Reconciliation module applications let you evaluate data about information technology devices and networks. You use these applications to compare data from one data set with data in another data set:
Data Set 1 – Typically this data set contains information about authorized objects–that is, data that you recorded about what you have acquired and installed. This data represents your authorized inventory, how things should be and what you have planned. You can choose one of the following object types for Data Set 1:
authorized assets
authorized configuration items (CIs)
Data Set 2 – Typically this data set contains information that a discovery tool collects about objects actually deployed in your enterprise. You can choose one of the following object types for Data Set 2:
deployed assets
actual CIs
For more information about reconciling assets, see Asset Reconciliation.
For more information about reconciling configuration items, see Configuration Item Reconciliation.