License Compliance by Core

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Last updated: Apr 23, 2024 by Mayuresh Balaji Kamble (Unlicensed)Version comment

The License Compliance by Core/Processor allows access to software which is installed on core or processor for products licensed through per core or per processor model. This report displays the number of procured software licenses, valid software licenses, and the count of core-based allocated and unallocated software installations. It also displays the total number of software licenses that are used and the number of software licenses that are in stock. You can further drill-down the report to view the software installation details and the customer-wise software installation counts. Admin or Analyst can access the report based on access privileges assigned through roles. 

 Additional Information

It is easy for Admin or Analyst to understand out of the procured licenses which are being optimally used. They can deduce useful data from this report like which License of Core is valid but is still unallocated. If Licenses are procured and valid but are still unallocated, then licenses can be reassigned to different teams. This will help save costs and plan budgets. and help utilize the valid licenses appropriately.

For information on how to view this report, see Viewing Reports.

Steps to access License Compliance by Core Report

1.Navigate to Reports > Asset Management > License Compliance by Core.

2.Click Filters on the Action panel to specify the filter criteria for generating the report. The criteria FILTERS pop-up appears. 

       

  3. Enter or select the values for Filter fields as described in the following table.  

Field 

Description 

Tenant*

Tenant is similar to department in an organization, example : Operations, IT. Select the Tenant name from the list. This is a mandatory field. For more information, see Configuring Tenants

Location 

Select the Floor Location. Click to search for a specific location. For more details, view Location.

Publisher 

The name of the software publisher, responsible for its development and distribution. Example: Microsoft, Cisco.

Include In-Store Assets 

Currently Available Assets.  

Show Internal Compliance 

Standards set by the internal management of a company. 

Show Publisher Compliance 

Standards set forth by external legal or regulatory authorities. 

 4.  Click SUBMIT.

 The License Compliance by Core Report is displayed.

Figure:  LICENSE COMPLIANCE BY CORE/PROCESSOR report

5. Click hyperlink in Column - Procured  to view a detailed report.

Figure: Procured Licenses detailed report 

Few of the fields that are present in the report are explained in the following table.

FieldDescription
ProcuredThe number of Licenses purchased.
Valid LicenseThe number of valid (without expiry) Licenses.
AllocatedThe number of assigned licenses out of Procured.
UnallocatedThe number of unassigned licenses out of Procured.
In StockThe number of licenses currently available. This is calculated based on difference between Procured licenses and Allocated / Unallocated licenses.
Asset IDUnique integer code particular to asset. Example: 3548
Asset CodeUnique Character prefixed to Asset ID. Example : SOFT/3548

6. Click hyperlink in the column Unallocated of License compliance by Core Report - to view a detailed report.

Figure: Unallocated Licenses report

Click the Refresh Report to fetch latest details for the report. Any changes performed after the Reports page was loaded, will reflect if you click on Refresh Report 

ACTIONS

You can perform the following actions from the ACTIONS panel of the License Compliance by Core report page. 

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Action 

 

Prints the displayed report records. 

 

Exports the displayed records on the page to a Microsoft Excel sheet.