Summary
What is the difference between Connection Name and Last Inventory Source?
Synopsis
On the Discovery & Inventory -> All Inventory page, what is the difference between the Connection Name and Last Inventory Source columns and why are they different?
Discussion
The below example is when FlexNet Manager Suite is set as the Primary source in Data Inputs, and the device has inventory coming in from a Flexera Agent (or Lite Agent/Zero Touch) and from SCCM.
While Flexera is set as the Primary source, the Connection Name would always show Flexnet Manager Suite if the device was inventoried by a Flexera Inventory tool.
When the Last Inventory Source shows SMS and the Connection Name shows Flexnet Manager Suite, it usually means that the SCCM inventory has a newer date/time stamp than the Flexera Inventory.
This could be due to either of these two:
There is a time stamp difference, where the SCCM Agent has inventoried the device prior to the Flexera Agent/Lite Agent that day.
The Flexera Inventory is not coming in if there is deference in the inventory date between the two sources.
Running a query like this against your FNMSCompliance Database will show you what inventory sources are coming into Flexnet Manager Suite and from what sources for a specific device:
SELECT ccn.ConnectionNameDisplayName, ic.InventoryAgent, ic.InventoryDate, ic.*
FROM ImportedComputer ic
JOIN ComplianceConnection ccn ON ccn.ComplianceConnectionID=ic.ComplianceConnectionID
WHERE ic.ComputerName = 'ComputerNameGoesHere'
