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Creating an extended integration for Tanium assets

  • June 02, 2026 08:25
  • Updated

Sync Oomnitza with Tanium to gain visibility of asset data.

ImportantOrangeTriangleIcon.svg To sync Tanium asset data with Oomnitza, the Tanium asset module must be active.

toc_icon_32px.svg Contents

  1. Before you start
  2. Creating the integration
  3. Creating custom mappings
  4. Running the integration

Before you start

To create the integration, you must provide the following information:

Tanium View ID. Used to fetch the asset data.

Tanium URL. The format of the URL is https://<company>.tanium.com.

Tanium Credentials. Your API key. See Tanium Console User Guide for Cloud.

Creating the asset integration

  1. In Oomnitza, click Configuration> Integrations> Overview.
  2. Click Block view block_view.PNG
  3. Scroll down to the Extended section for asset integrations.
  4. Click NEW INTEGRATION.
  5. Select the integration in the sidebar.
  6. Click ADD.

Integration details overview

More information is provided about the following fields to help you complete the integration:

Software data

Depending on the asset integration, an option might be available to ingest desktop software information such as the name and version of the software installed on an asset. To view the software information in Oomnitza, you must have the software module. 

Installation types

  • Cloud. Store credentials in the Oomnitza cloud.
  • Local. Store credentials locally. If you want to sync Oomnitza with vendor applications that require AWS or OAUTH authentication, select cloud as the type of installation. Local installations don't support AWS and OAuth authentication. 

Integration preferences

  • Create & Update. Add and update records.
  • Create only. Add records.
  • Update only. Update records.

Integration details

To review or update the integrations details, click Edit edit_black_pencil_icon.svg.

TipBulb_Icon_small.svg When you edit the Integration details section, you can select the name or names of integration contacts.  Integration contacts will receive an in-app notification and an email, when the integration fails, when the integration fails to complete within 24 hours, or when the scheduled integration fails to run.

  1. Update the integration name.
  2. Select an installation type.
  3. For integration preferences, select an option.
  4. Enter the name of the integration user.  

Credential details

If you selected Cloud as the installation type, choose one of the following options:

  • Select the credentials that were created for the integration.
  • Edit the credentials that were created for the integration.
  • Create new credentials

Scheduling the integration

By default, data is synced once every day. Change the interval or the time so that the data is streamed when your system isn't busy.

  1. Click Edit edit_black_pencil_icon.svg.
  2. Make and save your changes.

Mapping fields to Oomnitza

To map the fields to Oomnitza, click Edit edit_black_pencil_icon.svg.

 cog_red_dot_small_icon.svg Select Edit integration to add rules for syncing data. small_blue_link.svg Filtering integration results.  

Click SMART MAPPING.

You can add new fields to your integration by selecting Add new field  add_grey_rectangel_icon.svg on the mapping page. 
small_blue_link.svg Creating custom API fields. 

Creating custom mappings

Map Tanium fields to Oomnitza fields and create custom mappings to get the user information that you need.

  1. Click Smart Mapping to automatically detect appropriate mapping fields. Values from the integration can also be dragged to the appropriate field on the Oomnitza side, or selected from the integration field dropdown.
  2. Create a custom mapping for the remaining fields you want to map. To create a custom mapping, do the following:
    1. Click the down arrow on the field that you want to map.
    2. Select Add new Oomnitza field.
    3. Change the name of the field.
    4. Click CREATE. 
  3. Assign a sync key to a unique field, such as the Serial Number.
  4. Click UPDATE.

Tracking information for user loads 

When the integration is run, you can track the name of the credentials that were used and the source of the data. To do this, you map the following fields to Oomnitza:   

  • Connect: Credentials
  • Connect: Subdomain
  • Connect: View ID

Standard Tanium to Oomnitza mappings

The following Tanium fields can be mapped to Oomnitza:

CI Installed Application
CPU Core
CPU Name
Computer Name
Connect: Credentials
Connect: Subdomain
Connect: View ID
Connector Sync Time
Created At
Domain Name
Email
IP Address
Id
Last Logged In User
Last Seen At
Manufacturer
Memory
Model
OS Platform
OS Version
Operating System
Serial Number
Total Storage
Updated At
User Name
Username

Running the integration

Launching the integration

Your integration is in Draft mode until the required mandatory fields are added. When added, click Launch to activate your integration. 

small_blue_link.svg If you selected Cloud as the installation type when creating the integration, see Running an extended integration

small_blue_link.svg If you selected Local as the installation type when creating the integration, see Running an extended integration locally.

Viewing data ingested by Oomnitza

Viewing ingested asset data

For asset integrations, click Hardware. If the asset integration also ingests software data, click Software.

Viewing ingested user data

For user integrations, click People. If you chose the option to ingest User and SaaS user data, click Software > SaaS, click the SaaS app, and then click the Users tab. 

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