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AppClarity page reference

A reference for the fields and tables on the pages in the AppClarity application.

Entitlements

A reference for the fields and tables on the pages under the Entitlements node in the AppClarity application.

Compliance

A reference for the fields and tables on the pages under the Compliance node in the AppClarity section of the SLA Platform.

License Demand

A description of the fields on the License Demand page.

Here you can view the License Demand reports. You get to this page by clicking the AppClarity→License Demand node in the navigation panel.

The fields on the License Demand page are:

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Field

Description

Management Group selector

Certain pages in AppClarity have a management groups selector. This drop-down lets you select the management group you are interested in. By default this is set to Global.

Compliance Repository selector

This field lets you select the repository where the compliance data displayed on the page comes from. By default this is set to Default Compliance.

If you have created your own compliance repositories, click on the name to select these from the drop-down list.

Microsoft Core License Demand

Field

Description

Information

This section tells you if the report has been run, when it was last run and how long it took to run the report.

View Report

Clicking on this button displays the Microsoft Core License Demand page showing an overview of the data contained in the report.

Refresh

Clicking on this button runs the report.

IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand

Field

Description

Information

This section tells you if the report has been run, when it was last run and how long it took to run the report.

View Report

Clicking on this button displays the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand page showing an overview of the data contained in the report.

Refresh

Clicking on this button runs the report.

Oracle Processor License Demand

Field

Description

Information

This section tells you if the report has been run, when it was last run and how long it took to run the report.

View Report

Clicking on this button displays the Oracle Processor License Demand page showing an overview of the data contained in the report.

Refresh

Clicking on this button runs the report.

Red Hat Socket Demand

Field

Description

Information

This section tells you if the report has been run, when it was last run and how long it took to run the report.

View Report

Clicking on this button displays the Red Hat Socket Demand page showing an overview of the data contained in the report.

Refresh

Clicking on this button runs the report.

Microsoft Core License Demand page

A description of the fields on the Microsoft Core License Demand page.

This page provides an overview of the data in the Microsoft Core License Demand report. You get to this page by navigating to the AppClarity→Licence Demand node in the navigation panel and then clicking on the View Report button for the Microsoft Core License Demand report.

The fields on the Microsoft Core License Demand page are:

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Field

Description

Management Group selector

Certain pages in AppClarity have a management groups selector. This drop-down lets you select the management group you are interested in. By default this is set to Global.

Compliance Repository selector

This field lets you select the repository where the compliance data displayed on the page comes from. By default this is set to Default Compliance.

If you have created your own compliance repositories, click on the name to select these from the drop-down list.

Report Refresh

You can refresh reports from individual AppClarity screens as well as using the Settings App. Where this is available you can do this by using the refresh icon next to the Last Refreshed box:

Report refresh control
Action buttons

The following table describes the action buttons displayed on the Microsoft Core License Demand page:

Button

Description

Show Detailed Report

This button is only enabled if there is a single selection in the Microsoft Core License Demand table.

Clicking the button displays the Microsoft Core License Demand - Detailed Report page for the selected item.

Column Picker
Microsoft Core License Demand table

The following table describes the columns displayed in the Microsoft Core License Demand table:

Column

Description

Licensed Software

Displays software titles that are part of the License Demand report, where that software also has installations present in the inventory.

Installs

This column shows the number of installs for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

License Demand

This column shows the license demand for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

Unknown Installs

This column provides a count of the installations for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report where there are details that are unknown, thereby implying a risk for compliance calculation.

The following column actions are available on some table columns:

Column actions

Description

Column sort
Column filter
IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand page

A description of the fields on the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand page.

This page provides an overview of the data in the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand report. You get to this page by navigating to the AppClarity→Licence Demand node in the navigation panel and then clicking on the View Report button for the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand report.

The fields on the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand page are:

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Field

Description

Management Group selector

Certain pages in AppClarity have a management groups selector. This drop-down lets you select the management group you are interested in. By default this is set to Global.

Compliance Repository selectorJust

This field lets you select the repository where the compliance data displayed on the page comes from. By default this is set to Default Compliance.

