Device Installation Details Report
The Device Installation Details report lists installations of applications for a specific device.
Generating the report
We recommend viewing the Consumption tab of the license properties page for device based license types as an alternative to generating this report as this tab is pre-populated with most of the filters you will require.- Navigate to .
- Enter one or more inventory devices in the Computer search field. For help with the search, see To Use a Fly-Down.
- Click Run report.
Reading the report
The following columns (listed alphabetically) are available in this list. By default, some are available through the column chooser.
Column name | Description |
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Access mode |
The method that this device uses to access a software application. This field
can have one of the following values:
FlexNet Manager Suite generates the value of this field. |
Affinity enabled |
Indicates whether host affinity is enabled for this virtual machine. Host affinity enables you bind a virtual machine to the current virtual host. Editable in the VM properties tab of the inventory device properties. |
Application |
The name of the application found on this inventory device. Multiple applications may have been installed on this inventory device. You can edit this on the General tab of the application properties when Local is displayed in the Source column (which means the application was added manually by an operator). |
Asset name |
The name of an asset to which the device is linked. The link between an inventory device and an asset is editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties. |
Asset status |
Where this asset is within the asset life-cycle. The following options
are provided by default (however additional options may be imported using a business
adapter):
Editable in the General tab of the asset properties. |
Assigned user |
The user assigned to this inventory device. This assignment overrides the Calculated user. Editable in the Assigned field in Ownership tab of the inventory device properties. |
Calculated user |
The name of the most frequent user of this device, over the previous 10 inventory collections. The value of this field is automatically generated by FlexNet Manager Suite. |
Category |
The category of this device. FlexNet Manager Suite enables you to create customized categories to group inventory devices logically. These categories are additional to Inventory device type and Device role categorization. For example, you can create categories to differentiate database servers, network servers, or firewalls. The custom categories have no impact on license consumption. Editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties. |
Compliance status |
The compliance status of an inventory device. It can have any of
the following values:
The value is calculated by FlexNet Manager Suite and can be manually set on the General tab of the inventory device properties. |
Computer inventory source |
The method used to create the inventory device record. The possible
values:
FlexNet Manager Suite generates the value of this field. |
Computer name |
The name of the computing device. The value of this field is automatically generated by the discovery process. |
Computer type |
Specifies the type of the inventory device, which may be any of the
following values:
Editable in the Inventory device type field in the General tab of the inventory device properties. The value may be overwritten by incoming inventory. |
Cores |
The total number of processor cores available in a physical inventory device; or the number of cores assigned to an inventory device that is a virtual machine. Populated and (by default) updated by inventory imports, the number of Cores can be manually overridden in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties (see Hardware Tab). |
Corporate unit |
The corporate unit responsible for the inventory device. Editable in the Ownership tab of the inventory device properties. |
Cost center |
The cost center responsible for all costs incurred for this inventory device. Editable in the Ownership tab of the inventory device properties. |
Creation date |
The date when this inventory record was created in FlexNet Manager Suite.
Tip: New inventory device records are created during a full import to the
compliance database, as new inventory is identified. Therefore it's
quite possible to have a creation date that is later than the inventory date,
with the difference being due to scheduling, such as the scheduling of imports
from third-party tools, or delays between the upload of FlexNet inventory and
the full import and compliance calculations (for example, if your full imports
are scheduled weekly, or the like).
Not editable. |
Display adapters |
The total number of display adapters installed in the inventory device. Editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records). The value is overwritten (permanently) by incoming inventory, and thereafter is read-only. |
Domain name |
The name of the domain to which the computing device
belongs.
Tip: Displays flexera.com
if this is a dummy device record created for imports through your connector to
Flexera SaaS Manager.
Editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties for manually created records. The value is overwritten (permanently) by incoming inventory, and thereafter is read-only. |
Friendly name |
The name of the virtual machine that is recognized by the host server. This value is visible in the properties of the VM host, in the Virtual Machines tab, in the VM name column. Editable in the Friendly name field in the VM properties tab of the inventory device properties for the virtual machine. The compliance calculation updates this field with the machine name returned in inventory (matched by serial number). |
Hard drives |
The total number of hard drives installed in the inventory device. Editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records). The value is overwritten (permanently) by incoming inventory, and thereafter is read-only. |
Host computer name |
The name of the host server where this VM is a guest. Editable in the VM
properties tab of the inventory device properties.
Note: As long as incoming
inventory does not identify the host for this virtual machine, your manual entry is
preserved (that is, a null value in inventory never overwrites a manually-entered value).
