DATA HYGIENE FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT

A method for producing a consistent dataset describing a computing environment, comprising: accessing at least one set of entity description records, each entity description record describing one of a plurality of entities of a computing environment, each entity description record comprising a plurality of attribute values each of one of a plurality of entity attributes; computing a plurality of reliability scores, each reliability score computed for an attribute value of the plurality of attribute values of an entity description record by: identifying at least one conflict between the attribute value and at least one other attribute value of at least one other entity description record; and computing the reliability score according to identifying the at least one conflict; and providing the plurality of reliability scores to at least one management software object for the purpose of performing at least one management operation pertaining to management of the computing environment.