If you have created your own compliance repositories, click on the name to select these from the drop-down list.

Report Refresh

You can refresh reports from individual AppClarity screens as well as using the Settings App. Where this is available you can do this by using the refresh icon next to the Last Refreshed box:

Report refresh control
Column Picker
Action buttons

The following table describes the action buttons displayed on the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand page:

Button

Description

Show Detailed Report

This button is only enabled if there is a single selection in the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand table.

Clicking the button displays the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand - Detailed Report page for the selected item.

IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand table

The following table describes the columns displayed in the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand table:

Column

Description

Licensed Software

Displays software titles that are part of the License Demand report, where that software also has installations present in the inventory.

Installs

This column shows the number of installs for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

License Demand

This column shows the license demand for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

Unknown Installs

This column provides a count of the installations for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report where there are details that are unknown, thereby implying a risk for compliance calculation.

IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand - Detailed Report page

A description of the fields on the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand - Detailed Report page.

This page displays the data for a selected software title on the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand page. You get to this page by navigating to the AppClarity→License Demand node in the navigation panel, selecting a row in the table and then clicking on the Show Detailed Report button.

The fields on the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand - Detailed Report page are:

Licenses and Maintenances page

Field

Description

Management Group selector

Certain pages in AppClarity have a management groups selector. This drop-down lets you select the management group you are interested in. By default this is set to Global.

Compliance Repository selector

This field lets you select the repository where the compliance data displayed on the page comes from. By default this is set to Default Compliance.

If you have created your own compliance repositories, click on the name to select these from the drop-down list.

Report Refresh

You can refresh reports from individual AppClarity screens as well as using the Settings App. Where this is available you can do this by using the refresh icon next to the Last Refreshed box:

Report refresh control
Column Picker

Where the column picker control is shown Column Picker UI control icon you can choose which columns are displayed. In the following example on the Microsoft Core License Demand page we hide the Unknown Installs column and move the License Demand column to the left of the page.

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To pick the displayed columns:

  1. Click on the Choose columns icon Column Picker UI control icon to the right of the header row to view the visible columns.

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  2. To exclude Unknown Installs, select the Unknown Installs row and click Exclude columns button.

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  3. The Unknown Installs column is now hidden.

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  4. To move the License Demand column to the top of the list, hover your mouse over License Demand and using the direction control drag it to the top of the list.

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  5. The Microsoft Core License Demand page has now been automatically updated with our changes.

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Action buttons

The following table describes the action buttons displayed on the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand - Detailed Report page:

Button

Description

Export

Exports all the entries currently displayed in the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand - Detailed Report table as a TSV file. This button takes the filters currently applied to the table into account, but not the sorting or the current selection.

IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand - Summary table

This table displays a summary of the rows displayed in the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand - Detailed Report table. The following table describes the columns displayed in the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand Summary table:

Column

Description

Licensed Software

Displays software titles that are part of the License Demand report, where that software also has installations present in the inventory.

Installs

This column shows the number of installs for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

License Demand

This column shows the license demand for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

Unknown Installs

This column provides a count of the installations for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report where there are details that are unknown, thereby implying a risk for compliance calculation.

IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand - Detailed Report table

The following table describes the columns displayed in the IBM Processor Value Unit (PVU) License Demand - Detailed Report table:

Column

Description

Cluster Name

The Cluster Name, if any, where the software in the License Demand report is installed.

Physical Host

The Physical Host, if any, where the software in the License Demand report is installed.

Machine Name

The device name, if any, where the software in the License Demand report is installed.

Machine Type

The type of the device where the software in the License Demand report is installed. This may be one of:

Machine Type

Cluster

Physical

Physical Host

Virtual

Version

The version portion of the vendor, title, version and edition attributes that are used to identify software products. For example, 11.0.3216.5614 or 6.3.100.0.

Colloquial Version

The colloquial version name for the product. For example, 2003, 2016 etc. This is an additional attribute to the vendor, title, version and edition for a software product that may identify a range of versions.

Licensed Software

Displays software titles that are part of the License Demand report, where that software also has installations present in the inventory.

