WebSphere brand IBM WebSphere Sensor Events, Version 6.2

Auditing assets

After you select the location or zone, you can audit assets.

About this task

When you have picked your desired location or zone for the audit, a list of top-level assets appears. To audit the top-level asset, such as a Rack, scan the tag for that asset. Once that tag is read and if there are children assets, a new screen comes up showing the details of those children.

The screen uses both colors and icons to represent status changes in the assets.

If a childless item is read then that item will turn green to signify that the asset has been read correctly. For assets with children, the color does not change to green until all its children assets are either found or are set as missing or broken.

Procedure
  1. Read the tag IDs of a top-level assets using the handheld device. If the asset cannot be found, you should mark it as missing or broken.

    Mark an asset as broken if the tag cannot be read. Mark it as missing if the asset cannot be found.

    If an asset is found in an unexpected location, you can either ignore the read as erroneous or choose to update the asset location. If you update the location, then the asset is flagged in the Review Audit screen in Asset Inventory Management Services for WebSphere® Sensor Events.

  2. Read the tag IDs of the children assets for that top-level asset.
  3. Repeat the previous steps until the audit is complete.
Results

When all top-level items have been accounted for, the application then returns to the location screen, marking the last location green. The audit for that location is now complete.

After a top-level asset is considered complete, you can only view the list of child assets by selecting View Assets. You can also choose to see More Info about an asset to display its tag ID and attribute information as defined in Asset Inventory Management Services for WebSphere Sensor Events.

Once all the assets are marked as audited, the application displays a completed screen, and you can submit your results.

What to do next

Transmit the audit results to Asset Inventory Management Services for WebSphere Sensor Events:

  1. Navigate to Menu > View > Submit Audit.
  2. Dock the handheld device.
  3. When the active synchronization is connected, select Start to send the results to the server.

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