Create an inventory category

Instructions for how to create a Device Inventory

Overview

An Inventory Category allows you to choose specific sensors in order to display related data in the device report.

Create an Inventory Category

1. On the left-hand navigation, click Inventory Categories.

2. In the details pane, click + New.

3. Enter a Name of Storage Overview.

4. Accept the auto-generated URL Extension or create your own.

   You can customize the URL for this category for each device inventory dashboard. For example, cm:9678/inventory/device/{deviceId}/{category-url-extension}.

5. Choose a display icon, such as faBox.

   This will display in the category menu of the device inventory dashboard.

6. Under Sensors, next to Category Sensors, click Browse.

   Make sure that you have an Inventory Strategy in place to collect any data you specify in the Inventory Category.

7. Search for "disk" and add the following Sensors:

   DiskDrives DiskPartitions Volume

8. Click Save.

   

   Storage Category

You can view the data within an Inventory Category by viewing a device dashboard from the Home page.