Self declaration in SAM Pro

[Martijn Braamsk]

Does anyone has experience with manually providing license consumption values? 

For some products it will not be possible to get consumption from any source, so.....entering a value manually seems the best solution.

[dreinhardt]

Hi @Martijn Braamsk,

in projects, we encounter this challenge from time to time and use the following options in SAMP for this purpose:

1. Manual Allocation
   If you know the devices/users using the software, you can create allocations per entitlements manually (or via template upload, script). These allocations should be reviewed regularly.
2. Client Access (CAL) - Create a software client access record in workspace (servicenow.com)
   If a detailed consumption (via unique allocations) is not necessary/possible and it is a device/user license, then you can also represent the entire consumption through a CAL.
3. Consumption Create a subflow to get license consumption (servicenow.com)
   Consumption cannot always be mapped via user/device and other metrics may be used. If the SaaS Management plugin is activated, you can select the metric group/type "Consumption" and then simulate the data accordingly in the system using the provided subflow "get license consumption". Normally this flow belongs to the integration of SaaS providers, but we use it to map special consumptions (e.g., Transactions, Spend per 10k, ...).

Best, Dennis

[Martijn Braamsk]

Thanks Dennis! 

Especially the 3rd option could be useful and is something I will dive into. Too bad the original metric is then no longer visible, but you can't have it all 🙂

[dreinhardt]

You'r welcome @Martijn Braamsk. When using the subflow, you've to assign a product and define the "unit of consumption" and "units consumed". The flow will create a new software model and add the value of "unit of consumption" to the software model name

Product: SAP Ariba Buying & Invoicing

Unit of Consumption: Spend in Million

Software Model: SAP Ariba Buying & Invoicing Spend in Million

Please also try to add data directly into this table, maybe it's possible fake consumption also for other metric groups/types. Not sure if it's related to SaaS products only (samp_sw_product - field "subscription software = Yes"

Subscription Consumption Summaries [sam_saas_consumption_summary]

Consumption summary information including units consumed, monthly consumption, and contract dates.