Manage a Microsoft CIDC

Learn how to generate a Clean Inventory Data Contract (CIDC) related to your Microsoft products in SAM Core on Snow Atlas.

Export the CIDC

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• In SAM Core, the name of the CIDC file is Clean Inventory Data Contract (CIDC) - Excel export only.

• The CIDC must be in .xlsx format and it is only available for export.

• The CIDC can only be generated in English.

• The export date will be automatically added to the CIDC file name.

1. On the SAM Core menu, select Reports.

2. Do one of the following:

   • In Find report, enter your search criteria, for example: CIDC

   • Expand the Microsoft report group.

3. Select the download icon next to the Clean Inventory Data Contract (CIDC) - Excel export only report.

4. In Export to file:

   1. Name and Type are automatically set and cannot be changed.

   2. Optionally, change the Description.

5. Click Save.

   You find the exported CIDC on the Report files page.

Open the CIDC

1. On the SAM Core menu, under Reports, select Report files.

2. Select the download icon next to the CIDC export.

3. Select to open the report or to save the report to disk.

Verify and complete the CIDC

The CIDC is populated with data from SAM Core on Snow Atlas, given that the requested information is stored in the database.

Any errors in the file are indicated by a red background and the prefix [ERR:…].

Columns with values that need to be verified are indicated by a yellow background.

Columns destined for information that is not stored in SAM Core will be left empty, and need to be completed manually, if mandatory. In some cases, a default value will be set instead. The sections that follow describe these columns and values, and what actions the SAM administrator needs to take to complete the file.

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To correct and complete the CIDC, use the information provided in the WorkSpace Domain Data – Definition Document that can be found on the WorkSpace website.

A: Hardware and Operating Systems

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The operating system Install Date is set to the installation date of the Snow client in the CIDC file.

Column	Default value	Action
Server Farm Name	Unknown	Needs to be set if applicable.
Physical Machine Fully Qualified Name	[name of physical machine] - or – <Unknown host>	Only computer name is retrieved from SAM Core. If a FQDN is required, it has to be completed manually. In case the name of a VM’s physical host is missing (i.e. no inventory data of the host in SAM Core), <Unknown host> will be set.
Installation Media Channel	Unknown	Data needs to be manually entered.
OEM install confirmed via BIOS	No	Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.
License Quantity Required	1	Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.
Active SA Quantity Required	0	Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.
License Program Group Assigned	Unknown	Data needs to be manually entered.
License Model Assigned	Device	Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.
Environment Type	Production	Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.
External Connector Licensing Required	0	Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.
License Mobility Flag	0	Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.

B: Client and Server Applications

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In case the application Install Date is missing, it will be set to 1980-01-01 00:00:00 in the CIDC file.

Column	Default value	Action
License Quantity Required	0 (no license required) - or – 1 (license required)	Based on application settings in SAM Core. Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.
Active SA Quantity Required	0	Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.
License Program Group Assigned	Unknown	Data needs to be manually entered.
License Model Assigned	One of the following: User Device User Access Device Access	The following mappings of metric and license model will be made: Total users -> User Total devices -> Device Concurrent user -> User Access Concurrent devices -> Device Access Installations -> Device Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.
Environment Type	Production	Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.
External Connector Licensing Required	0	Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.

C: Access Licensing

No information is retrieved from SAM Core. Instead, information needs to be manually collected and entered.

D: User Subscription

No information is retrieved from SAM Core. Instead, information needs to be manually collected and entered.

E: Virtual Machine Movement History

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This sheet displays movement history of virtual machines. Virtual machines that have never been moved will not show up here.

F: SQL Server Instance

Column	Default value	Action
License Quantity Required	0 (no license required) - or – 1 (license required)	Based on application settings in SAM Core. Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.
Active SA Quantity Required	0	Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.
License Program Group Assigned	Unknown	Data needs to be manually entered.
License Model Assigned	One of the following: User Device User Access Device Access	The following mappings of metric and license model will be made: Total users -> User Total devices -> Device Concurrent user -> User Access Concurrent devices -> Device Access Installations -> Device Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.
Environment Type	Production	Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.
External Connector Licensing Required	0	Data needs to be verified and corrected if necessary.

G: General Information

Information that cannot be retrieved from SAM Core is indicated by an empty column and a yellow background. Information in these columns needs to be manually entered.