Objects and object types
To manage company assets in your IT environment that are not automatically inventoried, such as projectors and monitors, you can use the custom object and custom object type functionality in Snow License Manager.
For efficient management of these company assets, you can add them as custom objects and group them together by using your own custom object types. You can also attach your custom objects to agreements registered in Snow License Manager.
Objects
A custom object can be any type of company asset, for example, a projector, a computer monitor, or a conference speakerphone.
When you add your custom object, you select what organization node it belongs to. You can also add other types of information that you need to store about the object. The information is stored as object properties, which you define for the object type.
Objects view
The Objects menu lets you add new or search for custom objects created in Snow License Manager.
You can select an item in a result list of objects to see the details of that specific object. The upper section of the details view contains general information while the lower section contains detailed information presented on the tabs Properties and Agreements.
| Tab | Description |
|---|---|
| Properties | The properties and their values for the object. The listed properties depend on the object type. |
| Agreements | The agreements that the object is attached to, if any. |
Object types
A custom object type is used for administration of your custom objects.
When you create your custom object type, you can add one or several properties to store information about objects of this type. This can be, for example, the manufacturer, the location, or any anti-theft labeling. You can also decide which properties are mandatory and for those you can set default values. Setting a default value means that when you create or edit a custom object of this type, you can select to use the automatically populated default value or overwrite it by entering another value.
Object types view
The Object types view lets you add new or search for custom object types created in Snow License Manager.