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The Software Usage report helps you to measure and analyze your company's software or application usage. It allows you to infer the software usage details for a specific period of time which further guides you to understand trends in software usage over time. The Software Usage report displays a tabular report on the overall Software Usage and Application Usage based on the specified Tenant, Software view by, vendor name, and so on. You can view the total number of installed Software, the used and unused Software in this report. You can also view the detailed information of used and unused softwares using the count hyperlink provided on the report.

Admin or Analyst can access the report based on access privileges assigned through roles.

Additional Information

You can also view the detailed information of used and unused softwares using the count hyperlink provided on the report. The Unused and Used count detailed information may lead you to identify any spikes in softwares usage or the softwares which are no more business related. With the help of Used count in the report you can understand which software or applications are gaining more attention. With the help of Unused count you can decide which software or applications are not in use at all. It will help you to evaluate if you want to further renew the license of unused software or application.

For information about reports, see Viewing Reports.

Note:

The Software usage metering works on Windows platform with agent-based discovery and does not work on other than the Windows platform.

Steps to Access Report

To view the Software Usage Report, perform the following steps:

Navigate to Reports > Asset Management > Software Usage Report.
Click Filters.
The Filters popup page is displayed.

Figure: Filters

Enter or select the values for Filter fields as described in the Field Description table.

The following table describes the fields available under the FILTERS pop-up page.

Field Description

Field	Description
Tenant	Select the required tenant from the drop-down list. For more information, see Configuring Tenant.
Location	Specify the location from the Location tree hierarchy. For more information, see Configuring Location.
Type	Select the type of the report display. Available options are as follows: Summary - Select this option if you want to view the summary of report. Detail - Select this option if you want to view the detailed report.
Vendor Name	Specify the vendor name.
Software Name	Specify the vendor name.
Software List	Select the required software from the drop-down list.
View By	Select the required option from the drop-down list. Available options are as follows: Last One Week Last 30 Days Last Six Months Last One Year Custom
From Date	Specify the start date from the calendar icon . Note: From Date field will be visible if View By is selected as Custom.
To Date	Specify the end date from the calendar icon . Note: End Date field will be visible if View By is selected as Custom.
Include In-Store Assets	If selected, the In-Store assets becomes mandatory to be displayed on the report.

Click Submit.
The Software Usage report is displayed. A sample screenshot is shown below:

SOFTWARE USAGE REPORT
Figure: Software Usage Report

The following table describes the fields on the Reconciled Asset Summary Report.
Field Description

Field	Description
SL No.	Displays the serial number for records.
Software Name	Displays the name of the software.
Report Type	Displays the type of the report.
Installed	Displays the count of the installed softwares.
Used	Displays the count of the used softwares. Click on the count hyperlink get the detailed information of the used softwares. A sample screenshot is shown below: Screenshot
Unused	Displays the count of the unused softwares. Click on the count hyperlink get the detailed information of the unused softwares. Screenshot

ACTIONS

You can perform following actions from the ACTIONS panel of the Software Usage report page.

Icons	Action
	Prints the displayed report records.
	Exports the displayed records on the page to a Microsoft Excel sheet.
	Exports the complete list of report records to a Microsoft Excel sheet.

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