There are two approaches to setting up the software tables. The long way is to first enter the software titles by hand. As TrakPC returns the registry descriptions, associate those to software titles one by one.
A shorter way is to let IssueTrak create the software titles for you. Although you'll need to go in and modify titles such as Microsoft Office, most of the titles will be acceptable to use just as they appear in the registry.
Here are the steps to have IssueTrak create records in the Software Titles table:
Step 1: Use TrakPC to audit your PCs, and then apply the audit records. This creates the asset items, and creates the table of software registry descriptions.
Step 2: Select Asset Tables from the Asset Management menu, then SW Registry Names, which will show the software registry list.
Step 3: Select Copy to Titles Table to create software titles from registry descriptions. Now you have titles for all the registry entries, but you'll want to change some of them so they will be consolidated under the title used when the software was purchased.
Step 4: Selecting the Asset Tables screen for Software Titles, delete the titles that are not worded properly. In our example above, you'd want to delete these three titles:
Microsoft Office 2000 Premium
Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1 Disc Two
Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1 Premium
Step 5: Then you'd want to add a good title to replace these, such as:
Microsoft Office 2000
Step 6: Return to SW Registry Names which lists the software by registry name and select Link Names/Titles. This will take you to a screen that will show you which registry items do not have software titles. Here you can produce a Work List, filtering to show just the registry items that start with "Microsoft Office 2000", and that do not have a title associated with them.
Step 7: Put checks in the checkboxes for the three registry entries we're working with.
Step 8: Choose the software title "Microsoft Office 2000" in the list box.
Step 9: Choose Save Changes. This will associate the three registry records with the title record.