Coming Soon: Contextual Data Mashup UI in Flexera One IT Visibility – Launching March 13th

We’re pleased to give you an early look at the upcoming Contextual Data Mashup UI for Flexera One IT Visibility, scheduled for release on March 13th. This feature will significantly simplify how you contextualize your inventory data (device/software).

Previously, adding business-specific context to your inventory data required creating scripts with Contextual Data Store (CDS) APIs, demanding specialized technical knowledge and considerable manual effort.

Now, this powerful capability is available through an intuitive user interface, empowering more users across our customers` organization to quickly and efficiently add critical context to their inventory data.

Key Functionalities:

• Easy CSV Upload: Quickly upload your business context against devices or software inventory via CSV files. The CDS user interface automatically detects reference/key and attribute columns and assigns data types to your contextual information, reducing manual intervention and errors.
• Flexible Data Updates: Seamlessly update existing contextual information or delete outdated data directly through the user interface, ensuring your inventory context stays current and accurate.
• Automatic Normalization: Attributes added as part of the contextual information are checked for duplicates with conflicting datatypes and thus simplifying data management for downstream applications.
• Customizable Attributes: Easily rename contextual attributes directly in the UI to align with your organization's terminology. These datasets can then be conveniently downloaded for offline use and sharing.
• Service Account Access: The CDS APIs were previously accessibly by Admin users only. However, with this release, the CDS APIs and UI can be accessed by service accounts and non-admin users who have the Manage Contextual Data access broadening accessibility and operational flexibility.
• Enhanced Device contextualization:
• Devices can now be matched using a combination of Device Name, Domain, and Serial Number, in addition to the HardwareID. Previously, matching by HardwareID alone required significant manual effort to pull data externally and perform VLOOKUP operations before uploading. With this release, you no longer need to do that extra preparation, further simplifying and accelerating your data contextualization.

The enhanced contextualization capabilities significantly reduce manual intervention, ensure data consistency, and deliver visibility through integrated Power BI reports, empowering users to make faster and more informed decisions across their organization.

Release Version: N/A

Release Date: 13th March 2025