Creating an extended integration for Device42 assets

Let Oomnitza be your single source of truth!

You'll get visibility of your assets as data from Device42 is automatically transformed into consumable information and actionable insights.

The Device42 Asset Load retrieves basic information about all assets. This includes hardware, software, and non-device assets such as patch panels, circuits, and cables. For further information refer to the Device API Documentation: Get Assets.

Connect Oomnitza and Device42 in minutes

Use the Asset Load to get the information and insights that you need to reduce costs and the time that you spend on administration tasks such as:

• Configurable dashboards and list views of key asset information
• Configurable reports to share information about assets with your colleagues and management

Before you start

Creating an asset integration

Creating custom mappings

Before you start

Before you create the asset integration, you need to have added your Device42 credentials to Oomnitza.

You also need to have the URL of your Device 42 system to hand before you create the asset integration.

Creating an asset integration

To configure the integration for the Device42 Asset Load, complete the following steps:

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 Overview

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

• Integration preferences:  By default, the option Create & Update is selected, which allows for editing existing asset records and adding new ones. If your goal is only to edit existing asset records, choose Update Only. On the other hand, if you only want to add new records, select Create Only.

Integration details

To review or update the integrations details, click the pencil:

1. Update the integration name if necessary. 
2. For installation type decide whether you want to store the credentials locally or in Oomnitza:
   1. Select Local if you want to store credentials locally. This mode does not support OAuth or AWS authentication.
   2. Select Cloud if you want to store credentials in your Oomnitza instance.
3. For integration preferences, select an option.
4. Enter the name of the integration user.

Credential details

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

Schedule

By default, user data is streamed to Oomnitza once every day.

You can configure the schedule to meet your needs such as changing the interval or changing the time so that the data is streamed when your system isn't busy.

1. Click the pencil.
2. Configure your schedule.
3. Click Update.

Mappings

To map the fields to Oomnitza, click the pencil.

Creating custom mappings

Map Device42 fields to Oomnitza fields to get the asset information that you need. For the field mapping, it is recommended to follow these steps:

1. Click Smart Mapping.
2. You must create a custom mapping for the Device42 Asset ID field. To do this, complete these steps:
   1. Click the down arrow on the Asset ID field.
   2. Select Add new Oomnitza assets field.
   3. Change the name of the new field to Device42 Asset ID. 
   4. Click CREATE. 
3. Create custom mappings to map any other field that you want to add to Oomnitza:
   1. Click the down arrow on the field that you want to map.
   2. Select Add new Oomnitza assets field.
   3. Change the name of the field.
   4. Click CREATE. 
4. Select a sync key, such as Serial Number. The field must have unique values.
5. Click UPDATE. 

Custom mappings

Asset ID
Asset Number
Name
Category
Orientation
Row
Serial Number
Size
Start At
Type
Vendor
Vendor ID

Did you know? 
You can define rules for your integration by selecting Edit integration on the mapping page. For example, you may only want to run the integration if a certain contact or region exists. See Filtering integration results.  

You can add new fields to your integration by selecting Add new field   on the mapping page. All you need to do is specify the property name. See Creating custom API fields. 

Launching the integration

Your integration is in Draft mode until all the required mandatory fields are added. Once you have added all of the required fields, select Launch to activate your integration. 

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

If you selected Local as the installation type when creating the integration, refer to Running an extended integration locally.

Getting your results
To view the information that is collected about your assets, click Assets. To view the information about software, click the Software tab.  
To view the information that is collected about your users, click People. If you selected User plus SaaS User when running the user integration, you can also find a list of users in the Software > SaaS menu

Related Links

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

Unleash the power of Oomnitza

To get valuable actionable insights that help you manage your assets, learn how to:

• Configure dashboards for your assets and users
• Create asset and user workflows to automate tasks
• Configure custom reports about your assets and users

Next steps

Creating an extended integration for Device42 devices