Welcome
Overview
Become familiar with key concepts that are necessary to understand how BigFix Inventory works and learn about features and functions that are introduced in every version of the application.
Application menu structure
Since BigFix Inventory version 11.0.6, the main application menu (Reports and Management sections) was moved to the left navigation section, providing an option to collapse it and with an additional link to the homepage, while preserving the menu structure.

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Welcome to the BigFix Inventory documentation, where you can find information about how to install and configure BigFix Inventory. The application provides you with information about your inventory and license metrics. You can manage your software assets, gather information about your hardware, and ensure license compliance for your enterprise using BigFix Inventory.
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Overview
Become familiar with key concepts that are necessary to understand how BigFix Inventory works and learn about features and functions that are introduced in every version of the application.
- What's new in this release
  BigFix Inventory provides new features and enhancements that facilitate your work with the application. For more information, follow BigFix Forum - Inventory (Release Announcements).
- Features and functions
  BigFix Inventory provides useful features for managing physical and virtualized environments. It discovers the software that is installed in your infrastructure, helps you to analyze the consumption data, and allows you to generate reports.
- Application menu structure
  Since BigFix Inventory version 11.0.6, the main application menu (Reports and Management sections) was moved to the left navigation section, providing an option to collapse it and with an additional link to the homepage, while preserving the menu structure.
- Dashboards in BigFix Inventory
  Dashboards in BigFix Inventory provide a comprehensive overview of your IT environment. They allow you to monitor and analyze data related to software usage, hardware inventory, and license compliance. By using these dashboards, you can gain insights into your organization's assets and make informed decisions to optimize resource utilization and ensure compliance with licensing agreements.
- To Do list
  Available from 9.2.13. The To Do list provides you with information about items that might require your action including failed imports of data, availability of a new version of BigFix Inventory or the need to configure a connection to VM managers.
- Preview features
  BigFix Inventory provides a set of preview features that give you a chance to take a sneak peek at what we are currently developing and researching. Whether it is a small function or an extended report, you can check how it works and tell us about your ideas. The previews can change with each release, which means that you can still influence their final form.
- Key concepts
  There are several concepts that will help you to understand how BigFix Inventory works and how to use it effectively.
- Business Scenarios
  To understand the business goals that you can achieve with BigFix Inventory, familiarize yourself with the main user scenarios. Each scenario presents a real-life example of using the application and lists personas who are typically involved in achieving a business goal.
- Keeping BigFix Inventory up-to-date
  BigFix Inventory updates and content packs are released periodically. Ensure that you upgrade the BigFix Inventory server with each release to take advantage of the new features and apply the application patches.
- Limitations
  Review the list of BigFix Inventory limitations. For information on IBM limitations, refer to IBM limitations.
- <discontinued> Updates and patches for BigFix Inventory up to version 10.0.13.1
  This page provides information about application updates released for BigFix Inventory.
Installing
Learn about the requirements and available installation scenarios to ensure that the deployment of BigFix Inventory goes smoothly in your environment.
Configuring
After you install BigFix Inventory, configure the application. Create accounts for the users who need access to the application and set up scans to collect software and hardware inventory data from your environment.
Upgrading
A new version of BigFix Inventory is released periodically, typically at the end of each calendar quarter. Upgrade to the new version regularly to take full advantage of new features and application fixes.
Catalog Overview
This section provides information about catalog updates available with every release.
Managing the infrastructure
After you complete the initial configuration of BigFix Inventory, learn how to manage components of its infrastructure: VM managers, server, database, and data sources.
Software inventory and license utilization
You can classify the discovered software so that reports in BigFix Inventory reflect your entitlements and properly show utilization of license metrics by particular products.
Managing security threats
Learn how to use BigFix Inventory to manage security threats in your environment. You can view whether any of the installed components is prone to any Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE).
Tutorials
Tutorials help you understand how to use BigFix Inventory. They consist of modules that focus on broad goals. Modules consist of tasks that show how to configure specific settings step-by-step.
Security
Configure different security features to adequately protect business assets and resources in the data model when using BigFix Inventory.
Troubleshooting and support
Learn about solutions to common problems that might arise when you use BigFix Inventory BigFix Inventory and how to find logs and trace files that help you troubleshoot those problems.
Tuning performance
Learn how to plan the infrastructure of BigFix Inventory and to configure the application server to achieve optimal performance. The following guidelines are applicable in big data environments as well as in smaller environments that are running on low-performance hardware.
Integrating with REST API
External systems integration is one of the key features of BigFix Inventory. Business logic is enabled for integration and interfaces are provided for common integration points.
Glossary
Guide in PDF format
DataFlow ServiceNow Integration
Service Graph Connector Integration

Application menu structure

Since BigFix Inventory version 11.0.6, the main application menu (Reports and Management sections) was moved to the left navigation section, providing an option to collapse it and with an additional link to the homepage, while preserving the menu structure.

Changes in version 11.0.8

The left-hand navigation menu has been redesigned. The previous two-section layout; Reports and Management has been replaced with a new area-based structure containing six distinct top-level sections, each with a dedicated icon. The Management section has been renamed to Administration. The SaaS Management link has been moved from the top header bar into the vertical menu.

The menu is structured as the following:

Audit Reports

All IBM Metrics
IBM Product Bundles
IBM Subcapacity
Product Metrics per Group
Oracle Measurements
Oracle Databases
Resource Utilization
Software Users
All Metrics
Audit Trail

Software

Software Classification
Software Summary
Software Installations
Unified Software View
Catalog Components
Package Summary
Package Data

Hardware

Computers
Hardware Inventory
Computer Groups
Shared Disks
Containers
Metering Data
Usage per computer
Scanned File Data
Unrecognized Files

Procurement

All Contracts
Purchases in Contracts
Products & Metrics
Contract Custom Fields

The top right corner shows the Import bell, Feedback option, Information, and user profile stays on the upper right corner of the interface.

Last import status

The last data import date and timestamp is shown in local time

Feedback option

The option to provide feedback to the development team is available.

Information menu

About
Supplementary Data Collection
Technical Documentation
Need Help

Account menu items

Set as homepage
Profile
Logout

Changes till version 11.0.6:

Reports menu structure in the previous version

Management menu structure in the previous version