Project Inventory Details Pane

FlexNet Code Insight 2020 R2

The Project Inventory Details pane is populated with the details for the inventory item currently selected in Inventory Items list on the Project Inventory tab for the current project. The pane contains the following information.

Project Inventory Details Pane

Category

Column/Field

Description

Header information

The header on the Project Inventory Details pane shows buttons that enable you take actions on the inventory item and lists attributes about the item and its associated component.

Recall Item

Click to recall (remove) a published inventory item from Inventory Items list if it does not fit the criteria for inclusion. The selected items are removed from the Project Inventory view and are only visible in the Analysis Workbench.

Edit Item

Click to open the Edit Inventory dialog where you can update inventory attributes. See for Editing Inventory from the Project Inventory Tab details.

Previous Item/Next Item

Show the details for the previous or next inventory item in the Inventory Items list.

Confidence

A simple three-segment graph representing the Confidence level (High, Medium, or Low) of the inventory item. The Confidence level is the measure of the strength of the discovery technique used to generate the inventory item. The graph shows three shaded segments for High confidence, two for Medium, and one for Low.

For more information about the Confidence levels, see Inventory Confidence in the “Using FlexNet Code Insight” chapter.

Encryption

The Yes, No, or N/A value indicating whether the component associated with the inventory item provides the encryption capabilities used in your product. Encryption can affect export controls.

This attribute can be updated on the Edit Inventory dialog (see Editing Inventory from the Project Inventory Tab).

Vulnerabilities

A bar graph showing the count of known vulnerabilities by severity color for the component associated with the inventory item. Click the graph to view the list of vulnerabilities and their details. For details about the graph and vulnerabilities in general, see Security Vulnerabilities Associated with Inventory.

If no vulnerabilities have been found for the inventory item, the value No is displayed in place of the graph.

 

Priority

A dropdown list showing the priority level given to this inventory item by the system, with P1 as the highest priority and P4 as the lowest.

You can change the priority for this inventory item by selecting a different priority from the dropdown list and clicking Save. For more information about priorities, see Inventory Priority.

Status

The status of the inventory item:

Approved—The item is approved for use in the software project.
Not Reviewed—The item has not been reviewed.
Draft—This item is in the process of being reviewed.
Rejected—The item is not approved for use in the software project. Instead, the item needs further review and remediation before being used in the software project.

Inventory Details tab

The Inventory Details tab lists attributes of the inventory item.

Name

The name of the inventory item. This attribute can be updated on the Edit Inventory dialog (see Editing Inventory from the Project Inventory Tab).

Description

A description of the inventory item. This attribute can be updated on the Edit Inventory dialog (see Editing Inventory from the Project Inventory Tab).

URL

The URL of the license for this inventory item. You can click the URL link to open the component website.This attribute can be updated on the Edit Inventory dialog (see Editing Inventory from the Project Inventory Tab).

 

Disclosed

The Yes or No option indicating whether the third-party component or artifact represented by the inventory item known third-party dependency in your code before it was discovered by the scan or you.

This field is used most often by analysts to denote information about the state of the inventory item.

This attribute can be updated on the Edit Inventory dialog (see Editing Inventory from the Project Inventory Tab).

Modified

The Yes, No, or Unknown option indicating whether a project contributor, such as a developer, has modified the software from its original form. Modification can be an important factor for determining license obligations and distribution requirements that are governed by a specific license.

This attribute can be updated on the Edit Inventory dialog (see Editing Inventory from the Project Inventory Tab).

Alerts

Notifies you whether or not security vulnerability alerts exist for this item. If alerts exist, click the x Open Alerts or x Closed Alerts link to view their details. If no alerts exist, None is displayed. You can open the Alerts dialog from this pane to change the status or priority of an alert. For more information, see Managing Security Vulnerability Alerts.

Tasks

The number of open or closed tasks for this inventory item. Click the x Closed Tasks or x Open Tasks link to view and update the tasks. If no tasks are associated with this inventory item, None is displayed. You can access the Tasks dialogs from this pane to create, edit, and close tasks. See for Creating and Managing Tasks for Project Inventory details.

 

Workflow URL

The URL link or a plain text reference (such as a Jira issue number) to request data pertaining to this inventory item in your site’s external workflow system. The link enables the reviewer to easily access the workflow data that tracks the status of open tasks for the inventory item. (The plain text reference still helps the reviewer locate the appropriate data in the workflow system.)

You can define this attribute when you edit or manually create an inventory item from the Analysis Workbench or the Project Inventory tab.

If no URL or reference has been defined, the value is None.

