SAM
When at least one license has been created and properly configured, its usage can be measured in the SAM
section
This view consists of three widgets and a list view where it's possible to consume information about usage, cost, and potential savings that could be applied to save costs on the configured licenses.
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The use of a license starts being recorded from the moment it is created and linked to Installed applications
The widgets included in the dashboard contain information about:
- Total licenses purchased, the total number of purchased licenses, aggregated by license.
- Total cost per month, aggregated by license.
- Potential savings, gives the detail in
€
of the licenses that are not in use and could be canceled to optimize costs, aggregated by license.
At the bottom of the dashboard is a table called License Details
, which contains a list with:
- License name
- License type
- Licenses purchased
- Number of licenses in use
- Number of unused licenses
- License usage percentage
- Price per license
- Potential savings
- Currency
By clicking on the name of any license in the table, we will access the savings view of the selected license:
This detailed view provides information about:
- The total monthly cost of the license.
- The potential savings that can be applied to the license, according to its usage in previous periods.
- The total number of licenses purchased, segmented into licenses in use and inactive licenses.