Installs

This column shows the number of installs for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

License Demand

This column shows the license demand for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

Management Group

Displays the number of Management Groups a device is associated with. Clicking on the number displays a popup listing the Management Groups.

Classification

Displays the classification for the device where the software is installed. If set this may be one of:

Classification

Production

Test

Sockets

Displays the number of processor sockets available on the mainboard for the device where the software is installed.

Processors

Displays the number of processors available on the mainboard for the device where the software is installed.

Cores

Displays the number of processor cores available on the mainboard for the device where the software is installed.

Comments

Provides recommendations on how to license the software to achieve the optimum license demand.

Column actions

The following column actions are available on some table columns:

Column actions

Description

Column sort

Using column sorts

The picture opposite shows an example taken from AppClarity. In our example we want to sort the table on the Cost column from the highest cost at the top to the lowest at the bottom. To sort the table on the Cost column:

  1. Click on the sort icon S06_-_The_sort_icon.png just beneath the header row in the Cost column.

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  2. The sort popup is displayed.

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  3. Now select the sort direction. In our example this will be Sort descending.

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  4. After selecting this the data in the table is now sorted on the Cost column from highest to lowest and the sort icon has changed to a sort descending icon S05_-_The_sort_descending_icon.png

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Clearing the sort

You can clear the sort by clicking on the sort icon again and selecting the Clear sorting menu item from the sorting popup.

Column filter

Using column filters

The image shows an example taken from AppClarity. In our example we want to filter the table to show only those items where the Edition contains the text Prof.

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To filter the table on the Edition column:

  1. Click on the filter icon F07_-_The_filter_icon.png just beneath the header row in the Edition column.

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  2. The filter popup is displayed.

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  3. Now select the operator. In our example this will be contains.

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  4. Then type the text Prof into the text field

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  5. Click Apply and a new filter will be added to the table.

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  6. The table will be filtered to just those items whose Edition contains the text Prof.

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Adding another filter

You can add another filter by clicking on the filter icon F07_-_The_filter_icon.png for any of the columns. The picture opposite shows another filter added selecting table rows where the Type also contains the text License. The table will also be filtered accordingly.

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Removing filters

You can remove filters by clicking on the filter close icon F09_-_The_filter_close_icon.png at the end of the filter.

Oracle Processor License Demand page

A description of the fields on the Oracle Processor License Demand page.

This page provides an overview of the data in the Oracle Processor License Demand report. You get to this page by navigating to the AppClarity→Licence Demand node in the navigation panel and then clicking on the View Report button for the Oracle Processor License Demand report.

The fields on the Oracle Processor License Demand page are:

Oracle Processor License Demand

Field

Description

Management Group selector

Certain pages in AppClarity have a management groups selector. This drop-down lets you select the management group you are interested in. By default this is set to Global.

Compliance Repository selector

This field lets you select the repository where the compliance data displayed on the page comes from. By default this is set to Default Compliance.

If you have created your own compliance repositories, click on the name to select these from the drop-down list.

Report Refresh

You can refresh reports from individual AppClarity screens as well as using the Settings App. Where this is available you can do this by using the refresh icon next to the Last Refreshed box:

Report refresh control
Column Picker
Action buttons

The following table describes the action buttons displayed on the Oracle Processor License Demand page:

Button

Description

Show Detailed Report

This button is only enabled if there is a single selection in the Oracle Processor License Demand table.

Clicking the button displays the Oracle Processor License Demand - Detailed Report page for the selected item.

Oracle Processor License Demand table

The following table describes the columns displayed in the Oracle Processor License Demand table:

Column

Description

Licensed Software

Displays software titles that are part of the License Demand report, where that software also has installations present in the inventory.

Installs

This column shows the number of installs for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

License Demand

This column shows the license demand for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

Unknown Installs

This column provides a count of the installations for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report where there are details that are unknown, thereby implying a risk for compliance calculation.

Oracle Processor License Demand - Detailed Report page

A description of the fields on the Oracle Processor License Demand - Detailed Report page.

