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

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2.6.1 Checking software usage status (Software Operation Status)

By using the Software Operation Status job menu, you can obtain monthly totals of software operation time and operation rate. You can use this information to determine changes in software operation time and operation rate.

To check for licenses that are not being used, use the Unused License List job menu.

To manage software usage status, 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.

You can check the software usage status in the Software Operation Status window, which you display by clicking the Software Operation Status job menu. The following figure shows the Software Operation Status window.

Figure 2-71 Software Operation Status window

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How to interpret the search results
  • PC usage time displays the time during which the device was running. This time includes the time when no software was running.
  • Number of devices containing software displays the number of devices on which the applicable software is installed. The window displays the number of devices for which there is an installed software list with a matching software name and version managed by JP1/Software Distribution. The package former attribute and package ID are ignored. If there is no corresponding installed software list, a hyphen (-) is displayed. If a group is specified as a search condition, the number of devices existing under the specified group is displayed.
Organization of this subsection
(1) Specifying conditions and displaying the usage status of software assets
(2) Displaying a breakdown by group
(3) Displaying a list of devices on which software is used

(1) Specifying conditions and displaying the usage status of software assets

Specify the conditions and click the Search button to display the usage status of software assets that match the conditions. The following shows how to specify the Search-start month, Software name, Version, and Group name search conditions.

(2) Displaying a breakdown by group

By clicking a link under Software operation time in the search results, you can display the software operation rate and operation time for each group. The operation rate is the percentage of time a software asset on a device was used compared with the amount of time the device was operating.

The following figure shows the window that displays the operation rate breakdown by group.

Figure 2-72 Window that displays the operation rate breakdown by group

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By selecting one or more Group name check boxes and clicking the Graph button, you can display a graph of the operation rates for the selected groups over the search period, as shown in the figure below. The only metric you can graph is the operation rate. You can select up to 255 groups.

To display the operation rates as a graph, you must install the Microsoft Office Web component on the PC on which the graph is to be displayed. Either install the Microsoft Office Web component from the Microsoft Office 2003 (or earlier) media, or download it from Microsoft's website.

Figure 2-73 Window that displays a graph of the software operation status

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(3) Displaying a list of devices on which software is used

By clicking a link under Group name in the window that displays a breakdown by group, you can display a list of devices on which the corresponding software asset is used. You can also display the same window by clicking a link under Number of running PCs from the search results in the Software Operation Status window. In the window that is displayed, the software operation rate and operation time for each device is displayed.

The following figure shows the window that displays the devices on which the corresponding software asset is used.

Figure 2-74 Window that displays the devices on which a software asset is used

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Choose Operation rate or Operation time from the drop-down list and click the Show button to display the software operation rate or operation time for each device.