Question 102 - CIS-HAM discussion

Hardware model normalization is a feature that enables users to normalize the details, such as manufacturer, product, model, and device type, of hardware and consumable models1

Hardware model normalization uses the data from the models and compares it against the data in the Hardware Model Normalization Content Service, which is a cloud-based service that provides standardized and enriched information about hardware models1

Hardware model normalization sets the normalized display name for each model record based on three attributes: Name, Manufacturer, and Model number2

The Model Management tab of the Hardware Asset dashboard shows the status of the hardware models in the Product Catalog, such as Matched, Match Not Found, or Not Normalized3

Several of your models are listed as Match Not Found on the Model Management tab of the Hardware Asset dashboard.This means that the normalization process could not find a matching rule in the Content Service for those models3

The potential causes of this are34:

The hardware model content has not yet been downloaded from the Content Service. The Content Service is updated periodically with new and updated rules for hardware models. You need to download the latest content from the Content Service to ensure that your models are normalized with the most accurate and complete information. You can download the content manually or schedule it to run automatically.

Normalization could not match any of the three key fields in the hardware model form with a rule in the Content Service. The three key fields are Name, Manufacturer, and Model number. If any of these fields are missing, incorrect, or inconsistent with the data in the Content Service, the normalization process will fail to find a matching rule. You need to review and correct the data in these fields to ensure that they match the data in the Content Service.

A normalization rule for the hardware model does not exist in the Content Service. The Content Service may not have a rule for some hardware models, especially if they are new, rare, or custom-made. In this case, you can create a custom rule for the hardware model in the Hardware Model Normalization Rules module, or submit a request to the Content Service team to add a rule for the hardware model.