This page displays the data for a selected software title on the Oracle Processor License Demand page. You get to this page by navigating to the AppClarity→Licence Demand node in the navigation panel, selecting a row in the table and then clicking on the Show Detailed Report button.

The fields on the Oracle Processor License Demand - Detailed Report page are:

Oracle Processor License Demand - Detailed Report

Field

Description

Management Group selector

Certain pages in AppClarity have a management groups selector. This drop-down lets you select the management group you are interested in. By default this is set to Global.

Compliance Repository selector

This field lets you select the repository where the compliance data displayed on the page comes from. By default this is set to Default Compliance.

If you have created your own compliance repositories, click on the name to select these from the drop-down list.

Report Refresh

You can refresh reports from individual AppClarity screens as well as using the Settings App. Where this is available you can do this by using the refresh icon next to the Last Refreshed box:

Report refresh control
Column Picker
Action buttons

The following table describes the action buttons displayed on the Oracle Processor License Demand - Detailed Report page:

Button

Description

Export

Exports all the entries currently displayed in the Oracle Processor License Demand - Detailed Report table as a TSV file. This button takes the filters currently applied to the table into account, but not the sorting or the current selection.

Oracle Processor License Demand - Summary table

This table displays a summary of the rows displayed in the Oracle Processor License Demand - Detailed Report table. The following table describes the columns displayed in the Oracle Processor License Demand Summary table:

Column

Description

Licensed Software

Displays software titles that are part of the License Demand report, where that software also has installations present in the inventory.

Installs

This column shows the number of installs for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

License Demand

This column shows the license demand for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

Unknown Installs

This column provides a count of the installations for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report where there are details that are unknown, thereby implying a risk for compliance calculation.

Oracle Processor License Demand - Detailed Report table

The following table describes the columns displayed in the Oracle Processor License Demand - Detailed Report table:

Column

Description

Cluster Name

The Cluster Name, if any, where the software in the License Demand report is installed.

Physical Host

The Physical Host, if any, where the software in the License Demand report is installed.

Machine Name

The device name, if any, where the software in the License Demand report is installed.

Machine Type

The type of the device where the software in the License Demand report is installed. This may be one of:

Machine Type

Cluster

Physical

Physical Host

Virtual

Version

The version portion of the vendor, title, version and edition attributes that are used to identify software products. For example, 11.0.3216.5614 or 6.3.100.0.

Colloquial Version

The colloquial version name for the product. For example, 2003, 2016 etc. This is an additional attribute to the vendor, title, version and edition for a software product that may identify a range of versions.

Licensed Software

Displays software titles that are part of the License Demand report, where that software also has installations present in the inventory.

Installs

This column shows the number of installs for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

License Demand

This column shows the license demand for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

Management Group

Displays the number of Management Groups a device is associated with. Clicking on the number displays a popup listing the Management Groups.

Classification

Displays the classification for the device where the software is installed. If set this may be one of:

Classification

Production

Test

Sockets

Displays the number of processor sockets available on the mainboard for the device where the software is installed.

Processors

Displays the number of processors available on the mainboard for the device where the software is installed.

Cores

Displays the number of processor cores available on the mainboard for the device where the software is installed.

Comments

Provides recommendations on how to license the software to achieve the optimum license demand.

Column actions

The following column actions are available on some table columns:

Column actions

Description

Column sort
Column filter
Red Hat Socket Demand page

A description of the fields on the Red Hat Socket Demand page.

This page provides an overview of the data in the Red Hat Socket Demand report. You get to this page by navigating to the AppClarity→Licence Demand node in the navigation panel and then clicking on the View Report button for the Red Hat Socket Demand report.

The fields on the Red Hat Socket Demand page are:

Red Hat Socket Demand

Field

Description

Management Group selector

Certain pages in AppClarity have a management groups selector. This drop-down lets you select the management group you are interested in. By default this is set to Global.

Compliance Repository selector

This field lets you select the repository where the compliance data displayed on the page comes from. By default this is set to Default Compliance.

If you have created your own compliance repositories, click on the name to select these from the drop-down list.