However, once inventory returns a known host for this virtual machine, your value is
overwritten with the data from inventory. Should it happen that future inventory again
returns no value for the host name, the previous inventory value in this field is cleared,
matching the current inventory data.
|
Host identifying number |
The manufacturer's chassis number reported for the device. Editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records). |
Inventory agent |
If you have multiple overlapping inventory sources
that report on the same device, it is possible for some inventory details to
come from one source and other details from another source. This column
identifies the most recent source of inventory that reported the majority of
the hardware properties for this device. If you have declared a
primary inventory connection and this device appears in inventory from that primary
connection, it is likely that your primary connection is supplying the majority of
hardware properties, and so is shown here.
Tip: If your primary source
reported the majority of hardware properties some time ago, and since then one
or more secondary sources have updated a minority of additional properties, this
value still shows the primary source (source of the majority of hardware
properties). Tracking the primary source is particularly valuable if you have a
variation from IBM allowing you to use FlexNet inventory agent and FlexNet Manager Suite as replacements for IBM tools (such as ILMT) in the
calculation and reporting of sub-capacity licensing for IBM PVU licenses. That
agreement requires that you can demonstrate that the Last inventory source is FlexNet Manager Suite, and that this source is reporting every
30 minutes.
The values are system-provided, and cannot be modified. Most
values are self-explanatory; some less obvious ones include:
Tip: If you have custom inventory adapters, entries for these may
also appear in this column as appropriate.
Not editable. |
Inventory chassis type |
The chassis type for an inventory device, as reported by the inventory process. This read-only value cannot be edited, however for the purposes of license calculations, you can override its value with the Assigned chassis type setting in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties. |
Inventory connection name |
The name of the connection through which FlexNet Manager Suite received the last inventory for this inventory device. Not editable. |
Inventory date |
The date when the last inventory information was collected by the Last inventory source for this inventory device. The inventory process generates the value of this field. |
IP address |
The IP address of the inventory device. For inventory devices with multiple IP addresses (for example, those with multiple network cards), a comma-separated list (up to 256 characters) is shown. IP addresses in the IPv6 address family are not reported in FlexNet inventory for devices running UNIX-like operating systems. Editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties. You can edit this property only when the IP address is not dynamically assigned. |
Last logged on user |
The name of the user that was discovered to be the last logged on user on this device. Click the linked full name to open the General tab of the user properties pages, and for details see General Tab. |
Last used date |
The most recent date when this user opened the application, on any machine where the user has a login. Requires that usage information on this application is returned by at least one inventory source. This value relies on inventory, and is not editable. |
Linked asset details |
The encoded form of the database ID of an asset, a semicolon and the asset name. For example 123;MyLaptop. This code is intended for use when this report is run from other third party systems via our APIs to enable creation of hyperlinks pointing to the database ID with friendly text. They are not intended for general display. Read-only. |
Location |
The location within your enterprise that is responsible for the device. Editable in the Ownership tab of the inventory device properties. |
MAC address |
The Media Access Control (MAC) address of the inventory device. If a device has multiple network interface cards, this field displays a comma-separated list of MAC addresses. Editable in the General tab of the discovered device properties. |
Manufacturer |
The manufacturer of the inventory device. Editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records). |
Max clock speed |
The maximum clock speed (in MHz) of the processor that is installed in the inventory device. Editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records). If the value is gathered from inventory, it cannot be edited; however, it can be overridden. |
Missing computers threshold |
The number of days since this device last reported inventory. |
Model no |
The manufacturer’s model name or number for this device. Editable in the Model field in the General tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records). If the value is gathered from inventory, it cannot be edited, but it can be overridden by entering a new value in the Overridden field in General tab of the inventory device properties. The original value continues to display on the General tab, alongside the overridden value, and may be restored at any time. |
Network cards |
The total number of network cards installed in a physical inventory device; or the number of network cards accessible by the virtual machine. Editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records). |
Notification |
Possible issue(s) associated with this inventory device, such as This device has a serial number that is not unique. Visible in the Possible issues for this device section of inventory device properties. To ignore the alerts for the associated issues, see Ignoring Alerts. |
Notification count |
The number of notifications. |
Operating system |
The operating system running on this device.
