WebSphere brand IBM WebSphere Sensor Events, Version 6.2

Locating items

Use a rich set of search options to query location details for any tagged item. Users with tag search permission, meaning they can use the Locate Item task in the user interface, can perform this task.

About this task

This page is for locating items based on tag read history. If no tag history exists for an item, the item will not show up in the results. For example, if you run a query for all items right after importing all of the assets, the results show nothing. Tag history is generated as the result of audits and fixed reads.

All dates are displayed in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Date inputs are assumed to be in GMT.

Procedure
  1. Log in to the Asset Inventory Management Services for WebSphere® Sensor Events application.
  2. Click Locate Item.
  3. Filter the search based on the following criteria:
    • Item Type: Select a specific item type or All Item Types. When searching for a specific item type, you can additionally filter any attribute of that item type. If you are searching by All Item Types you cannot filter on attributes because different item types can have different attributes.
    • RFID Tag ID: If you know the tag ID, you can use this value to search. If you enter the tag ID, none of the item properties are used for searching.
    • Location: This menu allows you to restrict the search to a given location. The default option, with no location selected, is to search across all locations. You must select a location before you can select By Zone checkbox. If you select a location, but do not check By Zone, the query will be based on only location.
    • Show Items By: This field sorts results by date in either ascending (First seen) or descending (Last seen) order. If more than one tag read exists for a selected item based on the other criteria, all will be displayed.
    • By Zone: This menu allows you to restrict the search to a given zone. The default option, with no zone selected, is to search across all zones. You must select a Location and the By Zone checkbox before you can pick a zone from the menu.
    • Date From and Date To: These options limit your search to between certain dates. You can choose dates from a calendar.
  4. Click Search to search for all items that match the filters, or click Reset to clear all the fields.

    Missing items are denoted by an icon representing an RFID tag with a red line through the middle.

  5. Click Export to CSV if you want to export your results to a file or Printable Page to print the results.

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