Scanned Software

Scanned software page displays the list of software(s) installed in the workstations associated with a given site. This information obtained during workstation scanning assists you in analyzing the software(s) being used in your organization and in turn helps you to monitor them effectively. Monitoring a software involves: viewing the software's usage (no. of installations a software has and the no. of users using it), viewing the licenses allocated to a software (for checking software compliance), changing a software's details as per your requirements (example: change a software to type 'prohibited' to prevent your organization users from using it) and more.

The actions which can be performed from this page are listed below:

Filter Software based on Sites: Software list being displayed can be filtered based on the Sites available in your organization
Filter Software based on Manufacturer: Software list being displayed can be filtered based on the Software Manufacturers as well
Filter Software based on Software Type: Software list being displayed can be filtered based on the Software Types (Managed, Freeware, Sharewre etc.,) as well
Filter Software based on Software Compliance: Software list being displayed can be filtered based on the following license compliance types: under licensed, over licensed and compliant
Edit Software-related Details: A software's details can be edited using Actions dropdown

Calculate Software Compliance:

The Software Compliance Calculation, by default, is done every 30 minutes. It can be scheduled at regular time intervals by enabling the 'Schedule based Software Compliance Calculation' checkbox available under Admin > Discovery > Scan settings. It can also be calculated instantly by clicking Calculate software compliance option available under Scanned Software.

Under Licensed

The number of software installations exceeds the number of licenses purchased.

If 30 licenses are purchased, but the software is installed on 50 machines, the software is under-licensed by 20 installations.

Over Licensed

More licenses are purchased than the number of software installations.

If 50 licenses are purchased, but only 30 installations exist, the software is over-licensed by 20 licenses.

Compliant

The purchased licenses sufficiently cover the number of installations based on the license type and usage rules.

If 30 licenses are purchased and the software is installed on 30 machines, the software is compliant.

On clicking Calculate software compliance, a pop-up containing the list of software will be displayed. Select the required software whose compliance needs to be calculated immediately and click 'Calculate'.

Scan and Software compliance calculation will not be done at the same time.

You can change software's category, software's manufacturer, group software(s) belonging to same manufacturers (using software suites) and modify a software's CI Type using the Actions dropdown.

Change Software Category: To change a software's category

Select the software from software list view.
Click Actions dropdown and Select Change Category.
Choose Category as per requirements.
Click Save.

Change Software Manufacturer: To change a software's manufacturer

Select the software from software list view.
Click Actions dropdown and Select Change Manufacturer.
Choose Manufacturer.
Click Save.

Add Software to Suite: To add a software to software suite

Select the software from software list view.
Click Actions dropdown and Select Change Manufacturer.
Click Add to suite > Select Software Suite (from available options).
Click Add to suite.

Modify Software's CI Type:

Select the software from software list view.
Click Actions dropdown and Select Modify CI Type.
Choose the required CI Type.
Click Save.

Every action stated under edit software related details can also be performed in bulk by selecting a group of software(s) and selecting the respective option from Actions dropdown.

Change Software Type: To change Software Type

Select the software from software list view.
Click Change Software Type dropdown.
Select Software Type.
Okay the warning message.

Change Software Type can be performed in bulk.

View Other Significant Software Related Details: From Software List View Page (or) Software Summary Page you can also:

Check for the number of purchased licenses, allocated licenses, available licenses and the compliance type (that is, whether the software is over-licensed, under-licensed or complaint). This information is not just displayed as data but serve as links which direct you the to the respective software's details page. You can also check for licenses Allocated to Downgrades from Software List View page.
Click Software's Usage through Frequently Used, Rarely Used and Occasionally Used columns
Check for the number of Purchased CAL through Purchased CAL column for softwares using CAL licensing

By default, column fields Frequently Used, Rarely Used, Occasionally Used and Purchased CAL will not be available and to include them you have to click the dropdown button - and then select the desired options - that appears when the pointer is onhover the various column headers

Remember:

Software(s) which failed workstation scan can be added manually by clicking New dropdown --> Software. View Add New Software for more details.

You can also add Software Suites to group software(s) belonging to the same manufacturer. View Add New Software Suite for more details.