Report Refresh

You can refresh reports from individual AppClarity screens as well as using the Settings App. Where this is available you can do this by using the refresh icon next to the Last Refreshed box:

Report refresh control
Column Picker

Where the column picker control is shown you can choose which columns are displayed. In the following example on the Microsoft Core License Demand page we hide the Unknown Installs column and move the License Demand column to the left of the page.

To pick the displayed columns:

  • Click on the Choose columns icon

    to the right of the header row to view the visable columns.

  • To exclude Unknown Installs, select the Unknown Installs row and click Exclude columns button.

  • The Unknown Installs column is now hidden.

  • To move the License Demand column to the top of the list, hover your mouse over License Demand and using the direction control drag it to the top of the list.

  • The Microsoft Core License Demand page has now been automatically updated with our changes.

Action buttons

The following table describes the action buttons displayed on the Red Hat Socket Demand page:

Button

Description

Show Detailed Report

This button is only enabled if there is a single selection in the Red Hat Socket Demand table.

Clicking the button displays the Red Hat Socket Demand - Detailed Report page for the selected item.

Red Hat Socket Demand table

The following table describes the columns displayed in the Red Hat Socket Demand table:

Column

Description

Licensed Software

Displays software titles that are part of the License Demand report, where that software also has installations present in the inventory.

Installs

This column shows the number of installs for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

License Demand

This column shows the license demand for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

Unknown Installs

This column provides a count of the installations for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report where there are details that are unknown, thereby implying a risk for compliance calculation.

Red Hat Socket Demand - Detailed Report page

A description of the fields on the Red Hat Socket Demand - Detailed Report page.

This page displays the data for a selected software title on the Red Hat Socket Demand page. You get to this page by navigating to the AppClarity→Licence Demand node in the navigation panel, selecting a row in the table and then clicking on the Show Detailed Report button.

The fields on the Red Hat Socket Demand - Detailed Report page are:

Red Hat Socket Demand - Detailed Report

Field

Description

Management Group selector

Certain pages in AppClarity have a management groups selector. This drop-down lets you select the management group you are interested in. By default this is set to Global.

Compliance Repository selector

This field lets you select the repository where the compliance data displayed on the page comes from. By default this is set to Default Compliance.

If you have created your own compliance repositories, click on the name to select these from the drop-down list.

Report Refresh

You can refresh reports from individual AppClarity screens as well as using the Settings App. Where this is available you can do this by using the refresh icon next to the Last Refreshed box:

Report refresh control
Column Picker
Action buttons

The following table describes the action buttons displayed on the Red Hat Socket Demand - Detailed Report page:

Button

Description

Export

Exports all the entries currently displayed in the Red Hat Socket Demand - Detailed Report table as a TSV file. This button takes the filters currently applied to the table into account, but not the sorting or the current selection.

Red Hat Socket Demand - Summary table

This table displays a summary of the rows displayed in the Red Hat Socket Demand - Detailed Report table. The following table describes the columns displayed in the Red Hat Socket Demand Summary table:

Column

Description

Licensed Software

Displays software titles that are part of the License Demand report, where that software also has installations present in the inventory.

Installs

This column shows the number of installs for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

License Demand

This column shows the license demand for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

Unknown Installs

This column provides a count of the installations for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report where there are details that are unknown, thereby implying a risk for compliance calculation.

Red Hat Socket Demand - Detailed Report table

The following table describes the columns displayed in the Red Hat Socket Demand - Detailed Report table:

Column

Description

Cluster Name

The Cluster Name, if any, where the software in the License Demand report is installed.

Physical Host

The Physical Host, if any, where the software in the License Demand report is installed.

Machine Name

The device name, if any, where the software in the License Demand report is installed.

Machine Type

The type of the device where the software in the License Demand report is installed. This may be one of:

Machine Type

Cluster

Physical

Physical Host

Virtual

Version

The version portion of the vendor, title, version and edition attributes that are used to identify software products. For example, 11.0.3216.5614 or 6.3.100.0.

