App Portal 2014
Usage defines how App Portal determines whether inventory is in use. Installed software is considered in use software. Having the program installed and appearing in Add/Remove Programs for most cases is considered used.
This information is read from the SCCM database and updated in the App Portal database. To determine if the user is actually using the software you must have a Software Metering rule defined in SCCM.
You configure usage for an inventory item on the Usage tab of the Inventory Item view. The Usage tab includes three subtabs:
| • | Inventory Class Tab |
| • | Count Tab |
| • | Metering Tab |
There are two types of Inventory Classes the system starts with.
| • | Add Remove Program Data—Uses data reported in Add Remove Programs to determine usage. |
| • | Hardware Inventory Class Data—Uses Computer System data to determine usage based on hardware inventory data. |
On the Usage > Inventory Class tab, you can specify what Inventory Class of information App Portal will use.
Inventory Item View / Usage > Inventory Class Tab
The Usage > Inventory Class tab includes the following properties:
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Inventory Class |
Select one of the following options:
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Calculation method |
Select one of the following options:
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Match method |
Select one of the following options:
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Collection Limiting |
You can specify what collection to run this inventory data for. |
On the Usage > Count tab, you can populate the current inventory grid with programs from the Available Inventory list. Sort and search the list as necessary to locate all the programs representing the Inventory Group.
To add an inventory item attribute:
| 1. | Open the Usage > Count > Include Rules tab of the Inventory Item view. |
| 2. | Click the New Inventory Attribute button. A form similar to the following will appear allowing you to select an Inventory Class to search for attributes. |
| 3. | Select an item from the drop down list of available Inventory Classes. |
| 4. | Use the filter boxes to search for an item. |
| 5. | Select one of the found items, then click the Add To Include button. You will notice the attributes of the item have been added to the grid. |
| 6. | You can modify the inventory attributes by Clicking Edit at the end of each attribute. |
| 7. | You can also add attributes by adding information from a MSI installation file by clicking the Add New MSI button. |
| 8. | Enter a UNC path to the MSI file and click Select. |
On the Usage > Metering tab, you can select the software metering rule to determine actual user usage of the program.
Inventory Item View / Usage > Metering Tab
On the Metering tab, you specify the conditions that qualify as NOT being used using a combination of days used, frequency of use, and duration of use.
To specify metering conditions:
| 1. | From the Software Metering list, select a metering rule that you want to configure. |
| 2. | Specify conditions. |
| 3. | Once settings are confirmed, click the Save button to complete the process. |
App Portal 2014 Configuration GuideJune 5, 2014 |
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