Creating an extended integration for Device42 assets

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The Device42 Asset Load retrieves basic information about all assets. For further information refer to the Device API Documentation: Get Assets.

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 Integrations List 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,  Create and Update are selected. To ensure that only live user records are synced with Oomnitza, select Update Only. When you run the integration, you can check the error logs to see the records that weren't uploaded and why they weren't uploaded. Then, you can decide whether to upload the user records that were skipped by changing your integration preference back to Create and Update.

Integration details

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

1. Update the integration name if necessary. 
2. For installation type, ensure that Cloud is selected.
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 NEXT. 

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 at the top of the screen. 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 the + (Add) option. All you need to do is specify the field name and then enter the JSON path, for example {{response.email}}. 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, we recommend that you complete the following steps

1. Select Launch to activate your integration.
2. Change your Integration preferences to Update only so that no records are imported and do a Test Run.
3. Click Sync Sessions and review the status of the integration. If you encounter any errors, see troubleshooting integrations.
4. When the test run has been completed, change your Integration preferences and click Run Now.

Getting your results
To view the information that is collected about your assets, click Assets. To view the information about software, click an asset and then click the Software tab. To view the information that is collected about your users, click People. 

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

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Creating an extended integration for Device42 devices