The Software Asset Management SAM console
The Software Asset Management (SAM) console is the primary console for software asset managers. Anyone who manages software licensing and has any of the following permissions can use this console:
- Asset Admin
- Asset User
- Contract User
- Contract Admin
Functional areas of the SAM console
You can use the SAM console to perform several tasks such as searching for CIs, managing license jobs, and calculating count of licenses that are In Compliance, Out of Compliance, and so on.
The following figure shows the SAM console:
The following table describes what you can do in each of the functional areas:
| Functional area | Description |
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| Software Asset Management console banner | |
| Breadcrumb bar | A navigation aid that contains links to related records that you opened from the console |
| Search | Enables you to search across multiple forms for records that match a key term. However, this search does not include Asset CIs. For more information about using this search, see
Searching for records in the application consoles
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| Software Asset Management console header | |
| Company, Manufacturer, and Product Name | You can filter the software license certificates listed in the certificates table by any company, by manufacturer, by product name, or by a combination. For example, you can list all Microsoft Visio licenses for your company. |
| Filter By | Search using predefined searches, and manage your searches. You can search for certificates that are approaching breach, in compliance, out of compliance, or of unknown compliance. Saved custom searches appear in the My Searches area of the Defined Searches list. |
| Navigation pane | |
| Inbox | The inbox displays events generated when the License Engine runs, and other messages about contract and software compliance information. The inbox displays messages for the following areas:
You might see different types of messages displayed, depending on how the application administrator has configured inbox preferences. You can work on the message by selecting the message and clicking Dealt With button. To view the applicable contract or certificate, select the message and click View. |
| Certificates | A summary of software license certificates compliance. It includes the count of the certificates in compliance, out of compliance, or approaching breach. When you use search definitions, it does not change the certificate counts. |
| Functions | You can perform the following tasks by using the SAM console provides access to the following functionality:
The Purchased versus Deployed KPI displays data for only the following license types:
Because this KPI is applicable only when the count for the number of deployed licenses can be larger than the number of purchased licenses, data for Enterprise and Site license types are not displayed. Custom license types are not included in the Purchased versus Deployed flashboard. The following procedure provides steps for adding them.
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Certificates panel | |
| Important: If you cannot see the Certificates panel, click the Certificates title. | |
| View Contracts | To view details of a contract, select the certificate and click View Contract. For more information about viewing contracts, see Reviewing a software contract. |
| View Certificate | View details of the selected certificate. For more information, see Working with a software license certificate. |
| View Usage | View software usage of the selected certificate. For more information, see Viewing software usage details. |
| Print the selected contract. | |
| Certificates table | Lists software license certificates. The Compliance Status column indicates whether the license is in compliance. |
| Select | Select whether to view related contracts or related CIs. |
| Related CIs | To view which CIs are related to a certificates, select the certificate. The Related CIs table lists the related CIs. To view details of one of the CIs, select the CI and click View CI. For information about manually managing CIs attached to a certificate, see Working with a software license certificate. |
Unrelated CIs panel | |
| Important: If you cannot see the Unrelated CIs panel, click the Unrelated CIs title. | |
| View CI | To view details about the CI, select a CI and click View CI. For more information, see Working with CIs. |
| Job Name | When running connection rules for a job, if the License Engine cannot link a CI or a list of CIs to contracts, the engine creates an exception record for each CI that it cannot relate to. Select a job to see the unrelated CIs for that job. |
| CIs table | The CIs table lists the exception records for the most recent run of the selected job. These records are software CIs that should be related to a certificate, but are not. Important: A CI that is unrelated on one job might be related as the result of a different subsequent job. |
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