Network node properties

To edit the properties of the selected network node, use the context menu or switch to the last tab in the main program window and select Properties on the Sidebar.

To save the changes made on this page, you can do the following:

  1. Click Apply changes at the top of the page (you can also discard unsaved changes by clicking Undo);

    These buttons only appear after you make changes.
  2. Select other assets in the Network tree;
  3. Leave the page (for example, by switching to a different mode).

You can edit the properties of several assets at the same time by selecting several network nodes or a group of nodes in the Network tree.

Be careful when editing the properties of several nodes at the same time. After the changes are applied, they cannot be reverted automatically. Recovering lost data may take a lot of time.

A handy way of editing several network nodes in succession is by using hotkeys for selecting the next or previous network node: Alt + Up/Down arrow. The changes are applied automatically in this case.

Group properties

Allows you to configure synchronization with AD for a group selected using Single selection. This setting is unavailable if it has already been configured for a parent or child group.

Here, you can specify an OU or CN to synchronize the selected Storage group with an Active Directory object (for example, OU=Seattle,OU=Washington,OU=USA,DC=company,DC=local).

Network properties

You can change the network node name and IP address here.

Click one of the Determine buttons to resolve the network name from the IP address or vice versa.

Select the Static IP address checkbox to scan and access the asset by its IP address. Otherwise, the network name will be used for access.

If the asset’s IP address has been changed, the Static IP address option is enabled automatically to prevent data loss.

The Don’t scan option causes the selected device to always be skipped during scanning.

The Disable the low-level hardware scan option disables the low-level scan for the selected asset. This setting is displayed only if the asset is a Windows device that has been successfully scanned. Enable this option if the target device experiences a BSOD during scanning. To apply this setting to all assets, configure it in Options Scanner — Low-level scan settings.

The Don’t move option prevents the device from being moved between groups during AD synchronization.

Asset properties


The Device type determines the asset’s icon in the Network tree and can also be displayed in table reports.

Virtual type specifies the virtualization platform. Its icon will be included in the reports and displayed next to the node name in the Network tree. Specifying any value other than Physical device marks the asset as virtual.

You can hide all the virtual assets in the Network tree or, conversely, display only the virtual assets. There is a special assistant for this.

You normally don’t need to set the virtual type manually. TNI automatically detects popular virtualization platforms.

An alias is a custom name assigned to an asset. It can be displayed in the Network tree instead of the actual network name or used in reports.

The asset description can be automatically obtained from the system properties or from Active Directory.

The physical location can be obtained from Active Directory.

A note is added by the user. There’s a special assistant that works with notes. Notes can be added or edited in the Common reports mode.

For more details, see Viewing and adding notes, Note contents assistant.

The Restore data option  restores edited values to those collected during the most recent scan.

By default, the Alias field is populated with the value from the Network name field. The Alias field is updated each time you perform the scan. However, if you manually change the alias so that it doesn’t match the network name, the program will no longer update it.

In order to restore the alias and let the program update it automatically, you can use the Restore button  next to the Alias field.

Inventory number

The options in this section work the same way as those in Storage properties.

The Generate button creates an inventory number using the specified template.

When a single asset is selected, you can enter any text directly into the Inventory number field instead of using the generator.

Inventory numbers can be displayed in the Network tree as an additional field or instead of node names. They can be searched and filtered as well. For more details, see the Information display settings and Searching in the Network tree sections.

You can set up the template for automatic assignment of inventory numbers to new assets in the Storage properties.

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