License entitlements
The following page provides a licensing overview for the product and the license entitlement corresponding to each product license. To download the product, go to the Electronic Product Download (EPD) web page, http://webapps.bmc.com/epd. For download instructions, see Downloading the installation files.
BMC Decision Support – Server Automation (“Decision Support”) is the reporting solution for use with BMC Server Automation (BladeLogic). To use this reporting capability packaged with IBM Cognos, you must purchase the applicable product licenses. Decision Support licensing falls into two main categories: an initial license purchase and additional user license add-ons. All user licenses are licensed on a “per named user” unit of measure and are fixed. BMC Decision Support – Server Automation (5 Viewer, 1 Query License) is a prerequisite for any additional user license add-on.
The following table provides an overview of the product components and capabilities for each of the licenses.
BMC Product | License Overview | License Entitlement |
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BMC Decision Support – Server Automation (5 Viewer, 1 Query License) | Solution SKU that is the initial required license for any customer that wants reporting capabilities. Includes data warehouse, report server, and report editor and out-of-the-box report content, and a fixed number of user licenses.
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BMC Decision Support – Server Automation Viewer License | Individual user license for Report Viewing capabilities; augments licenses in solution package.
| Fixed user license to view and schedule reports (named user) |
BMC Decision Support – Server Automation Query License | Individual user license that includes Report Viewer rights plus access to Query Studio; augments licenses in the solution package. Enables users to create ad-hoc reporting queries.
| Fixed user license to view reports including access to IBM Cognos Query Studio (named user) |
BMC Decision Support – Server Automation Report Author License | Individual user license that includes Report Viewer rights plus access to Query Studio and Report Studio; augments licenses in the solution package. Enables users to create ad-hoc reporting queries, modify reports, create new reports, etc. Also includes reporting formatting and branding capabilities.
| Fixed user license to view reports including access to IBM Cognos Query Studio and Report studio (named user) |
Note
BI Web Administrator means a contractually restricted, limited use version of the BI Administrator Software that allows the right to use only the server, security, and reports scheduling administrative functionalities of the BI Administrator. Customers are prohibited from using any other functionality of the BI Administrator including but not limited to the modeler and studios functionality.
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