License Manager Tasks
License Managers maintain and track licenses for the software in your organization and ensure compliance with the licensing requirements of the manufacturer.
The default workspaces for the License Manager are as follows:
- Purchase Item
- Agreement
- Invoice
- Software SKU
- Software Product
- Software Family
- Manufacturer
- Purchase Data Import
- Org Unit
- and many more
License Managers are responsible for the following:
- Importing software information and filtering the discovered data.
- Capturing license entitlement as you add software purchases.
- Matching entitlement records with discovered software information.
- Reconciling and reporting on license compliance status.
License Managers filter inventory data that is collected by HEAT Discovery to eliminate items that the FrontRange Solutions online software catalog recognize as products not requiring a license.
The outputs from the reconciliation process are:
- List of fully licensed products
- List of under-licensed products
- Indication of unused license entitlement
License Managers can view purchase, inventory, and compliance items within any organization unit. For example, a License Manager within the Finance organization unit can view information about licenses belonging to the Sales organization unit.