Colloquial Version

The colloquial version name for the product. For example, 2003, 2016 etc. This is an additional attribute to the vendor, title, version and edition for a software product that may identify a range of versions.

Licensed Software

Displays software titles that are part of the License Demand report, where that software also has installations present in the inventory.

Installs

This column shows the number of installs for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

License Demand

This column shows the license demand for the software titles that are part of the License Demand report.

Management Group

Displays the number of Management Groups a device is associated with. Clicking on the number displays a popup listing the Management Groups.

Classification

Displays the classification for the device where the software is installed. If set this may be one of:

Classification

Production

Test

Sockets

Displays the number of processor sockets available on the mainboard for the device where the software is installed.

Processors

Displays the number of processors available on the mainboard for the device where the software is installed.

Cores

Displays the number of processor cores available on the mainboard for the device where the software is installed.

Comments

Provides recommendations on how to license the software to achieve the optimum license demand.

Column actions

The following column actions are available on some table columns:

Column actions

Description

Column sort
Column filter
Reclaim

A reference for the fields and tables on the pages under the Reclaim node in the AppClarity application.

Usage Summary page

A description of the fields on the Usage Summary page.

Here you can browse reclaimable products from your inventory according to their usage. You get to this page by clicking the Reclaim→Usage Summary node in the navigation panel.

The fields on the Usage Summary page are:

Reclaim Usage

Field

Description

Management Groups selector

Certain pages in AppClarity have a management groups selector. This drop-down lets you select the management group you are interested in. By default this is set to Global.

Compliance repository selector

This field lets you select the repository where the compliance data displayed on the page comes from. By default this is set to Default Compliance.

If you have created your own compliance repositories, click on the name to select these from the drop-down list.

Report Refresh

You can refresh reports from individual AppClarity screens as well as using the Settings App. Where this is available you can do this by using the refresh icon next to the Last Refreshed box:

Report refresh control
Usage Category chart

This chart shows the distribution of installations into the three usage categories: User, Rarely Used and Unused as a percentage of the total installations that reported usage.

The bar at the bottom shows the number of installations with reported versus unreported usage as a percentage of the total number of installations.

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Top 5 Software Category by Installs chart

This chart shows the top five categories according to the numbers of installations. This chart disregards Operating Systems and Internet Browser categories.

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Top 10 Saving Opportunities ($) chart

This chart shows the top ten products that offer the best savings opportunities in USD. It is calculated by multiplying each product's unit price and the sum of unused and rarely used installations.

The bar at the bottom shows the total opportunity in USD split into unused and rarely used installations.

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Licensable toggle

The Licensable toggle adds a filter when it's turned on that filters the table to only display the products that are licensable, according to the catalog.

Reclaimable toggle

The Reclaimable toggle adds a filter when it's turned on that filters the table to only display the products that have a reclaim policy associated with them.

Software with conflicting policies toggle

The Software with conflicting policies toggle adds a filter when it's turned on that filters the table to only display the products that have reclaim policies that conflict.

Column Picker
Action buttons

The following table describes the action buttons displayed on theUsage Summarypage:

Button

Description

Add Policy

This button is only enabled when there is a single selection in the Usage Summary table.

Creates a new reclaim policy for the selected product and opens the New Policy page with the details of the product pre-filled. Please refer to for more details.

Set Precedence

This button is only enabled when a product with conflicting reclaim policies is selected in the Usage Summary table.

Opens the Precedence page showing the conflicting reclaim policies allowing you to set their precedence.

Export

Exports all the entries currently displayed in the Usage Summary table as a TSV file. This button takes the filters currently applied to the table into account, but not the sorting or the current selection.

Usage Summary table

The following table describes the columns displayed in theUsage Summarytable:

Column

Description

Vendor

The vendor portion of the vendor, title, version and edition attributes that are used to identify software products. For example, Microsoft Corporation or 1E.

Title

The title portion of the vendor, title, version and edition attributes that are used to identify software products. For example, Visio or Nomad.

Version

The version portion of the vendor, title, version and edition attributes that are used to identify software products. For example, 11.0.3216.5614 or 6.3.100.0.

