Creating an extended integration for Flexera assets and software

Sync Oomnitza with Flexera to surface and manage key asset and the software information.

Before you start

To create the integration, you must retrieve the following information from Flexera:

• Your API URL. See Flexera: Overview
• Your organization ID. See Flexera: Where can I find my Organization ID?

The authentication method to connect to Flexera is OAuth.  See Flexera: OAuth. To add your credentials, you will require your Flexera API URL and your Flexera client ID and secret.

Adding credentials

Best practice is to create a dedicated user account to authenticate with the external API. 

Make life easier and add your credentials to Oomnitza before you create the integration.  

1. In Oomnitza, click Configuration > Security > Credentials.
2. Click Add new credential (+).
3. Search for the integration, and then click the forward arrow > to select the integration.
4. Enter your client credentials and any other additional information.
5. Click Authenticate. You are prompted to log in to authorize your request.
6. Click CREATE.

Creating an integration user

To easily find the records that are uploaded to Oomnitza, it's best practice to create a dedicated user account for each integration. This will make it easier for you to retrieve the records that are uploaded to Oomnitza from the vendor application. 

Creating integration users 

Creating the integration

1. In Oomnitza, click Configuration> Integrations> Overview.
2. Click Block view .
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 .

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 .
2. Make and save your changes.

Mapping fields to Oomnitza

To map the fields to Oomnitza, click Edit .

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

Click SMART MAPPING.

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

Creating custom mappings

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

Complete these actions:

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: API URL
• Connect: Credentials
• Connect: Organization ID
• Connector Sync Time

Custom Flexera to Oomnitza mappings

Connector Sync Time
Days Until Obsolete
Device Name
General Availability Date
Lifecycle Status
Manufacturer Model
Obsolete Date
Obsolete Exception
Operating System
Platform Type
Primary IPv4 Address
Primary MAC Address
Serial Number

Launching the integration

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

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

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. 

Related Links

• Running an extended integration
• Troubleshooting integrations
• Mapping extended integrations