You can select one or more network printers to promote
to authorized IT assets using the Promote to Asset option
in the Select Action menu in the Network Printers
application. The promotion process creates authorized IT asset records
in the Assets application using data from the network printer records.
About this task
You can select multiple records to promote only if your
result set on the List tab is
fewer than the maximum number of rows allowed for your implementation.
By default, this is 200 rows. If your result set exceeds 200 rows,
use the Advanced Search feature to create a
result set that has fewer than 200 rows.
If you want to promote
a single network printer, you can open its record on the Network
Printer tab and then promote it.
Procedure
- On the List tab in the Network Printers
application, display the network printers that you want to promote
to IT assets.
- Select the Select Records check
box, and then select the network printer records you want to promote.
- From the Select Action menu, select Promote
to Asset.
- In the Network Printers Selected for Promotion section
of the window, review the network printers listed to check that the
appropriate printers are selected.
- In the Default Values section, review the default values.
- Select one of the following options:
- To use the default values specified, click OK to
promote the network printers.
- To change the default values and apply them to the network
printers listed in the Network Printers Selected for Promotion table:
- Modify values in the fields in the Default Values section as needed.
- To apply the default promotion values to network printers selected
for promotion, click Apply Defaults.
- Click OK to promote the network printers.
- To define values for specific network printers:
- In the Network Printers Selected for Promotion table, expand the
row for the network printer that you want to promote.
- In the expanded row, specify values in the fields as required.
Values that you specify in the Network Printers Selected for Promotion
section overwrite any default values defined for the promotion.
- Click OK to promote the network printers.
What to do next
When you promote network printers to assets, the application
displays a system message listing promotion results. If 16 or more
records are promoted, the message does not show individual network
printer and asset numbers. Instead it shows a count of the number
of records that were promoted, already linked, and already promoted.
Check the log or the reconciliation links to view the assets created
as a result of the promotion. You can find the promotion log file
in the following location:
machineName_MXServer_AssetPromotion.log