Software Asset Management dashboard

View true-up costs, optimization results, and compliance trend charts on the Software Asset Management dashboard.

The Software Asset Management dashboard tab is accessed by navigating to Software Asset > Overview and selecting Software Asset Management from the dashboard list. Select an element within a report to see more information, or add and move widgets as needed.

Results are updated daily, or whenever a new reconciliation result is available, and can be refreshed by selecting the Refresh icon for each result. You can also save charts in PNG or JPG formats.

The graphs show important statistics about the software being tracked. In the Overview and Optimization tabs, you can filter by publisher, product, department, and country to narrow the results.

Overview

The source for overview data is the Product Result [samp_product_result] table.

Figure 1. Overview tab

Table 1. Overview tab

Report	Description
Total True-up Cost	Cost to be compliant based on the average prices in entitlements for the rights.
Publishers out of Compliance	Number of publishers that have at least one software model out of compliance. Select the report to show the filtered list of records.
Products out of Compliance	Number of products that have at least one software model out of compliance. Select the report to show the filtered list of records.
Potential Savings	Cost saved if removal candidates are reclaimed.
Top 10 Products by True-up Cost	Top 10 products graphed in order of true-up cost.
Top 10 Products by Potential Savings	Top 10 products graphed in order of potential savings.

Optimization

The source for optimization data is the Reclamation Candidate [samp_sw_reclamation_candidate] table.

Figure 2. Optimization tab

Table 2. Optimization tab

Report	Description
Reclamations Requiring Attention	State is Attention Required
Potential Savings	Created on This Year OR Active is true OR Closed on This Year AND Opened on Last Year
Actual Savings YTD	Closed on This Year AND State is Closed Complete
All Active Reclamations by State	Active is true
Top 10 Active Reclamations Breakdown	Active is true
Actual Savings per Month	State is Closed Complete AND Closed in Last 12 Months

Removal candidate state color key:

Color	State
Red	Attention Required
Green	Ready
Yellow	Awaiting Use
Orange	Awaiting Approval
Purple	Awaiting Revocation
Blue	Closed Complete

Compliance Analysis

Compliance analysis consists of time-series data using Performance Analytics to show the compliance trends over time. The for compliance analysis data is the Product Result [samp_product_result] table.

Figure 3. Compliance Analysis tab

Table 3. Compliance Analysis: True-up Cost

Report	Description
True-up Cost	Cost to be compliant based on the average prices for entitlements for the rights.
Publishers out of compliance	Number of publishers that have at least one software model out of compliance.
Products out of compliance	Number of products that have at least one software model out of compliance.
Potential savings	Cost saved if removal candidates are reclaimed.
Breakdowns	Shows the detailed list of results based on the widget selected.
Records	Shows the detailed list of product results based on the widget selected.

Table 4. Compliance Analysis: Over-licensed amount

Report	Description
Over-licensed amount	Cost of licenses owned but not being used.
Publishers over-licensed	Number of publishers that have at least one software right not being used.
Products over-licensed	Number of products that have at least one software right not being used.
Breakdowns	Shows the detailed list of results based on the widget selected.
Records	Shows the detailed list of product results based on the widget selected.