Normalization and Content Service dashboard

View normalization trend charts on the Normalization and Content Service dashboard integrated with Performance Analytics.

Note:

The Normalization and Content Service dashboard is no longer available for new Xanadu users who have activated the Software Asset Management Professional (com.snc.samp) plugin or upgraded to Xanadu without activating the Software Asset Management Professional (com.snc.samp) plugin prior to Xanadu. If you activated the Software Asset Management Professional (com.snc.samp) plugin prior to Xanadu but didn't activate the Workspace plugin (com.sn_sam_workspace), you have access to this dashboard. If you activated the workspace plugin (before or after upgrading to Xanadu, you won’t be able to access this dashboard from the Software Asset navigation menu in your instance. You can however access this dashboard from the Dashboards navigation menu.

The Normalization and Content Service dashboard tab is accessed by navigating to Software Asset > Overview and selecting Normalization and Content Service from the dashboard list. You can also access it from the dashboard list of another Software Asset Management dashboard. Select an element within a report to see more information, or add and move widgets as needed.

Normalization chart results are updated daily when the SAM — Discovery Model Normalization job is run. You can save charts in PNG or JPG formats.

Figure 1. Normalization and Content Service dashboard

Report	Source list	Description
Overall Normalization Rates for Licensable Software	Software Installs Normalization Rates	Overall normalization status count for all licensable products.
Normalization Rate Breakdown for Top Publishers	Software Install Normalization Rates for Top Publishers	Licensable normalization status count per top publisher for Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, VMware, Citrix, SAP, and Adobe.

Central Data Service Download Status related list

The Central Data Service Download Status related list is updated daily when the SAM — Central Data Service Download Status job is run.

Figure 2. Central Data Service Download Status related list

Field	Description
Name	Table name from which content is pulled.
Current count	Number of records in the table.
Expected count	Expected number of records in the table.
Last updated on	Last date and time the data was pulled.
Next action	Next scheduled date and time to pull data.