Request Software Spend Detection

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 1, 2024
  • 1 minute to read

    • Request Software Spend Detection to track, analyze, and optimize software spending. To access Software Spend Detection, enable the Software Asset Management - Spend Detection (com.sn_sam_spend) plugin. This plugin includes demo data.

    Before you begin

    Before you can request Software Spend Detection, you must sign the Software Spend Detection legal agreement. For more information about the Software Spend Detection legal agreement, contact your ServiceNow account representative.

    To use Software Spend Detection, you must activate the Software Asset Management Professional (com.snc.samp) plugin on your ServiceNow instance. For more information about activating Software Asset Management Professional, see Request Software Asset Management.

    Note:
    Software Spend Detection is not supported for on-premises users hosting their own ServiceNow instance.

    Role required: admin

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > System Applications > All Available Applications > All.
    2. On the All Applications page, select Request Plugin to open the Activate Plugin form on Now Support.
      Admin view of Activate Plugin form to capture details for activating the CSM Workspace plugin on a selected instance. For the text description, refer to the Activate Plugin form table.
    3. On Now Support, select the link to access the Now Support Service Portal Service Catalog.
      Message informing customers about new service portal with a link provided.
    4. Select your instance.
    5. Select Actions > Activate Plugin.
    6. On the Activate Plugin form, provide the following information.
      Table 1. Activate Plugin form
      Field Description

      What is your target instance

      Instance on which to activate the plugin.

      Which plugin would you like to activate

      Name of the plugin to activate.

      Note:
      If the system does not list the plugin you want or if you are activating the plugin on an OEM or on-premise instance, select the Plugin I'm looking for is not listed check box and then enter the name of the plugin.

      Select Maintenance Date and Time

      The date and time to activate the plugin.

      Note:
      Plugins are activated in two batches, once in the morning and once in the evening, on every business day in the US Pacific time zone. If the plugin must be activated at a specific time, enter the request in the Reason/Comments field.

      For example, see the following form to activate the CSM Workspace plugin on an instance named My Instance.

      Figure 1. Activate Plugin form
      Admin view of the form to capture details of the CSM Workspace plugin on a selected instance. For the text description, refer to the Activate Plugin form table.
    7. Select Submit.
      For additional details about requesting a plugin, see Requesting a Plugin from the Service Catalog [KB0751715] article in the Now Support Knowledge Base.