Product Category fields
The fields of the product category form are listed below and recommendations on how to use each of them are provided.
Image
An image or logo of the product category is added to the Image field. Click on the image to enlarge or edit it.
Name
The name of the product category is indicated in the Name field.
Disabled
The Disabled checkbox is set if the product category can no longer be associated with any products.
Group
You can use the Group field to add a product category to a group.
A set of rules
In the Rule Set field, select the rule set that will apply to products in this category and their associated configuration items (CI). The selected set of rules determines which fields will be available for these products and services. The value in the Rule Set field cannot be changed after adding one or more products to a category. Below is a list that indicates which fields are affected by each set of rules.
Link
A link is automatically generated in the Link field, the name of which is created by combining the values in the Group and Name fields separated by slashes. The link name is written in lowercase with all spaces replaced by underscores. The link cannot be changed after adding one or more products to a category.
UI Extension
In the UI Extension field, select UI extension, which is added to the products in this category.
Products
Products
In the field Products lists the products associated with this category.
Rule sets
Physical asset
- Number of processors → hidden
- Number of cores → hidden
- License type → hidden
- Temporary license → hidden
- License expiration → hidden
- Site license → hidden
- Service instances → limited to 1 connection
A logical asset with financial data
- Site → hidden
- Location → hidden
- Number of processors → hidden
- Number of cores → hidden
- License type → hidden
- Temporary license → hidden
- License expiration → hidden
- Site license → hidden
- Service instances → limited to 1 connection
- Serial number → hidden
- Workflow template → hidden
A logical asset without financial data
- Site → hidden
- Location → hidden
- Number of processors → hidden
- Number of cores → hidden
- License type → hidden
- Temporary license → hidden
- License expiration → hidden
- Site license → hidden
- Service instances → limited to 1 connection
- Contracts → hidden
- Supplier → hidden
- Serial number → hidden
- Financial owner → hidden
- Order number → hidden
- Asset ID → hidden
- Depreciation method → hidden
- Warranty period → hidden
- Workflow template → hidden
Server
- License type → hidden
- Temporary license → hidden
- License expiration → hidden
- Site license → hidden
- Service instances → limited to 1 connection
Software
- Label → hidden
- Number of processors → hidden
- Number of cores → hidden
- License type → hidden
- Temporary license → hidden
- License expiration → hidden
- Site license → hidden
- Users → Hidden
- Supplier → hidden
- Serial number → hidden
- Financial owner → hidden
- Order number → hidden
- Asset ID → hidden
- Depreciation method → hidden
- Warranty period → hidden
- Workflow template → hidden
Software Distribution Package
- Number of processors → hidden
- Number of cores → hidden
- License type → hidden
- Temporary license → hidden
- License expiration → hidden
- Site license → hidden
- Users → Hidden
- Contracts → hidden
- Serial number → hidden
- Financial owner → hidden
- Order number → hidden
- Asset ID → hidden
- Depreciation method → hidden
- Warranty period → hidden
- Workflow template → hidden
License certificate (installed by the RR Tech Service Management (R-Service) system only for configuration items with a license certificate)
- System ID → hidden
- Status → Limited
- Number of processors → hidden
- Number of cores → hidden
- Service instances → hidden
- Configuration Items (CI) → hidden
- Contracts → hidden
- Workflow template → hidden