Tip: This value may
be blank because:
|
Operator account |
The first and last name of the operator who performed the action. |
Overridden | Indicates whether the operator has manually changed one or more properties discovered in inventory, or if the inventory details are unchanged for this inventory device. This field displays 1 for Yes or 0 for No. |
Partial number of processors |
The equivalent number of full-time processors set by the time-sharing controls on the hardware console. Some virtualization technologies (such as on IBM's AIX operating system) report this setting in inventory. You may override an incorrect inventory value for this field. |
Pool |
The name of the processor set the virtual machine is assigned to. Not editable. |
Processor type |
The type of processor installed in the inventory device. Populated and (by default) updated by inventory imports, this value can be manually overwritten in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties (see Hardware Tab). |
Processors |
The total number of processors installed in a physical inventory device, or logical processors assigned to a virtual machine. Populated and (by default) updated by inventory imports, this field in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties can be overridden with a manually entered value (see Hardware Tab). Overridden values are no longer updated by incoming inventory. |
RAM |
The size of Random Access Memory (RAM) installed in the inventory device, in gigabytes. For manually-created records, this is editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties. The value is overwritten (permanently) by incoming inventory, and thereafter is read-only. |
Recommended asset details |
The encoded form of the database ID of an asset, a semicolon and the asset name. For example 123;MyLaptop. This code is intended for use when this report is run from other third party systems via our APIs to enable creation of hyperlinks pointing to the database ID with friendly text. They are not intended for general display. Read-only. |
Recommended asset link |
Displays the name of an asset that is recommended for this inventory device. Not editable. |
Role |
The role assigned to the inventory device, such as Development, Test, and Production. Device roles (where permitted by the product use rights on a license) can exempt devices from consuming entitlements on a license to which they are (and remain) attached. For example, some license agreements may grant an exemption for devices used exclusively for testing. For more details, see Exemptions. Editable in Device role field in the General tab of the inventory device properties. |
Serial no. |
The serial number of the device, attempting to uniquely identify either
the hardware (for a stand-alone device) or the virtualization container (for a
virtual machine), as reported in inventory.
Tip: This displays
Flexera SaaS Manager with a numerical suffix in
the special case where the inventory device is a dummy record created for
linking with imports through your Flexera SaaS Manager connector.
For manually-created inventory device records, this value is editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties. This value is not editable for records created or updated from collected inventory. |
Service pack |
The service pack number or ID reported by the operating system. For manually-created records, this is editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties. The value is overwritten (permanently) by incoming inventory, and thereafter is read-only. |
Service provider Note: This field is renamed as Hosted in in other FlexNet Manager Suite user interface
locations.
|
Shows whether the inventory device is on-premises (the default, meaning the device is within your enterprise), or in a cloud operated by a particular service provider. For some cloud service providers, the Hosted in value is set automatically through inventory (AWS is supported from version 13.1.0 of FlexNet inventory agent, and Azure is supported from version 13.2.0). For other cloud service providers, you must make a selection manually. Editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties. |
Sockets |
The total number of mounting sockets for central processing units (CPUs) available in a physical inventory device. For a Virtual machine, this may be the number of virtual sockets assigned to the VM. Editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties. If it is not available from your inventory, or if the value is inaccurate, you can permanently override with a manual value. |
Status |
Indicates the current state of a device. It can have any of the
following values:
Provided that the inventory device has not [yet] been linked to an asset record, this value is editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties (although Awaiting Inventory is no longer available once inventory has been collected for the device, and Archived can never be set manually). |
Threads |
The total number of threads available in a physical inventory device; or the number of logical processors (virtual processors in a virtual machine, or threads assigned to a partition) assigned to an inventory device that is a virtual machine. Populated and (by default) updated by inventory imports, this field in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties can be overridden with a manually entered value (see Hardware Tab). |
Total disk space |
The total space of all hard drives installed on the inventory device, in Gigabytes. Editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records). The value is overwritten (permanently) by incoming inventory, and thereafter is read-only. |
Usage active time |
The amount of time (in hours and minutes) which the applications on this device and consuming this license were used for and where active (meaning they were in the foreground browser windows). This value is generated by FlexNet Manager Suite. |
Usage sessions |
The number of individual sessions in the current usage gathering period (default 90 days) recorded for the applications on this device and consuming this license. This value is generated by FlexNet Manager Suite. |
User name |
The first name and last name of the user who was last detected as using the application on this device and consuming this license. The value of this field is automatically reported by FlexNet Manager Suite. |
VM name |
The name of the inventory device. The compliance calculation updates
this field with the machine name returned in inventory (matched by several
properties, including serial number).
Tip: The name displays as
Flexera SaaS Manager if this is a dummy device
record created for imports from your Flexera SaaS Manager connector.
Not editable. |
VM type |
The type of the virtual machine. Editable in the VM properties tab of the inventory device properties for the virtual machine (for manually-created records). The value may be overwritten by incoming inventory. |
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