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5. If you are adding a field, determine how you want this field to be populated. Click the appropriate
option button: Manually (free-form text), Lookup (pick from list of predetermined values), or
Dynamically (population from another source), and then click Next. If you are editing a field, you
cannot change the population method. For more information, click Help. Otherwise, click Next.
6. If you have defined this field as a lookup, the wizard prompts you to define or edit the lookup values.
Enter the required information, and then click Next.
7. Assign the roles that should have edit access to this field, and then click Next. Users with these roles
can then edit the values of the field from Console | Asset Extensions | Hardware Configuration
Items.
8. Confirm your addition or edit, and then click Finish. The field now appears in the Administration |
Settings | Asset Extension Settings | Hardware Configuration Items | VCM Devices or Other
Devices data grid, and as a column in the Console | Asset Extensions |Hardware Configuration
Items | VCM Devices data grid.
Delete a Hardware Configuration Item Field
To delete a hardware configuration item field, follow these steps.
1. Click Administration | Settings | Asset Extension Settings | Hardware Configuration Items.
2. Click VCM Devices or Other Devices, depending on the type of field you want to delete.
3. Select the field, and then click Delete. You cannot delete fields marked with a Locked icon.
4. Click OK to confirm. VCM deletes the field from VCMMXA.
Modifying Software Configuration Item Fields
Use VCMMXA to manage your software assets. Add, edit, and delete the software configuration items to
maintain asset data for your software.
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