GRC Licensing summary dashboard

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  • Updated November 4, 2024
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    Summary of GRC Licensing Summary Dashboard

    The GRC Licensing summary dashboard is an essential tool for tracking license usage trends and forecasting next month's license consumption across various product families, including Integrated Risk Management, Business Continuity Management, and Privacy Management. Access to this dashboard requires the product owner role.

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    To navigate to the dashboard, go to All > GRC Licensing Overview > Licensing Summary Dashboard.

    Key Features

    • License Consumption Tab: Displays previous month counts for different license types and allows for usage trend analysis and monthly license utilization tracking.
    • Estimated Next Month Usage Tab: Projects the expected role allocations for the upcoming month, based on current user roles.
    • Role Attribution to Licensing Mapping Tab: Provides insights into the license treatment associated with default roles, specific users, and user groups.

    Key Outcomes

    By utilizing the GRC Licensing summary dashboard, customers can effectively monitor license consumption patterns, estimate future usage, and manage role-based licensing treatment. This enables informed decision-making regarding license allocation and helps ensure compliance with licensing requirements.

    Use the GRC Licensing summary dashboard to track license usage trends and next month's projected usage. You can see the aggregated counts of license consumption across different product families.

    The GRC Licensing summary dashboard displays the monthly aggregated counts of license consumption across different product families including Integrated Risk Management, Business Continuity Management, and Privacy Management.

    You must have the product owner role (sn_irm_shared_cmn.product_owner) to access the dashboard. Navigate to All > GRC Licensing Overview > Licensing Summary Dashboard.

    The following illustration shows the tabs, sections, and cards that are available on the GRC Licensing summary dashboard:

    Figure 1. GRC Licensing summary dashboard
    GRC Licensing summary dashboard

    Licensing summary dashboard tabs

    The GRC Licensing summary dashboard has the following three tabs:
    • License consumption- Shows the license utilization, usage trend analysis using a filter, and license utilization month on month.
    • Estimated next month usage- Shows the estimated role allocation for the next month based solely on the current roles assigned to users.
    • Role attribution to licensing mapping- Shows the license treatment of default roles, users and user groups license treatment, and license treatment based on roles.
    Table 1. License consumption tab
    Name Description
    IRM Operator Count of IRM Operator for the previous month.
    Note:
    The IRM Operator card is available only when IRM Operator is selected in the Product family field.
    IRM Lite Operator Count of IRM Lite Operator for the previous month.
    Note:
    The IRM Lite Operator card is available only when IRM Operator is selected in the Product family field and the GRC: Business User – Lite application is installed.
    PRM Operator Count of PRM Operator for the previous month.
    Note:
    The PRM Operator card is available only when PRM Operator is selected in the Product family field.
    PRM Lite Operator Count of PRM Lite Operator for the previous month.
    Note:
    The PRM Lite Operator card is available only when PRM Operator is selected in the Product family field and the GRC: Privacy Lite User application is installed.
    BCM Operator Count of BCM Operator for the previous month.
    Note:
    The BCM Operator card is available only when BCM Operator is selected in the Product family field.
    BCM Lite Operator Count of BCM Lite Operator for the previous month.
    Note:
    The BCM Lite Operator card is available only when BCM Operator is selected in the Product family field and the GRC: Business Continuity Management User - Lite application is installed.
    Usage trend analysis Displays the usage patterns of various types of licenses over a specified time period. Use this information to track changes and trends in license consumption over time. Additionally, you can filter the usage trend based on predefined or custom date ranges.
    License utilization month on month Shows the last 12 months usage of different license types, including their accrual periods and counts. Select the counts to view detailed information such as the user, licensable application family, licensing type, and license contributing roles.
    Table 2. Estimated next month usage
    Name Description
    IRM Operator Estimated count of IRM Operator for the next month.
    Note:
    The IRM Operator card is available only when IRM Operator is selected in the Product family field.
    IRM Lite Operator Estimated count of IRM Lite Operator for the next month.
    Note:
    The IRM Lite Operator card is available only when IRM Operator is selected in the Product family field and the GRC: Business User – Lite application is installed.
    PRM Operator Estimated count of PRM Operator for the next month.
    Note:
    The PRM Operator card is available only when PRM Operator is selected in the Product family field.
    PRM Lite Operator Estimated count of PRM Lite Operator for the next month.
    Note:
    The PRM Lite Operator card is available only when PRM Operator is selected in the Product family field and the GRC: Privacy Lite User application is installed.
    BCM Operator Estimated count of BCM Operator for the next month.
    Note:
    The BCM Operator card is available only when BCM Operator is selected in the Product family field.
    BCM Lite Operator Estimated count of BCM Lite Operator for the next month.
    Note:
    The BCM Lite Operator card is available only when BCM Operator is selected in the Product family field and the GRC: Business Continuity Management User - Lite application is installed.
    User role allocation Provides an overview of the users, the licensable application family they’re associated with, and the roles assigned to them. Use this information to visualize the estimated license usage for the next month based on the roles and permissions granted to each user.
    Table 3. Role attribution to license mapping
    Name Description
    License treatment of default roles Provides an overview of the default GRC roles and the licensable application family that they’re associated with. Seeing which licenses are tied to the default GRC roles helps you identify the correct license treatment for each role.
    User(s)/User group(s) license treatment Shows the license treatment of a specific user or a user group. You can search for users or user groups to see which licensable application family they belong to based on their assigned roles.
    License treatment based on roles Shows the license treatment for a specific combination of roles. You can search for roles to identify their combined GRC license treatment when these roles are assigned to a user.
    Note:
    The combined role license treatment results are based on customer license entitlements and installed applications.