Canonical Version

The canonical representation of the productversion installed on a device.

Edition

The edition portion of the vendor, title, version and edition attributes that are used to identify software products. For example, Standard or - (where no edition exists).

Category

The Category column shows the category for each product.

Price per Unit (USD)

The Price per Unit (USD) shows the cost in USD for each license of a product.

Total Installs

The Total Installs column shows the total number of installations for each product.

Used

The Used column shows the number of installations for each product that have been reported as being used.

Rarely Used

The Rarely Used column shows the number of installations for each product that have been reported as being rarely used.

Unused

The Unused column shows the number of installations for each product that have been reported as not being used.

Unreported

The Unreported column shows the number of installations for each product where no recent usage data has been reported.

Selected Mgmt Grp Policies

The Selected Mgmt Grp Policies column shows the number of reclaim policies for a product in the currently selected Management Group.

Across Mgmt Grp Policies

The Across Mgmt Grp Policies column shows the number of policies for a product across all management groups.

The following column actions are available on some table columns:

Column actions

Description

Column sort
Column filter
Precedence page

A description of the fields on the Precedence page.

Here you can set the precedence for overlapping reclaim policies. You get to this page by:

  1. Navigate to the AppClarity→Reclaim→Usage Summary node in the navigation panel

  2. Select a product with conflicting reclaim policies

  3. Click on the Set Precedence button.

The fields on the Precedence page are:

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Setting the precedence

This page lets you set the precedence for multiple policies that cover the same product. Initially this page will display the overlapping reclaim policies in the order they were created, with the most recently created having the lowest precedence. Policies at the top of the page have the highest precedence. Policies are considered in order from the top of the table to the bottom, and you can reorder the rows by clicking and dragging each row up or down. The way that the policies apply to specific products on specific devices are described in the following bullet points:

  • Just one of the reclaim policies shown on this page will be applied to a product, as defined by the Matched Vendor, Matched Title, Editions and versions for the policy, on any given device.

  • Whether a particular policy displayed in the list applies to that device also depends on the management group(s) the policy is active for.

  • If a device with a matching product belongs to more than one management group it will use the first policy it comes to that is active on one of its management groups.

Once the precedence is set, it triggers a Reclaim Consolidation report to make any necessary changes. You need to ensure you have identified which policy to set at the highest precedence, you can use the Move to top option from the 3 dots on the right side of the policy to do this.

Warning

When you subsequently publish a reclaim policy this will automatically change its precedence to be the lowest. i.e. it will appear at the bottom of the precedence list. Beware that simply viewing a page and clicking Publish to exit will reset that reclaim policy's precedence.

Field

Description

Compliance Repository selector

This field lets you select the repository where the compliance data displayed on the page comes from. By default this is set to Default Compliance.

If you have created your own compliance repositories, click on the name to select these from the drop-down list.

Conflicting reclaim policies table

The following table describes the columns in the table that can be used to identify each conflicting policy:

Column

Description

Vendor

On the reclaim policy pages, this displays the vendor for the product the reclaim policy will be aimed at.

Title

On the reclaim policy pages, this displays the title for the product the reclaim policy will be aimed at.

Edition

On the reclaim pages in AppClarity an Editions column is sometimes displayed. This shows a list of editions that determine which products the reclaim policy will be aimed at.

Versions

The version portion of the vendor, title, version and edition attributes for the product that the reclaim policy applies to.

Colloquial Version

The colloquial version name for the product. For example, 2003, 2016 etc. This is an additional attribute to the vendor, title, version and edition for a software product that may identify a range of versions.

Is Enabled

This column shows whether the Enabled checkbox has been set for the reclaim policy.

Used

Displays the action that will be taken by a reclaim policy for software with a usage category of used. Please refer to Usage categories for more details.

Rarely Used

Displays the action that will be taken by a reclaim policy for software with a usage category of rarely used. Please refer to Usage categories for more details.

Unused

Displays the action that will be taken by a reclaim policy for software with a usage category of unused. Please refer to Usage categories for more details.

