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You can define a single, normalized, name or value when manufacturers, products, or engineering units are represented in different ways in your data. For example, some products in your environment could be represented by Microsoft or Microsoft, Inc. Also, you might have different versions of the same product that you want to see as a single unit.

Normalization rules allow you to identify these multiple variations and set a single, normalized value that represents all the variations. Normalized values apply to search results in Vulnerability Management, Inventory, and Sensor Data Integrity.

Ensure that the PASIntegrityScheduler service is running on the Integrity server that provides the Integrity web interface.

  • To configure normalization settings:

  1. Click the Settings icon in the top right navigation bar area. The Settings window is displayed.

  2. Click the Normalization tab in the Global settings area.

  3. Click Manufacturer/Product/Model or Engineering Units, depending on what values you want to normalize.

  4. Click Add Rule, and then enter a name for Normalized manufacturer. This name becomes the title for the rule.

  5. In Native search texts, click Add, or +, and enter a string to replace with the normalized value.

  6. Repeat Step 4 for each string to replace.

  7. Assign a priority to specify an order for rule to be applied. Priority 1 rules will be applied first. You might want this if you have rules for Microsoft and Micro Trend and you don't want the normalized value for Microsoft to be applied to Micro Trend.

  8. Click the Products tab or the Models tab to add normalized values for products, versions, or models of the manufacturer. The Products tab contains both normalized products and versions.

  9. Add normalized names on the left and the corresponding text to be replaced on the right. You can enter multiple values in these fields. For example, you can create the normalized product value Word and assign multiple native search text strings to be replaced with that value, such as MS Word and Microsoft Word.

  10. Click OK and then close the window. The list of normalized values updates when the Integrity server finishes applying the normalization rules.

You can export and import normalization rule sets to maintain consistency between sites with different Integrity servers. To accomplish this scenario, export the rule set to a CFF file using data forwarding steps, and then import the rule set from the CFF file using data receiving steps.

For more information, see Understanding Data Forwarding and Receiving.