Launching Software Knowledge Base Toolkit

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 Go To > Integration > Launch in Context, 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

  1. On the navigation bar, click Go To > Administration > Deployed Assets > Software Catalog.
  2. 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.
  3. Select the record whose details you want to view from the knowledge base. The catalog record is displayed on the Software tab.
  4. 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.
  5. On the toolbar, open the Select Action menu and click Launch Software Knowledge Base Tool.
  6. 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.


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