Publisher overview for IBM in the Software Asset Workspace

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    Summary of Publisher Overview for IBM in the Software Asset Workspace

    The IBM publisher overview in the Software Asset Workspace provides insights into your license usage for IBM products. Access this overview by navigating to License usage > Publishers and selecting IBM. Information is updated with each new reconciliation result to ensure accuracy.

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    Key Features

    • Summary Section: Offers a concise overview of your IBM license usage, including key metrics such as true-up costs, potential savings, actual savings, and unlicensed entities.
    • Unlicensed Entities: Displays total unlicensed installations, installs requiring action, and unlicensed client access records, each with options to view detailed lists.
    • Progress Indicators: Summarizes compliance progress with metrics like ignored installs and removal candidates, allowing you to track compliance efforts effectively.
    • PVU Subcapacity Consumption Trend: Shows peak consumption trends for all IBM software products, facilitating better resource management.
    • Top 10 Products by PVU Usage: Identifies the highest peak PVU utilization among your top IBM products, helping prioritize management efforts.

    Key Outcomes

    By utilizing the IBM publisher overview, you can effectively manage your IBM software licenses, identify areas for compliance improvement, and uncover potential cost savings. This tool enables proactive license management, ensuring you remain compliant and optimize your software investments.

    View license usage information related to IBM in the publisher overview for IBM in the Software Asset Workspace.

    From the Software Asset Workspace, access the IBM publisher overview by navigating to License usage > Publishers and then selecting IBM from the list of available software publishers.

    Results are updated whenever a new reconciliation result is available.

    IBM publisher overview.

    You can view a summary of your license usage information in the Summary section of the IBM publisher overview.
    Table 1. IBM Summary
    Report Description
    True-up cost Cost to be compliant based on the average price of rights in your IBM software entitlements.
    Potential savings Potential cost savings for your IBM licenses.
    Actual savings Actual cost savings for your IBM licenses.
    Unlicensed entities Summary of your unlicensed entities.
    This summary includes the following information:
    • Unlicensed installs: Total number of unlicensed IBM software installations. Select the number to view the complete list of unlicensed IBM software installations.
    • Installs requiring action: Total number of IBM software installations that you must take action on. Select the number to view the complete list of these IBM software installations.
    • Unlicensed client access: Total number of unlicensed IBM client access records. Select the number to view the complete list of unlicensed IBM client access records.
    Progress indicators Summary of your license compliance progress.
    This summary includes the following indicators:
    • Ignored installs: Total number of IBM software installations that were ignored during reclamation. Select the number to view the complete list of ignored IBM software installations.
    • Removal candidates: Total number of IBM removal candidates. Select the number to view the list of all software removal candidates.
    PVU subcapacity consumption trend Comparison of the aggregate peak consumption for all IBM software products over time.
    Top 10 products by PVU sub-capacity usage Peak PVU utilization for your top 10 IBM software products.

    For more details on the license usage information that is provided in the publisher overview, see License usage publisher fields in workspace.