Entitlement Position History for a License Report

The Entitlement Position History for a License report displays changes to the entitlement position of selected licenses with a running entitlement position total. Software asset managers and operators with a purchasing focus may use this report to track how their entitlement counts for a given license trend over time. These operators would typically run this report to investigate an anomaly with the purchase quantity on a license.

Generating the Report

To generate the report, perform the following steps.

To generate an Entitlement Position History for a License report:

Go to the Entitlement Position History for a License report (Reporting > Compliance Reports > Entitlement Position History for a License).

Use the License selection box to search for and select a license. For help with the search, see To Use a Fly-Down.

Click Run report to display the results.

Reading the Report

The following columns (listed alphabetically) are available in this list. By default, some are available through the column chooser.

Entitlement Position History for a License Report Properties
Property	Description
Adjustment	The impact of this purchase on your total license entitlements. Editable in the Assigned entitlements field in the Purchases tab of the license properties.
Authorized by	The person who authorized this purchase (typically by authorizing the purchase order that listed this purchase). For record-keeping purposes only, as it has no effect on compliance calculations. Editable in the Ownership tab of the purchase properties.
Purchase description	Description of the item purchased. Click to open the purchase properties page. Editable in the Description field in General tab of the purchase properties (in the Purchase details group).
Purchase order no.	The purchase order number that authorizes this purchase. Editable in the Purchase order no. field in the General tab of the purchase properties.
Running total	The number of entitlements assigned from this purchase to the license. This cannot exceed the Effective quantity shown in the General tab of the purchase properties. Editable in the Assigned entitlements field in the Licenses tab of the purchase properties.
Transaction date	If this purchase was processed automatically, this is the date of processing. If the link was created manually through property sheet adjustments, this is the date that the purchase was linked to this license. Not directly editable.
Vendor	The reseller who sold this product. The Vendor value is editable in the General tab of the purchase properties.