As part of our ongoing effort to improve performance, usability, and extensibility, we are rolling out enhanced Licenses, Computers, and Applications pages, along with new Write API capabilities.

What’s new?

Improved performance & user experience

The Licenses, Computers, and Applications pages have been completely rebuilt to deliver a faster, smoother experience. These pages now align with the modern Snow Atlas look and feel, ensuring a more consistent and responsive interface for day-to-day IT asset management tasks.

Support for custom fields and custom metrics (formerly "Custom Compare Value types") is included in the new experience, which will automate time-consuming manual updates.

Write APIs for seamless integrations

We’ve added new Write API endpoints that allow customers and partners to create and update data programmatically. These APIs open up new possibilities for automation and integration into existing systems and workflows, enabling use cases such as:

• Updating custom fields in bulk
• Assigning computers to organizational units
• Applying standard configurations for managed service offerings

What’s changing?

• Updating existing computers using import is now accessed from the Computers list page
• CSV (comma-separated value) is the only supported file format for this release
• The page Search for computers has been removed and replaced with the better-performing Computers list page
• The page Search for applications has been removed and replaced with the better performing Applications list page
• License deletion from the License list page must be done one at a time

Note: This update does not change any of the underlying data in your Snow Atlas SAM environment. It’s all about performance, experience, and extensibility.

What’s next?

Additional pages, such as Users and Agreements, are currently in progress and will be updated in future releases.

See it in action

Check out the following demo videos to see the improvements firsthand:

• Snow Atlas Licenses Pages
• Enhanced Snow Atlas Computers Page
• See the SAM Best Practices replay on how to use Write APIs
• Postman Collection for Trying out Write APIs

Rollout details

This is a phased release that will occur over the next few months. The Snow Atlas UI will communicate maintenance windows when these changes will be enabled.

Use the Snow Ideas to suggest any enhancement requests with your ideas or features you would like to see reintroduced. You can access Snow Ideas in the community by going to Resources > Ideas > Snow Ideas.

FAQs

Q: What does it mean that CSV is the only supported file format for this release?
A: This applies only to data imports. CSV is the required format for importing data in this release.

Q: Can reports only be exported to CSV now?
A: No, reports can still be exported to multiple formats, including PDF, XLS/XLSX, and XML, not just CSV.

Q: Can I still export from the Computers or Applications views?
A: Direct export from those views is no longer available. However, you can still use the Reports feature. For example, you can run the All Computers or All Applications report and export the results in your preferred format.