Job Management Partner 1/Asset Information Manager Administrator's Guide

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2.4.4 Checking for unused licenses (Unused License List)

By using the Unused License List job menu, you can check for licenses that are not being used. This is useful for finding extra licenses to transfer to a group that does not have enough licenses, or for finding unnecessary licenses.

To check for unused licenses, you must use JP1/Software Distribution version 08-10 or later to acquire software operation times. For details about how to link to JP1/Software Distribution, see 5.1.1 Workflow necessary for linking to JP1/Software Distribution in the Planning and Setup Guide.

Note:
For the software name and version used to acquire the operation time, specify the values that were assigned to the installed software.

Check for unused licenses in the Unused License List window, which is displayed by clicking the Unused License List job menu. The following figure shows the Unused License List window.

Figure 2-34 Unused License List window

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In the search results, installed software assets whose operation time or operation rate is less than the value specified as the condition are displayed, along with the corresponding number of devices (Number unused).

How to interpret the search results
For software assets whose usage information is not acquired by JP1/Software Distribution, the search results provide a count of the number of unused devices.
Organization of this subsection
(1) Specifying conditions and displaying the number of unused software assets
(2) Displaying a breakdown by group
(3) Displaying the software operation rate and operation time

(1) Specifying conditions and displaying the number of unused software assets

Specify conditions and then click the Search button to display the number of software assets that match the conditions. The following shows how to specify the Search-start month, Group name, Operation time, and Operation rate search conditions. You must always specify either Operation time or Operation rate.

(2) Displaying a breakdown by group

By clicking a link under Number unused in the search results of the Unused License List window, you can display the number of unused licenses for each group. The following figure shows the window that displays a breakdown by group.

Figure 2-35 Window that displays a breakdown by group (Unused License List)

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(3) Displaying the software operation rate and operation time

By clicking a link under Number unused in the window that displays a breakdown by group, you can display the software operation rate and operation time for each device on which the corresponding software asset is installed. The following figure shows the window that displays the devices on which the corresponding software asset is installed.

Figure 2-36 Window that displays the devices on which the software is installed (Unused License List)

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Choose Operation rate or Operation time from the drop-down list and click the Show button to display the operation rate or the operation time by month.