Unreported

Displays the action that will be taken by a reclaim policy for software with a usage category of unreported. Please refer to Usage categories for more details.

Mgmt grp

This column contains a Show link, which displays a popup containing a list of the Management Group(s) the reclaim policy applies to.

Reclaim History page

A description of the fields on the Reclaim History page.

Here you can view the reclaim policies that have been published. You get to this page by clicking the AppClarity→Reclaim→Reclaim History node in the navigation panel.

The fields on the Reclaim History page are:

Reclaim History

Field

Description

Management Group selector

Certain pages in AppClarity have a management groups selector. This drop-down lets you select the management group you are interested in. By default this is set to Global.

Compliance Repository selector

This field lets you select the repository where the compliance data displayed on the page comes from. By default this is set to Default Compliance.

If you have created your own compliance repositories, click on the name to select these from the drop-down list.

Report Refresh

You can refresh reports from individual AppClarity screens as well as using the Settings App. Where this is available you can do this by using the refresh icon next to the Last Refreshed box:

Report refresh control
Column Picker
Action buttons

The following table describes the action buttons displayed on the Policies page:

Button

Description

Export

Exports all the records currently displayed in the Reclaim History table as a TSV file. This button takes the filters currently applied to the table into account, but not the sorting or the current selection.

Reclaim History table

The following table describes the columns displayed in the Reclaim History table:

Column

Description

Vendor

On the reclaim policy pages, this displays the vendor for the product the reclaim policy will be aimed at.

Title

On the reclaim policy pages, this displays the title for the product the reclaim policy will be aimed at.

Version

The version portion of the vendor, title, version and edition attributes that are used to identify software products. For example, 11.0.3216.5614 or 6.3.100.0.

Edition

On the reclaim pages in AppClarity an Editions column is sometimes displayed. This shows a list of editions that determine which products the reclaim policy will be aimed at.

Host Name

Displays the host name for the device where the software was reclaimed.

Description

Describes the action taken to reclaim the software.

Status

Shows the final state of the reclaim.

Completion Date

Displays the date the reclaim completed.

The following column actions are available on some table columns:

Column actions

Description

Column sort
Column filter
Savings page

A description of the fields on the Savings page.

Here you can review an estimate of the cost savings made by applying particular reclaim policies, that is, on successful reclaims. You get to this page by clicking the AppClarity→Reclaim→Savings node in the navigation panel.

Note

Please Execute aGenerate Report - Reclaim Reportingaction for your compliance repository, before viewing this screen.

The fields on the Savings page are:

Savings page

Field

Description

Management Groups

Certain pages in AppClarity have a management groups selector. This drop-down lets you select the management group you are interested in. By default this is set to Global.

Compliance repository selector

This field lets you select the repository where the compliance data displayed on the page comes from. By default this is set to Default Compliance.

If you have created your own compliance repositories, click on the name to select these from the drop-down list.

Report Refresh

You can refresh reports from individual AppClarity screens as well as using the Settings App. Where this is available you can do this by using the refresh icon next to the Last Refreshed box:

Report refresh control
Back

Each page in AppClarity has a back link on the page. Clicking this link takes you back to the previous page you were browsing, and works differently to the browser's back button for this application in that it takes you to the last page you were on in the application.

Column Picker
Export All

Pages in AppClarity that include an Export all button allow you to export all the data for any tables of information displayed on the page. This may also include columns that are not currently visible in the table display.

Click this button to export all of the software reclaim summary details.

Savings table

The Savings table contains the following columns:

Column

Description

Vendor

The vendor portion of the vendor, title, version and edition attributes that are used to identify which software product the reclaim policy was applied to.

Title

The title portion of the vendor, title, version and edition attributes that are used to identify which software product the reclaim policy was applied to.

Edition

The edition portion of the vendor, title, version and edition attributes that are used to identify which software product the reclaim policy was applied to.

Units Reclaimed

A count of the number of reclaims performed by applying this policy.

Unit Price (USD)

Shows the unit price in USD for the product associated with the policy.

Savings (USD)

The sum of the estimated savings made by applying this reclaim policy.