action menu
and click Launch Software Knowledge Base Tool.
- Enter your user ID and password on the Welcome window. After you log in, you can perform any action you are authorized
to do in Software
Knowledge Base Toolkit.