Publisher overview for IBM in the Software Asset Workspace

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  • Updated February 1, 2024
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    Summary of Publisher Overview for IBM in the Software Asset Workspace

    The IBM publisher overview in the Software Asset Workspace provides detailed insights into license usage for IBM software. Accessible through License usage > Publishers, this overview allows you to monitor compliance and optimize your software assets. Updates reflect the latest reconciliation results, ensuring you have current data to make informed decisions.

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    Key Features

    • Summary Section: Displays critical license usage information including true-up costs, savings, and compliance statistics for IBM software models.
    • Software Model Statistics: Highlights compliance metrics such as models without discovery maps, entitlements, downgrade rights, and installations. It also shows the percentage of compliant software models.
    • Progress Indicators: Summarizes your licensing status, detailing unlicensed installations, client access records, reclaimed licenses, average fulfillment times for requests, and pending PPN suggestions.
    • PVU Subcapacity Consumption Trend: Analyzes peak consumption trends over time for IBM software products, helping you identify usage patterns.
    • Top 10 Products by PVU Usage: Lists the most utilized IBM software products based on peak PVU utilization.

    Key Outcomes

    By leveraging the IBM publisher overview, you can effectively manage your software assets, ensure compliance, and identify potential savings. This tool enhances your ability to respond to licensing needs, track usage trends, and maintain an efficient software environment. Regular updates and detailed insights empower you to make proactive decisions regarding your IBM licenses.

    View license usage information related to IBM in the publisher overview for IBM in the Software Asset Workspace.

    From the Software Asset Workspace, access the IBM publisher overview by navigating to License usage > Publishers and then selecting IBM from the list of available software publishers.

    Results are updated whenever a new reconciliation result is available.

    IBM publisher overview.

    You can view a summary of your license usage information in the Summary section of the IBM publisher overview.
    Table 1. IBM Summary
    Report Description
    True-up cost Cost to be compliant based on the average price of rights in your IBM software entitlements.
    Savings Actual and potential cost savings for your IBM licenses.
    Software model statistics Summary of your software model compliance results.
    This summary includes the following information:
    • Without discovery maps: Number of IBM software models without any discovery maps. Select the number to view the list of software models.
    • Without entitlements: Number of IBM software models without any software entitlements. Select the number to view the list of software models.
    • Without downgrade rights: Number of IBM software models without any downgrade rights. Select the number to view the list of software models.
    • With no installs mapped: Number of IBM software models that are not mapped to any software installations. Select the number to view the list of software models.
    • % Software models compliant: Percentage of IBM software models that are compliant.
    • With custom discovery maps: Number of IBM software models with custom discovery maps. Select the number to view the list of software models.
    Progress indicators Summary of your license compliance progress.
    This summary includes the following indicators:
    • Unlicensed installs: Number of unlicensed IBM software installations. Select the number to view the list of unlicensed software installations.
    • Unlicensed client access: Number of unlicensed IBM client access records. Select the number to view the list of unlicensed client access records.
    • Number of reclamations: Total number of IBM licenses that you have reclaimed. Select the number to view the list of removal candidates that you have reclaimed licenses from.
    • Av. time to fulfill req: Average amount of time that it takes for you to fulfill IBM licensing requests.
    • PPN suggestions pending disposition: Number of custom IBM publisher part numbers (PPNs) that are pending replacement with a new Software Asset Management Content Service PPN. Select the number to view the list of PPNs.
    PVU subcapacity consumption trend Comparison of the aggregate peak consumption for all IBM software products over time.
    Top 10 products by PVU sub-capacity usage Peak PVU utilization for your top 10 IBM software products.

    For details on the in-depth license usage information that is provided in the publisher overview, see License usage publisher fields in workspace.