Use this window to get a hierarchical view of the software
in your infrastructure. To see the description of the icons used in
the panel, go to the bottom of the window.
The
Manage Software Inventory window gathers
in one place all the functionalities necessary for aligning the detected
software inventory with licensing data. To learn how to use this panel,
click the
Getting started link at the bottom of this topic.
- Report group
- Specifies which report group is displayed in the window. The drop-down
list is activated after the creation of the first report group. You
can choose from the following:
- Show
- Specifies which product group is displayed in the window. You
can choose from the following:
- All products view, which shows the instance
assignments to the products without detailed processor or PVU information. All products is the default
view and includes products from other vendors.
- PVU products view, which shows only the
PVU products with processor and core information.
- Systems products view, which shows only
the systems products with information about the number of cores, tier
and system model. This view includes some additional columns related
to systems software pricing.
- Discovery start
- Specifies the start date of the period for which you want to view
your software inventory. This date must be after the end date of the
last signed report (or it cannot be earlier than the system installation
date if there are no signed reports), but not later than the present
date.
- Discovery end
- Specifies the end date of the period for which you want to view
your software inventory. By default, for PVU products and Systems
products views, the end date is the last aggregated date,
meaning the day when the pricing metrics were gathered and calculated.
The end date must be later or the same as the start date and
not later than the present date.
Note: For the All
products view, the default end date is the current date.
- Trigger essential periodic calculations for the selected report
group
- Schedules processing of the report data that is used to generate
up-to-date reports for the selected report group. By default, the
process is executed at midnight.
- Trigger automated bundling for the selected report group
- Schedules the process of automated bundling for the selected report
group. By default, the process is executed within the next six hours.
- Configure options
- Allows you to choose which columns are displayed in the table.
Some columns are displayed only if they contain relevant data, for
example, the Explanation of Confidence column
is displayed only on the Component level.
- Actions
- Specifies the actions that you can perform on the selected elements
to improve the confidence level. The same options are available in
the menu which appears when you right-click the table.
- The following actions are available:
- Reassign instances to this product, shows
potential instances for the selected product and allows you to reassign
them. The list of available instances does not include instances that
are shared, even if they can be assigned to the selected product.
To assign an instance to the selected product, use Reassign
instances to another product.
- Reassign instances to another product,
shows all potential bundles for the selected instances and allows
you to reassign them.
- Confirm the assignment of instances, confirms
the instance assignments and assures the confidence level of 100%.
- Include instances in the pricing calculation,
includes one or more product instances in the PVU and systems products
calculations.
- Exclude instances from pricing calculation,
excludes one or more product instances from the PVU and systems products
calculations.
- Share instance, allows you to make the
same instance of a component to be used by more than one product (it
may be a shared component) and contribute to the pricing of both products.
For more detailed information about actions, see Working
with instances in Related concepts at the bottom of the
window.
- Filter
- All products and PVU products view-
you can specify on which column to apply the filter by selecting the
column name from the drop-down list next to the filter.
- Systems products view - you can filter
all elements on product, release, and component levels. Filtering
does not include the Explanation of Confidence and
numeric columns.
- Product/Release/Component
- Shows the hierarchical view of your software inventory in the
specific period.
- Confidence
- Specifies the calculated bundling confidence for each product,
release, and component. On Product and Release levels,
the values are arithmetic means of all the components. On the Component level,
the value is the probability that the instance belongs to the release.
The confidence values are rounded down. Automated bundling assures
up to 99% confidence. Products can be sorted in ascending or descending
order, by name or by instance confidence level.
To achieve the confidence
level of 100% and assure that the bundling matches your entitlements,
you must manually confirm the correctness of the product-component
relations or reassign. To check the actions that can be performed
to improve the confidence level, see Working with instances in Related
concepts at the bottom of the window.
Note: If the confidence
level amounts to 100%, the instances were either assigned to the product
manually by the user or belong only to one release. In the second
case, the instance is assigned automatically and cannot be modified.
Even if the confidence level of the product equals 100%, check if
there are any other instances to be assigned.
Tip: If
you want to filter the products by the confidence level, click the Confidence
scope toolbar button in the upper left corner of the table.
From the drop-down list, select the action you want to perform. You
can clear the confidence filter or change the confidence scope. The
filtering is based on instances confidence level, which means that
products and releases are displayed only if they have matching instances.
- Explanation of Confidence
- Shows a combination of several product-component linking rules
that were used during automated bundling. The rules determine the
degree of confidence that a given component belongs to the product.
To check how a particular rule works, see Automated bundling in Related
concepts at the bottom of the window.
- Current Server ID
- Specifies the serial number of the machine on which the agent
is installed.
- Installation Path
- Specifies where the component instance is installed. Installation
path may not contain data for the following reasons:
- The signature is based on registry or is a complex signature.
Complex signatures consist of multiple files. If these files are available
in different locations, there is no single path for the signature.
- Multiple signatures were found, which means that the product is
installed in more than one location and there is more than one place
in which the signatures are located.
- Part Numbers
- Shows the part numbers that you purchased. The numbers from the
part numbers list are displayed only if they match the software catalog
content. You can import the list from Passport Advantage® or create it
on your own. For more information about how to obtain the part numbers
list, see Importing part numbers in Related concepts at
the bottom of the window.
Tip: If you have imported the
list of part numbers, the window shows both: the software that you
have installed and all the products corresponding to the imported
part numbers (no matter whether their instances have been found or
not).
- Download as CSV
- Downloads the whole table as a single document in the CSV format
for saving and editing. The format retains the filtering and sorting
performed on the table. It has no limitations as far as the number
of rows is concerned. You should use a spreadsheet application to
open it.
- The following icons are used in the panel:
The agent that had been installed on the specific host was removed.
The results of the data aggregation process are not available. To see the detailed description of data aggregation, see the Aggregation process in the Related concepts section.
The data aggregation process is currently running. As soon as it finishes, the results will be available.
The instance has been excluded.
The instance is free of charge.
The product is not eligible for subcapacity pricing.
The instance is installed on a shared file system and is charged based on its use. If the product instance has not been used recently, it is not charged for.