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.
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.
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 Software Usage Report
To view the Software Usage Report, perform the following steps:
Navigate to Reports > Asset Management. The Dashboards screen is displayed. Select Software Insights.
Figure: Software InsightsNavigate to Procured License Report.
Figure: Procured License Report
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: o Summary - Select this option if you want to view the summary of report. o 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: o Last One Week o Last 30 Days o Last Six Months o Last One Year o 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. |
4. Click Submit.
The Software Usage report is displayed. A sample screenshot is shown below:
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:
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Unused | Displays the count of the unused softwares. Click on the count hyperlink get the detailed information of the unused softwares.
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Access Reports from Charts
To access Software Usage Report, perform the following steps:
Navigate to Reports > Asset Management.
Click Charts on the top panel and select AM_Software Usage Report to view the report.
Figure: AM_Software Usage ReportReport with edit option is displayed.
The report page with page sections are described in the following list:
Left panel
Center Panel
Right Panel
Figure: AM_Software Usage Report