Working with Software Inventory

Business Unit

Enter the business unit. If you leave this field blank, the search returns all business units that you have access to.

Software Title

Enter the software title to narrow the search. If you leave this field blank, the search returns all software titles.

Department

Enter the department to narrow the search. If you leave this field blank, the search returns all departments that you have access to.

Permission Required

Permission Required indicates that the software user must be authorized to install the software title. This option is selected on the Define Software Titles page.

Select Yes or No. If you leave this field blank, the search returns all software titles regardless of authorization requirements.

Track Requisition

Track Requisition indicates that a count of installed copies of this software will be subtracted from the count of purchased licenses. If the result is a negative number, it appears as a request to create requisitions. This option is selected on the Define Software Titles page.

Select Yes or No. If you leave this field blank, the search returns all software titles regardless of tracking requirements.

Authorized

Select Authorized or Unauthorized. If you leave this field blank, the search returns both authorized and unauthorized installations.

Authorization Type

Select to limit the search. Values are:

• Employee: For retrieval of those devices that use the employee-based authorization model. These assets appear in the Employee Authorization result grid.

• Device: For retrieval of those devices that use the serial ID-based authorization model. These assets appear in the Device Authorization result grid.

  Note: If this field is blank, the search returns both device and employee information.

See Defining Software Device Groups.

Update Authorization

Select the grid row for inclusion. Change the authorization status of selected users to add or remove authorizations without leaving the Discover Software Inventory page. Select the Update Authorization check box for the appropriate employee or employees, and click the Authorize button to update their status.

Empl ID

Click to access employee details about the employee who has installed the software, such as name, employee ID, email address, and telephone number.

Software Title

Click to access a list of all employee groups that are authorized to use this title.

Serial ID

Displays serial ID of the asset.

Permission Reqd (Permission Required)

Displays whether permission is required to install the software.

Authorized

Displays whether this installation is authorized.

Track Req (track requisition)

Displays whether the system tracks installed or acquired licenses of this software and display deficits.

Total Run Time in Seconds

Displays the total time the software has been run by that user on the machine. It is a monthly aggregate. When no monthly value is available, the aggregate value for the previous month is returned for total run time (in all conditions). Total run time is returned only when third-party application metering is installed and reporting application inventory.

Software Exception

Specifies whether the user has installed more copies of an application than authorized or is not authorized to install the application. Delivered values are Over the Limit and Unauthorized Install. This field is blank if Permission Reqd is not selected.

Select All and Clear All

Select to perform mass selection or clearing of all items in the Employee Authorization grid.

Authorize

Click to update authorization status of the selected employees. This link accesses the Authorize Software License page.

Define Software Titles/Users

Click to add authorizations for software titles. You are directed to the Define Software Titles/Users page.

Add/Update Software Requisition

Click to launch the eProcurement menu and choose between continuing work on a requisition in progress or create a new requisition to obtain software. This opens a new menu to facilitate the software inventory detail. Obtaining software with this approach meets the obligations of some software contracts. If this approach does not meet the conditions of the contract, use the software authorization method.

Update Authorizations

Depending on the group option selected, the Update Authorizations action adds an active or inactive effective-dated row for Employee or Employee Group as the text on the page indicates for each option.

Group Owner ID

Displays the employee ID of the group owner who controls the software contents of the machines in the device group and subgroups. Click to view employee details such as name, email address, and telephone number.

Group ID

Displays the device group ID

Counted Licenses

Displays the declared number of licenses that are required for each of the devices. Their summation is compared to the Authorized Licenses value that is specified for the device group.

Group Id

Select the device group ID to return the assets and groups that are included in the selected software device group.

Group Owner Id

Select the employee ID of the group owner who controls the software contents of the machines in the device group or subgroup.

Software Title

Select a specific software title of interest to limit the search results.

Serial Number

Select the serial ID of the machine to limit the search results to a particular device.

Value

Provides the device serial number or the device group name that is part of the result set. This column provides a hyper link to the Define Software Device Group page for either the device group that the single asset is a member of for this software title, or for the group itself.

Software Device Groups

Provides the actual asset description for the asset or description of the device group.

Software Title

Displays the software titles associated with the device or device group.

Alert

Displays an alert symbol for device groups if a given group has an installed license count that is greater than what is authorized for the group.

Installed

Displays the total number of licenses installed on devices for a given device group and software title. This column is valid only for device groups.

Authorized

Displays the total number of licenses that are authorized to be installed by member devices of the given device group. The link transfers you to the Define Software Titles/Users page. This column is valid only for device groups.

Total Declared License

Displays the number of declared or overridden licenses for a given device and provides a link to the Declare Device License page. The override value that is entered on the Declare Device License page impacts the Installed and Declared License column on the Software Device Inventory page. For a device group, the sum of all declared licenses displays for devices within that group or in member groups and the link is disabled.

Override

Indicates that the Declared License value overrides the number of CPUs from the asset definition. This column displays only for individual assets.

Email

Send an email to alert the group owner of a give device group when the installed licenses exceed the authorized amount for the group.