If additional request-related details are available for this inventory item, the icon is displayed next to the URL. Click the icon to open the Workflow Request Details window for a quick review of pertinent details about the request without having to access the workflow system.

Note • These details come from the specific external workflow system associated with your site. The details can vary based on your workflow system.

Component Details tab

The Component Details tab lists attributes of the OSS or third-party component.

Component

The name of the component. You can switch to a different component from the Edit Inventory dialog (see Editing Inventory from the Project Inventory Tab).

Version

The component version. You can edit the component version from the Edit Inventory dialog (see Editing Inventory from the Project Inventory Tab).

Forge

The external repository associated with the component. You can click the forge link to open the forge website.

Selected License

The name of the license selected for this component. Click to view additional information about the license. See License Details Window.

You can switch to a different license from the Edit Inventory dialog (see Editing Inventory from the Project Inventory Tab).

Possible Licenses

Other licenses that can be associated with the component.

 

Custom Component

The Yes or No value indicating whether the component was user-created.

Vulnerabilities

A bar graph showing the count of known vulnerabilities by severity color for the component. Click the graph to view the list of vulnerabilities and their details. For details about the graph and vulnerabilities in general, see Security Vulnerabilities Associated with Inventory.

If no vulnerabilities have been found for the inventory item, the value No is displayed in place of the graph.

Encryption

The Yes, No, or N/A value indicating whether the component provides the encryption capabilities used in your product. Encryption can affect export controls.

This attribute can be updated on the Edit Inventory dialog (see Editing Inventory from the Project Inventory Tab).

Notices Text tab

The Notices Text tab is used to finalize the exact content to include in the Notices report. For more information, see Finalizing the Notices Text for the Notices Report.

As-Found License Text

The As-Found License Text field shows the license text or license references found in the scanned codebase. You cannot edit this field, but you can click Copy to Notices Text to copy the text to the Notices Text field. If content already exists in the Notices Text field, you can choose either to append the As-Found License Text content to the existing notices content or to replace the existing notices content.

Notices Text

The exact content to include in the Notices report. You can edit any license text previously saved to this field or add your own license text, such as license information for rules that you developed during your manual research on the inventory item. You can also copy the As-Found License Text content to the Notices Text field and modify it as needed. Or you can leave this field empty. Click Save at the top of the field if you make any changes to this field.

If you provide information in this field, the Notices report pulls the content of only this field into the report. If this field is empty, the content of the As-Found License Text field is used in the report. If both fields are empty, the report uses the license content from FlexNet Code Insight data library (see License Details from the Code Insight Data Library).

For more information, see Finalizing the Notices Text for the Notices Report.

Notes & Guidance tab

The Notes & Guidance tab provides information about the automated and manual analysis of codebase as it relates to an inventory item.

Detection Notes

System notes that can specify the following:

The automated detection technique that was used to locate the component
License information in the case that the license has changed from one version to another or if the component has multiple licenses
Attributes extracted from a POM or manifest file containing project and configuration details

Audit Notes

Any notes added to the inventory item by the auditor or reviewer, based on findings during the analysis.

Usage Guidance

Notes helpful provided by a reviewer to assist other reviewers or to provide guidance to software engineers assigned tasks to fix or modify the use of the OSS or third-party software in the product code.

Usage tab

The Usage tab provides details on how your product uses the OSS or third-party software. These attributes can be updated on the Edit Inventory dialog (see Editing Inventory from the Project Inventory Tab).

Distribution Type

The option indicating how the inventory item is distributed:

Internal—Internally only (such as test framework that might be included in the codebase but is not distributed with the product).
External—Externally with the product, shipped to customers (outside of your organization, including a private cloud deployment at the customer’s site)
Hosted—Hosted in your company’s data center (such as a SAAS application).
Unknown—Unknown distribution type.

Part of Product

The Yes, No, or unknown option indicating whether the item is part of the core product or an infrastructure piece such as a build or test tool. This can affect whether third-party notices are required for this item.

Linking

The option indicating whether the libraries are statically linked (included in the materials), dynamically linked (brought in at runtime), or not linked at all. The Unknown value indicates that linking status is not known.

Linking can affect license priority and obligations.

 

Modified

The Yes, No, or Unknown option indicating whether a project contributor, such as a developer, has modified the software from its original form. Modification can be an important factor for determining license obligations and distribution requirements that are governed by a specific license.

 

Encryption

The Yes, No, or Unknown option indicating whether the component provides the encryption capabilities used in the product. Encryption can affect export controls.

Associated Files tab

Click this tab to view a list of the files that are part of the inventory for this project.