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.
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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
  - Currency of BigFix Inventory components
  - Ensuring currency of scanner actions and fixlets
    Make sure that the scanner actions that are running on your endpoints are updated after each application release. The fixlet names contain the information about version to help you easily determine which actions are activated with the outdated fixlets and should be restarted after the application update.
  - 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.

Refer to the old and new screenshots for your reference:

Old UI:

Reports menu:

Management menu:

New UI:

The report menu is structured as the following:

Reports

General

Overview
Saved Reports

Software Inventory

Software Summary
Software Installations
Software Classification
Unified Software View
Usage per Computer
Package Summary
Package Data
Scanned File Data
Unrecognized Files
Metering Data

Business Applications

Oracle Databases
Oracle Measurements

License Metrics

IBM Subcapacity
All IBM Metrics
All Metrics
IBM Product Bundles
Audit Trail
Resource Utilization

Users

Software Users

Infrastructure

Computers
Computer Groups
Containers
Shared Disks
Hardware Inventory

Catalog

Software Components
Signatures
Catalog Audit

Contracts

Products & Metrics
All Contracts
Purchases in Contracts
Products Metric per Group

Management

Users and Roles
- Users
- Roles
- Directory Servers
- Single Sign-On Settings
- User Provisioning
Configuration
- Mail Settings
- Server Settings
- Session Settings
- Preview Feature Settings
- Advanced Server Settings
Data Imports
- Data Sources
- Data Imports
- Computer Properties
- Part Numbers Upload
- Metric Table Upload
- Custom Rules
License Metrics
- Metric Custom Fields
Infrastructure
- Computer Groups
- Scan Configurations
- VM Managers
Catalog
- Server Software Catalog
- Catalog Customizations
Contracts
- Contract Custom Fields

The information menu and the account menu are in the upper right corner

This induces the: To Do List, Run and Import bell, SaaS Management, Feedback option, Information, and user profile stays on the upper right corner of the interface.

Information menu

About
Supplementary Data Collection
Technical Documentation
Need Help

Account menu items

Set as homepage
Profile
Logout