Information in the Process Recommendations Offline Report

FlexNet Manager Suite 2020 R2 (On-Premises)

The Process Recommendations Offline report shows detailed information on the license-type recommendations for individual users, such as, for example, the original and optimal license type, and the rule that produced the recommendation.

The following information is available in the Process Recommendations Offline report.
Column Name Description
System ID The three-character ID of the system on which the user was identified.
Client The client ID of the system on which the user was identified.
User Name The user ID of the user for whom a change of license type is recommended.
First Name The first name of the user for whom a change of license type is recommended.
Last Name The last name of the user for whom a change of license type is recommended.
Status

The status of the license-type recommendation. The following status values are available:

  • Pending
  • Accepted
  • Rejected
  • Overwritten
  • Unprocessed
  • Ignored

For information on status values, see Recommendation Status Values for Independent SAP Systems.

Original License Type The license type in the SAP system.
Description A description of the license type, for example, Test or mySAP Limited Prof. (CAT III).
Recommended License Type

The new license type that is recommended for this user.

The license type was calculated by FlexNet Manager for SAP Applications based on the current optimization rules (all active license rules, the Duplicate User rules, and the user consolidation), and taking any contractual obligations (such as a license ratio or spare superior licenses) into account.

Description A description of the license type, for example, Test or mySAP Limited Prof. (CAT III).
Optimal License Type

The optimal license type that was calculated by FlexNet Manager for SAP Applications based on the current optimization rules (all active license rules, the Duplicate User rules, and the user consolidation).

This value shows the best possible scenario. However, it does not take into account any contractual obligations that your organization might need to consider with regard to its SAP licenses, such as a license ratio or spare superior licenses.

Description A description of the license type, for example, Test or mySAP Limited Prof. (CAT III).
Processed License Type

If the license recommendation has the status Overwritten because the recommendation was not accepted, the new license type that was assigned to the user instead of the recommended license type will be shown here.

The value -- indicates that the user has been retired (the user's Valid To date has been changed.)

Description

A description of the license type, for example, Test or mySAP Limited Prof. (CAT III).

If the Processed License Type value is --, the description shows the text User retired. This indicates that the user's Valid To date has been changed.

Ignore Date This column displays the active Ignore dates that have been set for recommendations. You can set an Ignore date when you reject or overwrite a recommendation. Double click this field to add, remove, or edit an Ignore date.
Note When you reject or overwrite a recommendation, you can enter a reason. The text that you enter is displayed here.
License Rule Set The name of the license rule set that contains the rule that produced the recommendation.
Rule The name of the license rule that produced the recommendation.
Rule Explanation Provides information what criterion was met to produce the recommendation.
The recommendations are color-coded to indicate their processing status:
  • Orange indicates that the recommendation was processed (accepted/rejected/overwritten), but has not been committed to the database.
  • Green indicates that the recommendation has been committed to the database.
  • Red indicates that the recommendation failed to be committed to the database.
  • Gray indicates that a recommendation is read-only. This could have a number of reasons, such as the target system has no logical RFC destination, the target system may be unavailable, the user may not have sufficient rights for the system, or the recommendation may be blocked by another user.
You can display additional information on the processing of the data in the target system by clicking the Log button. The log contains a standard error message that is returned by an SAP function. The same error message should be expected if the license type was manually changed using the transaction SU01.

FlexNet Manager Suite (On-Premises)

2020 R2