Software license reconciliation counters for the legacy Software Asset Management plugin
Software counters for the legacy Software Asset Management (com.snc.software_asset_management) plugin reconcile software rights with software installations to verify compliance.
For asset managers, software counters answer the question: Is my number of installations equal to or lower than the number of rights purchased? Counters are useful for software that must be tracked; some software may not need to be tracked closely. Grouping—such as location, company, department, cost center, entitlement workstation and entitlement user—or no grouping can be used with software counters.
In addition to software counters, the legacy Software Asset Management (com.snc.software_asset_management) plugin offers usage counters that track a license based on use by a workstation or user.
The software counter cache is used to increase the speed of counting software licenses. If there is a large number of software license records, the first time software is counted takes several minutes. After the first count, only changes are processed so the procedure is faster.
- Get started with software counters for the legacy Software Asset Management plugin
A good way to see how software counters work is to use the demo data provided with the legacy Software Asset Management (com.snc.software_asset_management) plugin. - Schedule a software count for the legacy Software Asset Management plugin
How to schedule a software count for the legacy Software Asset Management (com.snc.software_asset_management) plugin. - Use a software counter for the legacy Software Asset Management plugin
Use a software counter for the legacy Software Asset Management (com.snc.software_asset_management) plugin to count the licenses for a specific version of software and receive summary or detailed results. - Create a software counter for the legacy Software Asset Management plugin
How to create a software counter for the legacy Software Asset Management (com.snc.software_asset_management) plugin. - Set up quick counters for the legacy Software Asset Management plugin
Quick counter settings can help speed up the software counting process that is used by the legacy Software Asset Management (com.snc.software_asset_management) plugin. - View software counter results for the legacy Software Asset Management plugin
Software counter results provide detailed information about each grouping that is formed through the legacy Software Asset Management (com.snc.software_asset_management) plugin. - View software counter summaries for the legacy Software Asset Management plugin
Software counter summaries provide information about each software counter type that is supported by the legacy Software Asset Management (com.snc.software_asset_management) plugin. - View software counter details for the legacy Software Asset Management plugin
Software counter details provide information about a specific software counter summary for the legacy Software Asset Management (com.snc.software_asset_management) plugin. - View usage counter results for the legacy Software Asset Management plugin
Usage counters for the legacy Software Asset Management (com.snc.software_asset_management) plugin track licenses based on how often those licenses are actually used either by a workstation or a user.
Parent Topic:Legacy Software Asset Management plugin
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