Correctness of SAM data

[iamkurt]

We are in a phase to onboard all entitlements from different softwares into SAM Pro. One of the tasks I have been assigned is to analyze "completeness of data".

How do I do that for SAM? What should I be looking for?

A few things that come to my mind include having all entitlements/ licences of all softwares onboarded with all important fields like -

1. Software title/ Display names
2. Version
3. Editions
4. Install counts (Not sure how can I track this for subscription and also for on-prem)
5. Licensing details (type, quantity, expiration dates)

I am also thinking of developing a dashboard for the same.

Would someone please guide me as to what should I do?

[Mark Manders]

You are developing this for you employer or your client. You are the one that needs to make sure that the data gets into the system and apparently that it is complete. 

They need to tell you what they see as 'complete'. You can't analyze completeness without having the definition. Every company will have its own vision on that (maybe even every manager). It is up to you to get their definition of 'completeness') and with that definition you can do an analysis. It's not up to you to tell them if something is complete, because they can come back and tell you you are wrong, because they are missing things. 

You have the data and you need to check what has to be done to get it complete. You can only do that if you know what they are expecting.