Managed software view

Section

Available attributes

Catalog columns

ARP identification rule, Description, File identification rule, Language, License key, License needed, Manufacturer, Measure software usage, Media folder, Package available, Package building enabled, Package distribution if no licenses, Product name, Quality index rule, Software category, Software identification rule, Software last used, Software name, Software owner, Software platform, Status, Total identified, Version

Summary dimensions

ARP identification rule, File identification rule, License needed, Manufacturer, Measure software usage, Package building enabled, Package distribution if no licenses, Product name, Quality index rule, Software category, Software identification rule, Software name, Software owner, Software platform, Status

View filters

ARP identification rule, Description, File identification rule, Language, License key, License needed, Manufacturer, Measure software usage, Media folder, Organisation, Package available, Package building enabled, Package distribution if no licenses, Product name, Quality index rule, Software category, Software identification rule, Software last used, Software name, Software owner, Software platform, Status, Version

Property

Description

Data update interval

Inventory data is collected and updated by Miradore client (see update interval and collected data).

Data calculation interval

Following values are calculated by Miradore scheduled system tasks. Task name is: Update managed software reports. Due to the scheduled calculation the data may not represent the current status.

Calculated values: Assets with license assigned, Assets without license, Installations total

Excluded items

Managed software with status retired are not shown.

Default filters

Logged in users' Location and Organisation (read from your User settings)

Task

Description

Create new

Creates a new managed software item.

Only users with the role of administrator, editor, license administrator or package builder are allowed to create new managed software items.

Remember to activate or request the activation of the Managed software item after creating it.

Edit attributes

Allows to edit the selected attribute of multiple managed software items at once.

Change status > Request activation

With this task, users with the role of operator, editor or license administrator can request the activation of the selected Managed software item(s).

A notification email will be sent to specified user(s) if managed software approval notifications are enabled in "Administration > System settings > Approval process notifications > Managed software approval request".

Change status > Activate

Activates the selected Managed software item(s).

Only users with the role of administrator or managed software approver can activate managed software items.

Change status > Deactivate

Deactivation changes the status of the selected Managed software item(s) back to "Created" status.

Only users with the role of administrator or managed software approver can deactivate managed software item(s).

Change status > End of life

Changes the status of the selected Managed software item(s) to "End of life".

When the status of a managed software item is changed to "End of life", the managed software item can no longer be used to build new packages or reserve licenses. Thereby, the managed software item in status "End of life" can be used for reporting only. At this point, the package bindings, of a package containing the managed software item, are usually removed or moved to another package that is built using a newer version of the managed software. See Editing package bindings for more information.

Only users with the role of administrator or managed software approver can change a managed software item's status to "end of life".

Change status > Remove

Removes the selected managed software item(s) permanently from Miradore Management Suite.

Only users with the role of administrator, editor, package builder, license administrator or managed software approver can remove managed software item(s).

Export

By default, this task exports all the view contents in the selected file format. However, you can use the check boxes in the view to export selected rows only. You can select rows for the export from one page of the view at a time.

The supported file formats for the data export are CSV, Excel, and PDF. In some views, configuration items can be also exported to a group distribution.

Print

Prints the view contents.