# Collect Data

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**Information**

The GLPI Inventory plugin is available in the menu **`Administration`** > **`GLPI Inventory`**\
If it is not installed, please go to the **marketplace**, and install the GLPI Inventory plugin

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## Declaration of a data to be queried

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**Information**

In the following example, we are going to check that the user has the thunderbird icon on his desktop (which in this case is a portable application).
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Go to the **`administration`** > **`GLPI Inventory`** > **`tasks`** > **`computer information`**

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Then create a new item **`ajouter`** :

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The next window will allow you to enter the following information:

* A name
* A comment
* A type
  * Registry
  * [WMI](broken://spaces/QFOh36etagWOcP9q4ECb/pages/uyV7vc1BgpEAKyDInQFN#comment-configurer-la-collecte-wmi)
  * Search for a file
* Active or not
* Visible in a sub-entity or not

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Once you've clicked on **`Add`**, a **`Collect configuration`** tab appears in the left-hand menu, allowing you to configure data collection for one of the following three options, depending on the chosen type:

* WMI Windows
* File search
* Windows registry

![](/files/zV9NqbrrjNPDq3K2mS34)

## Creating the task

Go to **`administration`** > **`GLPI Inventory`** > **`tasks`** > **`task management`**

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Then create a new task with **`ajouter`** :

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Create the task :

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Then in **`Job configuration`**, add a job:

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And configure the collect job in this task:

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Once the job has been activated, prepared and taken over by the agent, you can see the result of the job execution here:

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In the computer file, a new tab **`Collection information`** appears with the value found for the file:

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