Configure default data dictionaries

This task requires Data Manager admin permissions.

Data dictionaries standardise terminology from multiple data sources by comparing values against a list of normalised values.

In Data Manager, there are:

• Default data dictionaries

• Custom data dictionaries

This page describes Default data dictionaries.

Object classes with default attributes include:

• Compute

  • Platform: To roll up Operating systems to a platform (eg Windows, Linux, MAC, zOS, etc).

  • OSVersion: Normalizing operating systems into a clean label (eg Windows 11)

  • InfrastructureType: Merging the manufacturer and model so they can be normalized into device types (laptops, desktops, mobile etc)

• Network

  • IsVirtual: Identifying a virtual or physical network device.

  • InfrastructureType: Merging the manufacturer and model so they can be normalized into network device types (gateways, modems, switches, firewalls, etc)

• Peripherals

  • DeviceType: Merging the manufacturer and model so they can be normalized into a peripheral type (monitor, keyboards, scanners, etc)

  • InfrastructureType: Enabling grouping into a peripheral grouping (eg consumables, audio visual, print / scan and other).

Create default data dictionaries

Default data dictionaries are created automatically when:

• all default computed attributes for an object class are mapped, and

• you add and fetch a data source and then save the mapping for the first time.

Saving the mapping triggers Data Manager to check and (if needed) download or update default data dictionaries.