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4 Select CMDB Item in the Visible Columns list and click the up arrow or down arrow to position the column
so that it is visible in the In Use List.
5 Click OK.
The vApp to which the license is allocated is now visible in the In Use List.
View Transaction History
Each time a software license is allocated or released from a vApp, a record is added to the asset management
transaction history. You can view this history.
For information about setting the number of transactions displayed, see
“Set Browse Limits,” on page 66.
Prerequisites
You have Asset Manager privileges.
Procedure
1 Click Transaction History on the left of the Software Product Details window.
The Transaction History window appears. The top of the window displays a series of filter criteria and
the bottom is a table that displays asset management transactions that match the criteria above.
2 Click Filter Columns to change the visibility of the columns in the results table, as well as the order in
which the columns appear.
3 Select and specify one or more criteria in the top section and click Refresh on the toolbar.
The transactions that match your criteria are displayed in the table below.
The number of records shown in the table is determined by a system administration setting. If the limit
has been set to 1000, only 1000 rows are displayed in the results table.
4 To filter the results by a value in the column, click on the down arrow on the column heading.
Set Browse Limits
You can set the maximum number of records to display in a Transaction History results table.
Procedure
1 Click System Administration in the Request Manager Admin Portal.
2 Click System > Browse Limits.
3 Enter the number of records you would like the Transaction History results table to show in CMDB
Search.
This setting also determines the number of records shown when searching for CMDB Items.
Associating Software Products with vApp Templates
You can use Request Manager to search for all vApp templates, search for vApp templates that do not currently
have any software products associated with them, and to update the software products associated with a vApp
template.
Search for all vApp Templates
You can search for all vApp templates and then update the Software Products associated with a vApp template.
See
“Update the Software Products Associated with a vApp Template,” on page 68 for information about
associating Software Products to a vApp template.
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