HP AssetCenter 4.x Software: Modules

Course overview

This course provides students with the skills needed to effectively use and manage the HP AssetCenter 4.x Software product. This administrator level course helps students understand AssetCenter portfolio management, financial management, procurement management, and contract management modules. This 2-day course is 50 percent lecture and 50 percent hands-on. (The part number for this course is HE381S; it was formerly AC200.)

Prerequisites

• HP AssetCenter 4.x Software: Essentials (HE380S)

Audience

• Customers: Administrators, developers, web developers, and managers who are managing the AssetCenter 4.x product
• Channel Partners and HP C&I Personnel: Consultants, system architects, integrators and planners who help customers with AssetCenter 4.x implementations
• HP Engineers: HP personnel who provide pre-sales and post-sales support for AssetCenter 4.x

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Course objectives

Upon completing this course you will be able to:

• Use AssetCenter Portfolio Management
• Use AssetCenter Software Asset Management
• Use AssetCenter Financial Management
• Use AssetCenter Procurement Management
• Use AssetCenter Contract Management

Next steps

• HP AssetCenter 4.x Software: Tailoring (HE382S)
• HP AssetCenter 4.x Software: Advanced Action Scripts Live Online Seminar
  (HE384aae/AC500VL)

Benefits to you

You will gain the skills needed to:

• Use implement and administer AssetCenter 4.x
• Create users and define user security
• Define queries and views
• Import data into and export data out of AssetCenter

Course outline

Software Management

• Installation
• License
• Counters
• SWAM Wizard
• Entitlements
• Concept
• Entitlement Table
• Counter
• Inventory Normalization
• Concept

Financial Management

• Expenses
• Budgets
• Example
• Reallocation of Expenses
• Cost Center Splitting
• Chargeback’s

Procurement Management

• Catalogs
• Products
• Catalog Reference
• Procurement Cycle Overview
• Purchase Request and Orders
• Receipt
• Invoice
• Additional Procurement Functions

Contract Management

• Contracts Overview
• Simplified Data Model
• Common Contract Management Terms
• Viewing Costs Linked to a Contract
• Types of Contracts
• Non-Leasing Contract Types
• Insurance Contract
• Maintenance Contract
• License Contract
• ASP Contract
• Benefits of Application Services
• Creating an ASP Contract
• Using the ASP Contract
• Blanket Purchase Order
• Leasing Management Overview
• Lease Procedure
• Master Lease and Lease Schedules
• Master Lease
• Lease Schedule
• Leased Asset
• Methods of Rent Calculation
• Why Distribute Rent to All Assets?
• Why Distribute to a Selection of Assets?
• Why Choose Not to Distribute to Asset Level?
• Calculating Rent
• Exercising End-of-Term Options