The option Export Inventory from the Menu Tools of the ThinMan Console allows to export information about all the devices and saves them to a formatted CSV/JSON file.
MAC Address and Device Model List
Read also Create Devices List File Menu to save in a text file the list of all the devices. The generated list is composed only by MAC Address and device model.
API Inventory
From version 8.7.1 it is possible to activate the REST API to extract inventory information from the ThinMan WEB server. This data can be utilized in third-party Asset Management tools. Read more about it
Once selected it will present a window to configure parameters.
¶ Export Format
Select the type of format of the file that will contain the export data:
- CSV Format
- The attribute Value delimiters: it defines the character to use as field delimiter. It can be the Tab characters, a comma ",", or a semicolon ";".
- The attribute Text qualifier: it defines the character to delimit string. It can be "No character", single quotation mark or double quotation mark.
- The attribute Print Header: it defines whether to print or not the columns names.
- The attribute Record Separator: it defines how to separate the lines using the Windows standard "\r\n" or the Linux standard "\n".
- JSON Format
¶ Details
Select the detail attributes you want to export from the left panel; then, click on the arrow pointing to the right. You can also revert the choice made by removing them from the right panel by clicking the arrow pointing to the left.
Finally, indicate the path and file by clicking on the Browse button. A browsing window will open. The filename is preconfigured in the form "ThinManInventory_+<Date>+<Time>.csv" but it can be changed.
¶ View After Create
Flag View after create if you want to open the file in the editor after the operation of file creation.
Click on OK to start file exporting.
Note
This operation will export all the devices available in the tree and inside each group.You can schedule this command through a Scheduled Activity. Be aware in this case the devices to be listed will be ONLY those that have been configured to contact ThinMan (HTTPS/WSS notification).